The Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) took place this year from October 16 to 23, with the theme "CINEMAS OF AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA, NEW PERSPECTIVES, NEW CHALLENGES." Fifty-six countries were represented at this major film festival. The event also welcomed 1,500 industry professionals and 800 media...
Interview with Juvénal Tehua, editor-in-chief, and Valéry Ndongo, host of the Burger Quiz show
Juvénal Tehua and Valéry Ndongo are respectively the editor-in-chief and presenter of the show "Burger Quiz," produced by On est ensemble Productions. What are your backgrounds? Valéry: I am, at heart, an actor and storyteller. I discovered comedy through the association "La ronde des poètes" and started doing stand-up in...
Payment per session: CAF call for tenders for Sub-Saharan Africa
CAF has just launched a new call for tenders for audiovisual exploitation rights available on a pay-per-view basis throughout the sub-Saharan region, including South Africa. These rights are open for exploitation in most languages of the region, including English and local languages, with the exception of French. The events offered...
A+IVOIRE, RTI1, and NCI are the top three digital terrestrial television channels in Ivory Coast.
Médiamétrie has just published the audience results for the third quarter of 2021 from its regular declarative measurement of television audiences in Côte d'Ivoire (from July 3 to September 19, 2021), conducted in collaboration with Omedia. While the general television indicators have not changed significantly compared to previous periods, certain...
54.8% of Ivorians connect to the Internet every day
Médiamétrie has just published the audience results for the third quarter of 2021 from its regular declarative measurement of television audiences in Côte d'Ivoire (from July 3 to September 19, 2021), conducted in collaboration with Omedia. While the general television indicators have not changed significantly compared to previous periods, certain...
Digital media in the crosshairs of institutions
The regulation of digital media has become a matter of concern for many French-speaking African countries. Last September, the International Symposium on "Strategies for Regulating Online Audiovisual Media Services" brought together 14 African regulatory bodies in Abidjan, in addition to the French CSA and representatives of television broadcasting platforms such...
Netflix and UNESCO form partnership to support African audiovisual creation
After broadcasting its 100% African original creations "Queen Sono" and "Blood and Water," the VOD giant is going even further in its "local" approach by launching initiatives to encourage the film industry on the African continent. A few months ago, Netflix joined forces with the Realness Institute, an incubator active...
ADICOMDAYS 2021: the names of the first speakers have been revealed!
For its fifth edition, the Adicomdays team is once again confirming its commitment to the digital communications ecosystem by enabling as many people as possible to attend the event both virtually and in person. This year, ADICOMDAYS will focus on the theme of "STORYTELLING MADE IN AFRICA" and will take...
AFP: Opening of MICA, the African film and television market
The 20th edition of the International Market for African Cinema and Television (MICA), a gathering of producers, distributors, broadcasters, and project leaders, opened on Sunday in Ouagadougou on the sidelines of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) in Burkina Faso. Based at the Fespaco headquarters, Mica brings...
Ivory Coast: Analog switch-off date set
On the initiative of the IDT and its Director General Adama Benoit YEO, an awareness campaign on the analog switch-off in Abidjan will soon be presented to operators and the general public in Côte d'Ivoire. The switch-off of analog broadcasting is one of the conditions for the success of the...