In a letter to shareholders on Thursday, September 23, Vivendi announced that it had increased the stake of its subsidiary CANAL+ Group in the capital of the operator MultiChoice Group. With 15.37% of the shares, CANAL+ and its parent company Vivendi have become the largest shareholders in the South African...
IPTV in Ivory Coast: +50% in June and +28.6% in the first half of 2021
The latest figures from the Omedia institute, which tracks advertisers' gross advertising spending in Côte d'Ivoire, show a very strong increase in the TV advertising market (IPTV) in June 2021 (+50% vs. June 2020). Overall, the first half of the year saw growth of +28.6% compared to the first half...
Gulli AFRICA airs a commercial aimed at combating piracy
Since September 25, Gulli AFRICA has been broadcasting a commercial aimed at combating piracy. This 40-second spot, presented by Moussier Tombola and also broadcast on social media, explains how watching programs on free websites can be harmful to children. @protegeTaTélé is an initiative launched a year ago by the CANAL+...
Ivory Coast: Pathé Gaumont multiplex cinema set to open by 2023
As we announced at the beginning of the year, the Pathé Gaumont group is accelerating its development in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa. The goal is to open a multiplex in Dakar and a second one in Abidjan. Things are taking shape in Côte d'Ivoire. On social media, SETAO, a subsidiary of...
Interview with Jean-Michel Bonard, Head of Music Business at TRACE
How did YouTracePro come about? Five years ago, Olivier Laouchez decided to embark on a major digital transformation of the TRACE group: the first step was the launch of Trace Play (now Trace Plus). Then we had the following idea: the TRACE group has 28 television channels and thousands of...
Interview with Michel Mutombo-Cartier, Executive Director of A+ Ivoire and A+
Michel Mutombo-Cartier is the new CEO of A+ Ivoire and A+, the African series channel. He replaces Damiano Malchiodi, who is taking on new responsibilities within the CANAL+ Group in Asia. Michel Mutombo-Cartier has spent much of his career with the CANAL+ Group as Director of Live Productions for French-speaking...
IPTV Senegal in the first half of 2021: +6.3% vs. the first half of 2020
According to data published by the Omedia institute, which tracks gross advertising investments by advertisers in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Cameroon, TV advertising investments in Senegal rose sharply in June (+36% vs. June 2020). This performance is particularly remarkable given that the first quarter of 2021 saw a 15% decline...
Return of La Télé d’ici, the show hosted by Cheick Yvhane, on Monday, September 20
Cheick Yvhane, who presents Télé d'ici, the channel's flagship program since its launch in December 2019, returns to the airwaves after the summer break. Starting September 20, Cheick Yvhane will be joined by new members of his team. Accompanied by Lincey Sibai, who was already present during season 2, Gliss,...
MANJAK, on CANAL+ Afrique starting October 4
Manjak, the series commissioned by CANAL+ International from Anna GOMIS, will be broadcast on CANAL+ Afrique starting October 4. Creator of the series Renaissance broadcast on TV5Monde and artistic and literary coordinator of the series Sakho et Mangane broadcast on Canal+ Afrique, Anna Gomis is the showrunner and co-writer of this...
IPTV Cameroon in the first half of 2021: -4.7% vs. the first half of 2020
According to the Omedia institute, which tracks gross advertising expenditure in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Cameroon, TV advertising investment in Cameroon remained at the same level in June 2021 as in the previous year (+2% vs. June 2020). However, the first few months of the year had been particularly encouraging,...