Following the BBC and Voice of America, Burkina Faso's media regulator (CSC) has decided to suspend TV5Monde and access to its website, as well as those of six other international media outlets: Deutsche Welle, Ouest-France, Le Monde, Apanews, The Guardian, and Agence Ecofin. The CSC has suspended these media outlets...
Ivory Coast: OM unveils its partnership with "Sublime Côte d'Ivoire"
Soccer plays an important role on the African continent, bringing people together around a shared passion. Many European clubs enjoy huge popularity. This popularity has not escaped the attention of local politicians. In recent years, many African countries have entered into partnerships with these renowned clubs. The slogan created by...
8,091,000 subscribers in Africa: a new record for CANAL+ in 2023
As every year, Vivendi Group's annual financial report provides valuable information on changes in CANAL+ Group's revenue and, more specifically, on the number of subscribers in French-speaking Africa. In 2023, CANAL+ Group's total revenue across all activities stood at €6.058 billion (up 3.2%), and the group gained a total of...
BEST CAN EVER: more than just a slogan, it's a quantified reality
The Confederation of African Football has published a series of statistics on the latest Africa Cup of Nations, which took place in Ivory Coast, showing that all previous records have been broken by a wide margin: The number of videos viewed rose from 350 million in 2021 to 2.2 billion...
16 million SVOD subscribers in 2029 according to Digital TV Research
Digital TV Research, which publishes its five-year SVOD forecasts annually, estimates that there will be a total of 16 million paying subscribers to SVOD services in Africa by 2029. This forecast figure represents an increase of 9 million compared to the 7 million recorded at the end of 2023. Of...
Media Intelligence's WHITE PAPER: a wealth of information on the media in Cameroon
Media Intelligence has just published a white paper on media consumption in Cameroon. This study, the main findings of which we have obtained, is conducted annually and provides valuable insights into media consumption in Cameroon. Unlike other existing audience studies, which generally focus on two or three major cities, this...
CANAL+ / MULTICHOICE: new developments
New twists and turns in the CANAL+ MULTIVISION soap opera Following the submission on February 1 of a "non-binding indicative" offer from CANAL+ to the MultiChoice Board of Directors, the latter stated in a press release: "While the Board of Directors is open to all means of maximizing shareholder value,...
France 2 suspended for four months in Mali
The Malian High Authority for Communication has ordered the removal of France 2 from all audiovisual packages for four months. The HAC criticizes a report broadcast in January by France 2 in its 8 p.m. news program for "glorifying terrorism" by contrasting "the firepower of armed terrorist groups" with that...
The International Association of Sports Press in Africa announces its 2023 winners
The International Sports Press Association in Africa (AIPS-Africa) crowned the winners for 2023 during a ceremony held at the Maison de la Presse in Abidjan. Sixty-seven journalists representing 19 African countries competed in the categories of print media, web, television, and radio. The jury for the 2023 edition was chaired...
Artificial intelligence: the challenge of regulation for African media
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the subject of much discussion lately. Between myths and realities, science fiction scenarios and real technological advances, AI-based systems are rapidly transforming large parts of our societies as well as many sectors such as the media. For example, TV5Monde recently took advantage of its 40th...