Universal Music Group, the global leader in the music industry, decided to expand into French-speaking Africa in 2018 with the creation of a new division of the group in Abidjan, Universal Music Africa. Now headed by Franck Kacou, the division is expanding further into the African market with the launch...
StarTimes launches Dreamworks channel in sub-Saharan Africa
StarTimes has partnered with NBCUniversal to launch the Dreamworks youth channel on its packages in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the Africascope Kids study conducted by Kantar, in 2019, 91% of 4-14 year olds watched television on a daily basis. Youth television programs are attracting more and more viewers and therefore represent...
The Ivorian Council of Ministers adopts two decrees concerning digital terrestrial television
The first decree concerns the discontinuation of analog broadcasting. It had been announced on several occasions that this would be phased out on June 17, 2020, to make way for digital terrestrial television. As this deadline could not be met, a new schedule for the switch-off of analog broadcasting was...
La Liga Santander on STARTIMES AND CANAL+ until 2024
The summer saw a minor communications battle between Startimes and CANAL+ over Spanish soccer rights. On August 6, Startimes announced on its Facebook page that it had acquired the broadcasting rights for Spanish soccer league matches: LaLiga SANTANDER, until 2024. This information, which was reported in many African media outlets, could...
RFI launches the 2020 edition of the Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Scholarship in 25 African countries
RFI is organizing the seventh edition of the Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Scholarship. Exceptionally, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 edition is not being organized in a single country but in 25 French-speaking countries across the continent. The seventh edition of the Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Scholarship...
NCI dedicates a special week to Ivorian cinema
Ivorian films
The TV advertising market declined by 9% in the first half of 2020 in SENEGAL
Advertisers' investments in Senegal's main television channels reached 5.5 billion CFA francs (approximately €8.35 million) in the first half of 2020, according to the Omedia institute. This represents a 9.1% decrease compared to the same period in 2019. This decline was particularly sharp in June 2020, reaching -38% for that...
EURONEWS will repatriate the production of AFRICANews to its headquarters in Lyon.
Euronews has decided to continue Africanews' operations but will repatriate production to its headquarters in Lyon. "Despite numerous ups and downs and a difficult economic model, we have decided to continue Africanews' operations, with the aim of bringing it to economic equilibrium within five years, " CEO Michael Peters told...
CAF announces guidelines for the resumption of African football
Following a meeting held on June 30 via videoconference, the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football unveiled the next guidelines to be followed for the resumption of African football competitions. In response to the spread of COVID-19 around the world, the Confederation of African Football announced in March...
Women Sports publishes an African edition
In the media world, enthusiasm for the region has intensified in recent years. As a result, many players have made their way to the continent to expand their coverage and get closer to African audiences. Africa is emerging as the new coveted territory for the media, from television to radio...