Four years after the date on which African countries were supposed to switch to DTT (June 17, 2015), the Togolese government's website announced at the end of October 2019 that members of parliament had voted on the draft law on audiovisual communications. This bill regulates the implementation of digital terrestrial...
NCI, the New Ivorian Channel, is coming soon!
In a few weeks, NCI (Nouvelle Chaîne Ivoirienne) will become the first private Ivorian television channel to launch on DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) after A+ Ivoire, which began broadcasting last January. NCI will occupy channel 4 on DTT and will also be available at the end of this year on...
StarTimes connects villages in Ivory Coast
After several West African countries, StarTimes' project to provide satellite TV access to 10,000 African villages is now expanding to Côte d'Ivoire. This project involves equipping 10,000 villages across Africa with satellite television. To this end, each village receives two projectors, a 32-inch digital TV, and 20 StarTimes decoder kits....
RFI inaugurates its Mandinka and Fulfulde editorial offices in Senegal
On Tuesday, October 22, Marie-Christine Saragosse, CEO of France Médias Monde, inaugurated RFI's new offices in Mandenkan and Fulfulde in Dakar. After several months of construction, the brand-new offices and studios of Radio France Internationale's Mandinka and Fulfulde editorial teams were officially inaugurated on Tuesday. For Marie-Christine Saragosse, CEO of...
Togo: HAAC launches call for tenders to expand local audiovisual landscape
In Togo, the High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC) has launched a call for tenders for the installation and operation of new private radio stations in the country. The HAAC aims to expand and enrich the local audiovisual media landscape, mainly in prefectures such as Golfe, Agoè-Nyivé, and Agou....
CANAL+ and Mediawan join forces to produce original content for Africa
On October 14, CANAL+ International and Mediawan announced the creation of a joint venture dedicated to producing original French-language content for African audiences. To meet the growing demand for local content, the two entities have decided to join forces to produce new content, films, series, and animation for audiences in...
Vivendi Sports establishes the first MMA league in Africa
Ares Fighting Championship, the world's first Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) league based in Africa, has been officially launched by Vivendi Sports (a Vivendi Village entity). Vivendi Sports, which organizes cycling and boxing competitions on the African continent, has now decided to develop MMA, which has been popularized in recent years...
Boomplay Music wants to work with French-speaking Africa
Musical richness, a young population, high mobile penetration rates, and a proliferation of initiatives to democratize internet access are all opportunities for the development of music streaming on the continent. Local players are multiplying, particularly in the English-speaking part of the continent, which is a real hotbed of initiatives in...
ON EST ENSEMBLE Productions launches youth programming
On Est Ensemble Productions, an audiovisual production company, is launching into children's programming with "Les Amis de Boubi," which has been airing since October 7 on CANAL+ Family. This new program creates an enchanting world for young children, combining animation, live action, and nursery rhymes from across the continent. The...
Press release: Melody and Melody d'Afrique channels set out to conquer African audiences
On its 19th anniversary, Melody, the first music and entertainment channel dedicated to French and international music legends, had already integrated the African continent into the Canal+ Afrique package. Now it is the turn of its little sister, MELODY D'AFRIQUE, which offers the same concept entirely dedicated to the roots...