Chinese pay-TV operator STARTIMES has announced the acquisition of UEFA national team broadcasting rights for the period 2019-2022 across sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa). The rights acquired include the broadcasting of Euro 2020 matches, which will be played from June 12 to July 12, 2020. The rights also cover other...
TRACE and CANAL+ launch Afrikora
At a conference on "Media Business and Music in Africa " held at the French Institute in Togo in March 2019, Olivier Laouchez, CEO of the Trace group, announced a new collaboration with the CANAL+ group. The two groups announced the launch of Trace Afrikora, a new channel dedicated to...
Comedian Mamane returns to Niger to help it emerge from "Gondwana"
"Ah, but it's the Gondwanan!" exclaims the Nigerien police officer when he discovers that the driver he wanted to check is none other than comedian Mamane. He immediately stands to attention and salutes as if he were standing before a powerful head of state. Then he bursts out laughing. We...
Flash offer for maximum visibility during the Senegal-Algeria match
On the occasion of the African Cup of Nations final between Algeria and Senegal in Cairo on Friday, MCNC, which markets the advertising inventory of the African Union of Radio and Television (AUR) for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, broadcast by 33 terrestrial TV channels in 31 sub-Saharan African...
What does the future hold for AFRICANEWS within SIPROMAD?
According to Jeune Afrique, Africanews, the pan-African news channel launched in 2016, is to be sold to the Malagasy group SIPROMAD for $20 million. Read also: Africanews launches its first pan-African advertising campaign The Sipromad group, chaired by Madagascan businessman Ylias Akbaraly, has a wide range of activities (agribusiness, aviation,...
Côte d'Ivoire represented at the World Conference on Media Freedom
On July 10 and 11, London hosted a global conference on media freedom focusing on the key theme of "Press freedom, development, and democracy in Africa." Government officials, multilateral agencies, civil society organizations, academics, and media professionals gathered to exchange ideas and create synergies in support of freedom of expression,...
The CANAL+ group strengthens its position in the Nollywood industry
The CANAL+ group announces the acquisition of the production, content distribution, and channel publishing activities of IROKO PARTNERS, thereby strengthening its activities in content produced in Nigeria, one of the world's most prolific film industries and a genre that is hugely popular with African audiences on the continent and in...
Is the M6 group going to launch a television channel in French-speaking Africa?
During a recent speech, Nicolas de Tavernost, CEO of M6 Group, mentioned in passing the idea—not officially confirmed—of drawing on the international expertise of the Lagardère group to develop its activities internationally, particularly in Africa. As announced at the end of May, the Lagardère Group has decided to sell the...
ASCOM 2019: an edition dedicated to women leaders
The 2019 edition of ASCOM, initiated by Ivorian journalist Michel Russel Lohoré, came to a close on July 4 in Abidjan. Personalities, companies, agencies, and institutions from the world of communications gathered for this 2019 edition, which was dedicated to women. Women are making their mark in the African communications...
Ciné Guimbi will open its doors on November 21, 2019.
The renovation project for Ciné Guimbi in Burkina Faso is nearing completion, allowing this historic movie theater to reopen to the public on November 21, 2019. In the cultural city of Bobo-Dioulasso, audiences will be able to reconnect with the seventh art thanks to Ciné Guimbi, a mini-plex designed around...