CANAL+, which purchased all rights to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, is pulling out all the stops to promote the competition on its channels. The EN MODE CAN campaign began on May 31 in 25 African countries across traditional media (posters, TV, radio, press), digital media (Facebook, IG, YouTube,...
Tennis is growing in French-speaking Africa
On the sidelines of the latest edition of Roland Garros, the French Tennis Federation organized the "Rendez-vous de la Francophonie du Tennis" in some thirty countries. Chaired by the Secretary General of La Francophonie, Louise Mushikiwabo, these events brought together French-speaking tennis federations into an association, the Association des Fédérations...
Wozo, a film project led by Thibaut Monnier and TSK STUDIOS
For audiovisual production on the African continent, financing remains the crux of the matter. This delicate situation is pushing industry players to adapt, reinvent themselves, and redouble their inventiveness in order to find sources of funding. Beyond "traditional" financing (television channels, subsidies, sponsorship, VOD), filmmakers are turning to the web...
DISCOP Abidjan 2019: Studio CO2 unveils some of its productions
STUDIO CO2's latest productions were presented at the fifth edition of DISCOP ABIDJAN, held from May 29 to 31 at the Radisson Blu. These programs were shown during private screenings. STUDIO CO2, the short film studio of Groupe Côte Ouest, presented various programs during a private screening, such as: "ABIDJAN...
Netflix acquires rights to Mati Diop's film "Atlantique"
The Grand Jury of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival awarded Mati Diop this year for her film "Atlantique." This is a wonderful recognition for African cinema. But the Franco-Senegalese director's first feature film, which received the Grand Prix du Jury, also caught the attention of streaming giant Netflix. Netflix has...
Startimes launches a pan-African online film festival
Satellite television operator Startimes has launched the first edition of the Pan-African Online Film Festival. Driven by its ambition to support and promote audiovisual creation in Africa, Startimes has chosen to launch this festival on its OTT platform, Startimes ON. Based on a quarterly competition, StarTimes will award prizes for...
What does the future hold for African broadcasting?
Every year, funding for audiovisual and film productions is the central theme of these professional meetings, which bring together buyers, sellers, and producers. These debates often fall short, as most participants can only note the chronic underfunding of audiovisual productions in Africa. Once again this year, this topic was at...
CAN 2019: Shared or exclusive sports rights?
The conference on public television organized during the last DISCOP Abidjan, during which the sensitive subject of sports rights was discussed, provided an opportunity to reignite a controversy that is still far from over. Two years ago, Lagardère Sports was challenged by numerous channels that considered the prices offered to...
CAN 2019: UAR organizes marketing seminar with television channels
With just a few weeks to go before the kickoff of the Africa Cup of Nations, the African Broadcasting Union brought together African television channels for a marketing seminar on the exploitation and commercialization of TV rights for the competition. The participants gathered in Dakar from May 21 to 23...
"Afrofuturisms," the new podcast from RFI
What is Afrofuturism? Born in the 1960s and conceptualized in the 1990s in the United States, Afrofuturism is a cultural movement that has spread across the Atlantic to Europe and Africa. In this new podcast entitled "Afrofuturisms," RFI highlights this cultural movement with its shifting contours throughout history and current...