Last week, the Ivorian government announced the exemption of customs duties and Value Added Tax (VAT) on equipment needed to receive digital terrestrial television (DTT) signals in Abidjan. Set for June 17, 2020, by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the process of migrating to DTT and permanently switching off the...
Senegalese channel iTV begins broadcasting
After launching the emedia.sn news platform and Senegalese radio station I Radio in October 2018, the Emedia Invest group officially entered the Senegalese media landscape on May 6 with the launch of iTV. Following a test phase that began last February, iTV officially began broadcasting its programs, which are available...
CFI: two new series in development in Kinshasa and Ouagadougou
Following the success of the television series Invisibles and Sahko et Mangane on Canal+, which CFI supported through training workshops, the adventure continues with two new projects. Read also: Interview with Alex Ogou, director of the series Invisibles In Kinshasa, in partnership with production companies Clarimage and On est ensemble...
THEMA launches its SVOD platform "+ d'Afrique"
On April 25, French company THEMA, which specializes in distributing multicultural content, announced the launch of + d'Afrique, a new video-on-demand service associated with the Bouquet Africain Platinum package offered by operator Free. The new SVOD platform +D'AFRIQUE offers its subscribers African content with a total of more than 450...
2019 Cannes Film Festival – French-Senegalese director Mati Diop in the Official Selection
This year, the major international film festival will once again take place in Cannes, from May 14 to 25, 2019. For this 72nd edition, Senegal will be represented in the official selection. Among the 19 films competing for the Palme d'Or is the feature film "Atlantique," directed by French-Senegalese filmmaker...
2019 Africa Cup of Nations: the competition schedule
With just a few months to go before the start of the Africa Cup of Nations, check out the full schedule for the competition: Friday , June 21 Egypt vs. Zimbabwe, 10 p.m. in Cairo (Group A) Saturday , June 22 DR Congo vs. Uganda, 4:30 p.m. in Cairo (Group...
CAN 2019: CANAL+'s broadcasting arrangements
With the Africa Cup of Nations fast approaching, Canal+ has unveiled details of its plans for CANAL+ Sport to cover the entire competition. The competition will kick off before the start of the tournament with a magazine program entitled "En Route pour la CAN" (On the Road to the CAN)....
CAN 2019: UAR acquires free-to-air broadcasting rights in sub-Saharan Africa
As we announced in our special report on sports rights in French-speaking Africa, a call for tenders for the marketing of broadcasting rights for the 2019 African Cup of Nations was launched by CAF to identify the next free-to-air broadcasters of the competition. Read: Sports rights: who are the main...
RFI Afrique now on WhatsApp
The web has become an essential channel for information. Beyond the duality of the internet and social media, mobile devices are becoming increasingly important, both for internet users and for the media. With more than a billion users worldwide, WhatsApp is emerging as the new playground for the media. More...
CanalOlympia opens a new venue in Brazzaville
The CanalOlympia network now has a 12th movie theater, which opened on April 17 in Brazzaville, in the Poto Poto neighborhood. This is the first CanalOlympia built in Congo. The movie theater and performance venue has 300 seats. Nineteen movie screenings will be offered each week to the Brazzaville public....