"Eco Media" is the name of the new television channel launched by the Link Telecom group. According to several media outlets, an agreement has been signed between the group led by Excaf CEO Sidy Omar Massar Diagne and the Senegalese National Audiovisual Regulation Council. The result of several years of...
New channel numbering: national channels move to the top in Mali, Togo, and Benin
As announced by David Mignot, CEO of CANAL+AFRIQUE, in an interview he gave us in early January, logical numbering is beginning to be implemented in all countries covered by CANAL+. The High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA), which regulates audiovisual communication in Côte d'Ivoire, initiated the move on January 31...
Lex Africana: the new CANAL+ Original series produced by Mediawan Africa
Lex Africana is the first CANAL+ ORIGINAL action series. It will be broadcast starting April 22 on CANAL+ Première, with one episode per week every Monday at 8:30 p.m. This series, co-produced by CANAL+ INTERNATIONAL, KEEWU production (Mediawan Africa), and Shimazua entertainments, was filmed entirely in Senegal, in DAKAR. It...
The most watched television channels in BURKINA FASO and MALI
CANAL+ Advertising, the leading advertising agency in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa, recently published in its sales pitch the audience shares of channels based on the latest data from KANTAR's Africascope 2023 study. In addition to the results for SENEGAL, CAMEROON, and IVORY COAST published by Adweknow last week, here are the...
The CANAL+ group acquires a stake in Marodi TV
On Friday, March 22, the Canal+ group announced that it had acquired a stake in the production company Marodi TV. Founded in 2012, MARODI TV has built its success on producing series in Wolof, broadcast on the internet. Marodi TV now has 6 million subscribers on YouTube and has entered...
7th Media Awards Ceremony in Cameroon: the main winners
On March 9, the Cameroonian media information platform Mediatude organized the 7th Media Awards ceremony in Douala, recognizing media professionals and web actors who distinguished themselves through their work in 2023. 19 awards were presented during the ceremony, which recognized in particular: Journalist Patrick FANDIO received the honorary award at...
Cannes: the Pavillon Afriques launches its call for projects
On the sidelines of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, the Pavillon Afriques is launching its call for projects. The Pavillon Afriques will once again be located at the heart of the Cannes Film Festival's international village, which will take place from May 14 to 25, 2024. It is an essential...
BEST CAN EVER: more than just a slogan, it's a quantified reality
The Confederation of African Football has published a series of statistics on the latest Africa Cup of Nations, which took place in Ivory Coast, showing that all previous records have been broken by a wide margin: The number of videos viewed rose from 350 million in 2021 to 2.2 billion...
Creation of a new fund to support women in the audiovisual and film industry
In 2021, UNESCO, in its report "African film industry: trends, challenges, and opportunities for growth," estimated that African cinema could create 20 million jobs and generate $20 billion per year... A recent study by the CNC found that "the global film, audiovisual, and video game markets are experiencing unprecedented vitality...
Dakar Series: second edition postponed
Due to the electoral context, the second edition of the Dakar Series festival has been postponed. Originally scheduled for May 6-11, 2024, the festival will now take place from October 8-12, 2024. Launched in 2023 by Séraphine Angoula, Dakar Series brings together professionals and enthusiasts of television series and offers...