(Press release) The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the signing of a €245 million global facility with New World Television (NWTV). The financing will be used in part to fund the channel's acquisition of media licensing rights for certain sports broadcasting copyrights from international media rights holders, enabling broadcasts...
Voice of America suspended in Burkina Faso.
In April 2024, the authorities in Burkina Faso suspended the TV channel TV5Monde and access to its website, along with six other international media outlets: Deutsche Welle, Ouest-France, Le Monde, Apanews, The Guardian, and Agence Ecofin. Now it's Voice of America's turn to be suspended for three months. The decision...
The Parliament of Laughter: a long-running show.
Filming for the next season of Le Parlement du Rire will take place in Abidjan from October 9 to 18. This will be the 18th season of this cult comedy show produced by Gondwana Productions and broadcast on CANAL+. The first season aired on CANAL+ in 2016, based on a...
TV5MONDE mobilizes for the Francophonie Summit
TV5MONDE is mobilizing for the 19th Francophonie Summit, which will take place on October 4 and 5 in Villers-Cotterêts and Paris. The French-language channel is putting in place exceptional measures to cover the event on its channels and across all its digital platforms. On the agenda: more than 200 hours...
Kim Younes Charbit nominated to become president of TV5 Monde
Three months after Yves Bigot's departure, TV5 Monde is preparing to appoint a new president. Kim Younes Charbit, 42, will be officially confirmed in this position at the board meeting on October 2. Her appointment, proposed by France, is expected to be approved by all shareholder countries. Kim Younes Charbit...
The HACA reiterates the terms of the law and puts pressure on itself
For the second time in a few months, the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) has reiterated that "any audience measurement carried out outside its framework and certification is considered illegal and constitutes a violation of the legislation in force. Such practices pose a risk of destabilizing the Ivorian media...
Season 2 of Ôbatanga coming soon to CANAL+PREMIERE
After the success of the first season, Ôbatanga, the series created by Alex Ogou, returns to screens with a highly anticipated second season on CANAL+ PREMIERE. Winner of the award for best foreign fiction at the prestigious Luchon TV Festival in 2023, the series found its audience as soon as...
Vivendi reorganizes its activities: CANAL+ reconfigured into three divisions
In a press release published on September 20, Vivendi, which announced in December 2023 its intention to reorganize its activities, details the new configuration of the CANAL+ Group. GVA, better known in Africa under the Canalbox brand, Dailymotion, L’Olympia and the Théâtre de L’Œuvre in France, and the CanalOlympia movie...
NCI, official broadcaster of the UEFA Champions League
NCI, the New Ivorian Channel, announced in a press release that it has acquired the free-to-air television broadcasting rights for the UEFA Champions League from New World TV for three (3) years in Côte d'Ivoire. For free-to-air television, the rights include the broadcast in high definition (HD) of one UEFA...
CANAL+ Pop suspended for 45 days in the DRC
The Congolese High Council for Audiovisual and Communication (CSAC) has just suspended Canal + Pop for 45 days throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo as a precautionary measure. In French-speaking Africa, censorship does not only affect news channels; it also affects entertainment channels. CANAL+POP is currently the victim of this:...