RTS has signed an agreement with Marketing & Media Solutions to obtain the broadcasting rights for the African qualifying matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. As we announced a few weeks ago, Marketing & Media Solutions (MMS) and PC Plus Group Holding SA (PC Plus Group) have partnered to...
AFO MEDIA, the new group launched by Alain FOKA
Journalist, producer, and presenter at RFI since 1994, Alain Foka announced his departure from RFI a few weeks ago. The renowned Cameroonian media personality will now focus on developing his newly created AFO Medias group, with the ambition of turning it into a major media group whose intention is to...
NCI signs with New World TV for free-to-air broadcast of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
After broadcasting the best matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, NCI (Nouvelle Chaîne Ivoirienne) is doing it again by signing a sublicense agreement with New World TV allowing it to broadcast the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations matches on free-to-air television in Côte d'Ivoire. This announcement follows New World...
Benin: SRTB, a new entity encompassing ORTB and CMAJB
The Société de Radio et de Télévision du Bénin S.A. (SRTB) is a new entity created by the authorities, resulting from the merger of the Office de radiodiffusion et télévision du Bénin (ORTB), which manages the country's public media, and the Centre multimédia des Adolescents et des Jeunes du Bénin...
NCI will broadcast the Ivory Coast team's qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup
NCI has just announced the acquisition from PC Plus Group and Marketing Media Solutions of the broadcasting rights for the Ivory Coast national football team's matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Côte d'Ivoire, which is in Group F alongside Gabon, Kenya, Gambia, Burundi, and Seychelles, will play 10...
TV5MONDE: Season 2 of Wara available on the TV5MONDEplus platform
On October 4, TV5MONDE will launch the second season of the hit series WARA: "LA DESTINEE D'AÏCHA" on its free global French-language platform TV5MONDEplus. This six-episode, 45-minute socio-political series, created by Charli Beleteau based on an original idea by Magagi Issoufou Sani, was directed by Oumar Diack and Marc R'Ogayoni...
TéléSud television channel closes its doors
Telesud, the television channel owned by Amougou Belinga, has announced that it is closing its doors in Paris. Laurent Leleux, Telesud's editor-in-chief, shared the news on his LinkedIn account, expressing his gratitude for the opportunities afforded to him over the past three years. "It's official, Telesud is closing its doors....
RFI and France 24 suspended in Niger
One week after the coup in Niger, according to several sources on the ground, the broadcasting of RFI and France 24 programs has been interrupted in the country. France Médias Monde condemns this decision, which was taken outside of any conventional or legal framework and further deprives citizens in the...
A+ Benin goes live on July 24, 2023
Last November, we announced the creation of A+ Benin, a new television channel jointly proposed by the Beninese government and the CANAL+ Group. Readhttps://adweknow.com/4-ans-apres-a-ivoire-creation-da-benin/ A+ BENIN began broadcasting on digital terrestrial television and satellite on July 24, 2023. The channel offers new shows and programming inspired by those that made...
TV5MONDE, official partner and broadcaster of the Francophonie Games
TV5MONDE, the official broadcaster of the Francophonie Summits, will broadcast the 9th Francophonie Games on all its channels this summer. For this new edition, which will take place from July 28 to August 6 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, the global French-language channel is offering special programming to bring...