Category: Television

"We are convinced that the same ingredients that made Latin telenovelas successful in African markets will make African telenovelas equally successful in Latin America," Kimberley Azria said via social media. And to confirm this, Côte Ouest Audiovisuel has just announced that it has dubbed the first African telenovela, "Legacy," into...

TV5MONDE is broadcasting season 2 of "Afropolitaine," a comedy web series highlighting Afro-French culture. Starting March 31, two episodes will be available on TV5MONDE Afrique's digital platform, followed by a new episode every Wednesday and Friday. The episodes will also be available in June on the free French-language platform TV5MONDEplus....

TIVI5MONDE, TV5MONDE's youth channel, will be available from April 3 on channel 17 of DTT in the 300,000 Mauritian households equipped with DTT. To mark the 55th anniversary of the Republic of Mauritius, the Mauritius Broadcasting Company, the national broadcasting company, has decided to offer children aged 4 to 14...

Charly Kodjo, founder of the production company Instant2Vie, has just announced the launch of its activities in Senegal, in the city of Dakar. This is a major step forward for the company, which was founded in 2014 and has gradually moved from photography to video production, notably with the production...

Continuing its long history as an operator of optimized distribution services for broadcasters seeking to expand their international reach, Globecast, now a global provider of media management and distribution solutions, has been selected by Radio Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS), Senegal's public broadcaster, to develop its international presence. Globecast now handles the...

Showmax, Multichoice's streaming platform, will broadcast NBC-Universal and Sky content under an agreement signed with COMCAST, in addition to the South African group's content already available on Showmax. Showmax will be 70% owned by MultiChoice, with NBCUniversal owning the remaining 30%. This partnership will significantly enrich the content of the...

TV5MONDE, the French-language channel, will exclusively broadcast season 2 of the short program that profiles influential men and women in Africa: "Ambitions" starting Sunday, March 5, on TV5MONDE Afrique. Created by the French company Onyx, "AMBITIONS" presents a series of 60 four-minute portraits broadcast exclusively on TV5MONDE Afrique, as well...

On Friday, February 17, 2022, Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, Minister of Digital Technology and Digitalization, officially launched Digital Terrestrial Television in Benin. This launch marks the end of technical developments and, for viewers, the beginning of a new way of watching free television (more channels, better image quality, etc.). However,...

In recent years, media news in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa has been dominated by the release of new series. Audiovisual production is booming, with Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal leading the way. In Dakar, projects are multiplying, driven by a new generation of talent, fueled by the liberalization of the landscape, boosted...