The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has just given the green light for public channels to charge pay TV operators for broadcasting their content. This agreement now allows the SABC, which publishes South African public channels, to negotiate commercial terms with pay TV operators. The latter will have...
TV5MONDE Afrique exclusively broadcasts season 7 of "Parents mode d'emploi" (Parenting Guide), Gabonese version
TV5MONDE, the French-language channel, will exclusively broadcast season 7 of the African series "Parents, Mode d'emploi" starting April 4. TV5MONDE, which pre-purchased the series, will air this new season every day from Monday to Sunday at 9:00 p.m. (UTC). REVIEW - Two reruns will be broadcast the following day at...
L’ACCORD, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2022 Luxor African Film Festival, coming soon to theaters
LACCORD is the new film directed, written, and produced by Cameroonian Frank Thierry Lea Malle. Dealing with a serious subject, L'ACCORD promises to be a hard-hitting film. This production by Inception Arts & Com and CANAL+ INTERNATIONAL will be in all CANAL OLYMPIA, MAJESTIC, and other theaters starting April 29....
Disney+ arrives on the African continent
In August 2021, Digital TV Research predicted 15.1 million paying subscribers to SVOD services in Africa by 2026. This forecast figure represents a threefold increase on the 5.1 million expected by the end of 2021. Half of the additional 10 million will come from South Africa and Nigeria, which will...
Official launch of the 28th edition of FESPACO
The leading African film festival, FESPACO, will be held from February 25 to March 4, 2023. Every two years, the country of honest men honors African cinema by organizing FESPACO, well known for its supreme award, the Etalon d'Or. FESPACO awards official prizes and special prizes in two categories to...
Netflix invests in co-production in South Africa
Netflix is pursuing its ambition to invest in local content production to attract new subscribers on the African continent. The VOD giant recently announced plans to accelerate its strategy of creating original content with a $62 million investment in co-production. To begin with, South Africa will benefit from this investment...
"EKI" and "The Future Is Ours": two new original creations from CANAL+
CANAL+ will soon broadcast two new original creations: "EKI" and "Le Futur est à nous" (The Future is Ours). As we highlighted in our recent report , the audiovisual production sector in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa continues to grow, driven in particular by a new generation of talent and increasingly significant...
Launch of the first AFRO VFX training course dedicated to special effects
With around 3,500 films produced each year, West Africa is the most prolific region on the continent. However, professional training remains a strategic issue for the development and structuring of the audiovisual industry. To address this challenge, Éric M'Boua and Mbépongo Bilamba have decided to launch a new special effects...
ORTB+: a new channel coming soon to Benin?
Several articles questioning the quality of ORTB's programming and announcing the creation of a new television channel, ORTB+, prompted a response from Jean-Philippe Erick Abraham, acting director general of the Benin Broadcasting and Television Office, who explained in an interview with Jeune Afrique that "For the past five years, ORTB...
Cameroon: Startimes partners with the CINAF platform
Startimes has partnered with the CINAF TV platform to offer its subscribers 100% Cameroonian content. To do so, the Chinese digital television operator has formed a partnership with the Cameroonian streaming platform CINAF TV. CINAF TV is a company that produces, broadcasts, and distributes Cameroonian film content. The platform now...