La Nouvelle Chaîne Ivoirienne (NCI) won the Best Generalist, News, and Programming Channel Award 2021 at the 2nd Business Awards, held on December 11 in Abidjan. The Business Awards were created by Amos BEONAHO, former President of the Union of Journalists of Côte d'Ivoire, to promote excellence and celebrate top...
SAMUEL Eto’o, new president of FECAFOOT
With just a few days to go before the start of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, the Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot) has just elected a new president, Samuel Eto'o. He will hold this position for the next four years. The program that enabled Samuel Eto'o to win...
CANAL+'s magazine program "Enquête d'Afrique" returns to the African continent.
CANAL+'s magazine program "Enquête d'Afrique" is returning to the African continent. This is a first in the history of this flagship CANAL+ Afrique program. As a reminder, "Enquête d'Afrique" is a magazine program featuring in-depth reports and investigations dedicated to current events on the continent. Presented by Patrick Fandio, the...
Digital dividend: a potential windfall for African countries
In French-speaking Africa, the transition to DTT is being finalized in many countries. In Côte d'Ivoire, the analog signal was switched off on November 13, 2021, and all DTT channels are now operational. In Senegal, 85% of sites are now in service, covering 90% of the population. In Benin, 95%...
The Ivorian LONACI Ligue 1 extends its contract with CANAL+
Following on from the contract signed five years ago granting it the broadcasting rights for Ivorian Ligue 1 matches, the CANAL+ group and the FIF have signed a renewal of this agreement, granting it exclusive TV broadcasting rights for Ivorian LONACI Ligue 1 matches for the 2021-2022 season. The Ivorian...
#ROITV3: Third part of the SNPTV/EKIMETRICS study
The SNPTV has just published the third part of its study on TV effectiveness, initiated three years ago in partnership with Ekimetrics, which reviews the universal characteristics of TV effectiveness. The study covers six years of in-depth data and analyzes more than 250 econometric models across a wide range of...
A+ Ivoire signs partnership agreement with Gaou Productions, owned by singer A’Salfo
The A+ Ivoire channel has signed a partnership agreement with Gaou Productions to broadcast a new music program called "FEMUA en immersion." Since November 7, the channel has been broadcasting this new musical event every Sunday until December on the CANAL+ group's channel. Launched in 2008 by A'Salfo, leader of...
The UAR wants to train sports journalists ahead of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
With the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations set to take place from January 9 to February 6, 2022, the African Broadcasting Union (ABU) is launching an online training course for African sports journalists. This training has been designed to improve the performance of media professionals who wish to cover the...
The TRACE Group launches a new channel in Cameroon
The Cameroonian audiovisual landscape welcomes a new channel from the international TRACE group, which has chosen to set up a new subsidiary in the country. Called TRACE Mboa, this new channel is dedicated to Cameroonian music and culture. Following the success of its local channels such as Trace Kitoko, Trace...
Les 3 Lascars, the new comedy co-produced by CANAL+
Following LE BONNET DE MODIBO, Burkinabe director Boubacar Diallo has released a new comedy entitled LES TROIS LASCARS, which recently won the ECOWAS Special Prize at the 27th edition of Fespaco. From November 5, the film will be available in all CanalOlympia theaters, Majestic and IF cinemas in Abidjan, IF...