Season 2 of MTV Shuga Babi is in the works! Despite the difficult circumstances caused by the health crisis, the filming schedule has been adhered to. With the support of Unitaid, the MTV Staying Alive Foundation (MTV SAF) has been able to continue filming safely (with temperature checks, protective measures,...
La Maison Junior and Yobo Studios are calling for applications to train 15 young Togolese people in writing
To address the lack of training in audiovisual professions on the continent, Maison Junior is launching a call for applications in Togo for a ten-month training workshop on writing for animated series, fiction series, and TV magazines. LA MAISON JUNIOR is an association that aims to train young writers from...
How do we measure television audiences? Episode 1: Declarative measurements
Television audience measurement has kept pace with technological developments and has become increasingly sophisticated over the decades, evolving from surveys based on respondents' statements to automatic measurement requiring virtually no human intervention. The oldest technique, which is now the simplest to implement and by far the least expensive, consists of...
Sportfive to market free-to-air broadcasting rights for the Bundesliga in sub-Saharan Africa
The agency Sportfive, formerly Lagardère Sports (before the division was sold to HIG Capital), has announced that it has signed a contract for the commercialization of free-to-air broadcasting rights for the Bundesliga in sub-Saharan Africa. The agreement covers the next three seasons of the championship. It should be noted that,...
Series produced in French-speaking Africa in 2020 and in preparation for 2021
In addition to the report on the state of fiction production in French-speaking Africa, Adweknow has compiled all the information its subscribers need to gain a clear overview of the 17 new series currently being broadcast or in preparation for broadcast in 2021 (name, genre, number and length of episodes,...
SVOD: Number of subscribers in Africa to quadruple by 2025
Digital TV Research predicts that the number of SVOD subscribers in Africa will quadruple by 2025. The market, estimated at 2.75 million subscribers in 2019, will thus grow to 12.96 million subscribers in 2025. It is in English-speaking Africa, led by Nigeria and South Africa, that this growth will be...
CANAL+ holds a 6.5% stake in MultiChoice.
The CANAL+ Group announced that on September 29, 2020, it crossed the 5% ownership threshold of MultiChoice Group Ltd and now holds 6.5% of the South African company's capital. It should be noted that Multichoice, the leader in pay TV in sub-Saharan Africa, announced its listing on the Johannesburg Stock...
Arte Reportages: "A village dedicated to caring for the mentally ill" in Ivory Coast
In Côte d'Ivoire, in the small village of Trinlé-Diapleu, with a population of around 1,000, the Victor Houali center treats mentally ill patients from all over the country. There are no walls or fences here to separate the villagers from the patients. The patients are free to come and go...
YVIDERO on NCI for a second season of "Mme Tonkpi & Compagnie"
NCI, La Nouvelle Chaîne Ivoirienne, continues its fall programming season with the return of "Mme Tonkpi & Compagnie" for a second season. After the success of the first season, consisting of 50 three-minute episodes broadcast Monday through Friday at 7:30 p.m. on TELE D'ICI and digitally (averaging 200,000 views per...
French-language fiction production in Africa: current situation and prospects
The rise of French-speaking African audiovisual media is real. Diversity of content, diversity of production, quality, authenticity... Africa is a continent steeped in history. Stories that are told, but also stories that are brought to life on screen to satisfy an audience with ever-increasing expectations. Even though financing and training...