France 24 has signed a distribution agreement with Rwandan public television (RBA) for the free-to-air broadcast of its French and English channels on digital terrestrial television (DTT). Effective since December 12, France 24's broadcast on DTT in Rwanda allows 500,000 households that are equipped or in the process of being...
Netflix unveils trailer for "Queen Sono," its first original African series
Last December, the global leader in streaming and VOD officially announced its launch into African series production. Queen Sono is the title of this new Made in Africa series, the first original African series produced and broadcast by Netflix. Starring South African actress Pearl Thusi, known for her role in...
The first episodes of the MTV Shuga Babi series aired on RTI
On Thursday, November 28, at the French Institute in Ivory Coast, the MTV Staying Alive Foundation officially presented the first two episodes of the MTV Shuga Babi series. MTV Shuga Babi is the first version of the MTV Shuga series, adapted for the first time for French-speaking African audiences. Côte...
STARTIMES launches reality TV show in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast will soon broadcast the first reality TV dating show on television. At a press conference held on November 28, the Chinese television operator presented the new program "Bonjour mon idéal" (Hello, my ideal), a reality TV show based on the theme of love and dating in Ivory Coast....
The DISCOP Johannesburg 2020 has been rescheduled!
Following the eighth edition of DISCOP, held from November 20 to 22, 2019, in Johannesburg, it is now time to take stock. For three days, distributors and buyers, producers and media representatives gathered to exchange ideas and create new synergies. The focus was on African television production projects, the currently...
NCI, the new Ivorian channel, will begin broadcasting on December 12.
The schedule has been set, the studios are ready, the channel's distribution is secured, the teams have been assembled, program acquisitions have been finalized, and the communication campaign has been launched... On Thursday, December 12, NCI will take its place in the new Ivorian audiovisual landscape, on channel 4 of...
NCI unveils its display
NCI, the new Ivorian channel, has launched an intensive poster campaign in Abidjan and unveiled its new slogan, "Télévivez la Côte d'Ivoire" (Experience Côte d'Ivoire on TV), and its tagline, "ça se passe ici" (it's happening here), both of which reinforce the channel's ambition to establish itself in Ivorian society....
CANAL+ ELLES speaks to women's hearts
Since October 15, CANAL+ Afrique has been offering its subscribers a new channel: CANAL+ ELLES, available as CANAL+ ELLES Centre and CANAL+ ELLES Ouest to account for the time difference between West Africa and Central Africa. Historically, CANAL+ has always had a predominantly male audience due to its extensive sports...
CANAL+: SUNU YEUF, the new 100% Senegalese channel
The CANAL+ group has been committed for several years to a strategy of producing local content for the African continent. To get even closer to its subscribers in French-speaking Africa, the CANAL+ group recently decided to offer more African content by launching ten new local and international television channels. Among...
Eutelsat markets its Cirrus service in Africa
At the latest AfricaCom event, Eutelsat Communications announced the signing of a contract with Orao Telecom Congo for the marketing of the Eutelsat Cirrus solution. This is a first on the African continent. Orao Telecom Congo will use Eutelsat's services to launch a package of 15 pay-TV channels featuring Congolese...