After several West African countries, StarTimes' project to provide satellite TV access to 10,000 African villages is now expanding to Côte d'Ivoire. This project involves equipping 10,000 villages across Africa with satellite television. To this end, each village receives two projectors, a 32-inch digital TV, and 20 StarTimes decoder kits....
CANAL+ and Mediawan join forces to produce original content for Africa
On October 14, CANAL+ International and Mediawan announced the creation of a joint venture dedicated to producing original French-language content for African audiences. To meet the growing demand for local content, the two entities have decided to join forces to produce new content, films, series, and animation for audiences in...
Vivendi Sports establishes the first MMA league in Africa
Ares Fighting Championship, the world's first Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) league based in Africa, has been officially launched by Vivendi Sports (a Vivendi Village entity). Vivendi Sports, which organizes cycling and boxing competitions on the African continent, has now decided to develop MMA, which has been popularized in recent years...
ON EST ENSEMBLE Productions launches youth programming
On Est Ensemble Productions, an audiovisual production company, is launching into children's programming with "Les Amis de Boubi," which has been airing since October 7 on CANAL+ Family. This new program creates an enchanting world for young children, combining animation, live action, and nursery rhymes from across the continent. The...
Gabon: CANAL+ launches a reality TV show dedicated to basketball
Twenty young people inaugurate Gabon's first reality TV show about basketball: Basket Academy. CANAL+ has officially launched its first reality TV show dedicated to young basketball enthusiasts, featuring 20 basketball players aged 15 to 18 who dream of becoming professionals. To achieve this, the participants will spend a month at...
TV5Monde: "La piste de la Francophonie" (The Francophonie Trail), 20 hours of live coverage, 18 major cities
"La piste de la Francophonie" (The Francophonie Trail), a live event broadcast Following the global success of "Tour du Monde de la Francophonie" in 2017, TV5MONDE is repeating the operation with a brand new program based on a similar concept: "La Piste de la Francophonie." Visiting 18 destinations, its ambition...
DRC: D9TV, a new TV channel dedicated to entertainment
As connectivity providers, telecom operators based on the continent have a role to play in democratizing access to digital technology and promoting innovation. As an operator committed to the digital transformation of the country and more broadly in Africa, Orange Côte d'Ivoire has chosen, for the ninth year, to reward...
TNT in Burkina Faso: SBT sets annual license fee
On September 17, the Société burkinabè de télédiffusion (SBT), the public operator in charge of DTT in Burkina Faso, held a meeting attended by the Prime Minister to discuss the progress of the work and the adoption of DTT broadcasting costs. The participants decided to distinguish between the national offering...
TOP 5 TV audience in the DRC: Molière TV leads in Kinshasa
In a post-election context where several channels such as RTNC and Tele 50 have been disrupted, MOLIERE TV retains its leading position ahead of TV5 Monde. NOVELAS TV takes third place from ANTENNE A, and DIGITAL CONGO joins RTNC1 in fifth place with a 5.2% audience share. PDA AC MOLIERE...
CANAL+ Afrique launches the African version of Fort Boyard
For the start of the 2019 season, CANAL+ Afrique has unveiled its latest programming additions. In addition to Le Parlement du Rire, which marks its grand return every Sunday at 7 p.m., CANAL+ Afrique has announced the broadcast of two new daily dramas starting in October: Oasis, a 20-episode series...