At a press conference held on October 11 at CanalOlympia in Cotonou, the CANAL+ group announced the launch of ten new African and international television channels. Since October 15, CANAL+ has been offering more African content through ten new television channels included in its package. Among the new additions are...
Togo: The launch of digital terrestrial television finally on the agenda
Four years after the date on which African countries were supposed to switch to DTT (June 17, 2015), the Togolese government's website announced at the end of October 2019 that members of parliament had voted on the draft law on audiovisual communications. This bill regulates the implementation of digital terrestrial...
NCI, the New Ivorian Channel, is coming soon!
In a few weeks, NCI (Nouvelle Chaîne Ivoirienne) will become the first private Ivorian television channel to launch on DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) after A+ Ivoire, which began broadcasting last January. NCI will occupy channel 4 on DTT and will also be available at the end of this year on...
StarTimes connects villages in Ivory Coast
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...