Some time ago, CANAL+ Advertising asked Médiamétrie to propose a methodology that would enable it to determine the audience for channels distributed by CANAL+ based on analysis of decoders capable of continuously measuring which channels are watched in subscriber households. To transform the household audience provided by technical logs into...
In French-speaking Africa, 15% of the population watches Global Africa Télésud every month.
According to the results of the latest Africascope survey, the benchmark for TV audience measurement in French-speaking Africa, nearly 15% of the population watches Global Africa Télésud every month. This figure rises to 35% in Gabon, 29% in Congo, and 23% in Cameroon. Thus, every month, 2,638,000 people watch Global...
France Médias Monde is surprised that RFI and France 24 have not been reinstated in Togo
(press release) On June 16, RFI and France 24 were suspended for three months in Togo by the High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC). At the end of this suspension, on Tuesday, September 16, broadcasting of the two media outlets was not restored in the country, contrary to the...
Interview with Joël-Amos Badi, Deputy Director of Programs at NCI
Hello, Joel-Amos BADI You must be very busy at the start of this new academic year in 2025. What are the main new features planned for your program schedule? JAB: Actually, we are currently focused on our coverage of the presidential campaign, which will keep us busy until mid-November. So...
How brands used TV in Cameroon in 2024
After Senegal and Ivory Coast, Adweknow has published its annual report, which provides valuable insights into how brands managed their TV advertising presence in Cameroon in 2024, based on TV advertising data from Ipsos. According to IPSOS, ORANGE Cameroon, MTN Cameroon, and CANAL2 ranked first in the monthly TOP 10...
Initial results of the New National Audiovisual Media Measurement
After more than two years of anticipation, the national audience measurement system for audiovisual media is finally up and running: the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) published the first results this week. The Kantar study was conducted in two waves: from May 6 to 30, 2025, and from June...
Gulli Africa celebrates its 10th anniversary
Created in 2015 in 22 French-speaking African countries by the Lagardère Active group, already publisher of Canal J and Gulli France, and sold to the M6 group in 2019, which has been its publisher ever since, Gulli Africa is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The channel is available exclusively on Canal+...
CANAL+/MULTICHOICE: APPROVAL BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMPETITION COURT
CANAL+ and MULTICHOICE announced in a press release published on July 23 that the South African Competition Tribunal has approved CANAL+'s mandatory takeover bid to acquire all outstanding ordinary shares of Multichoice Group not already owned by CANAL+, excluding treasury shares, from MCG shareholders for ZAR 125.00 per share. This...
Standoff between Multichoice and Ghanaian authorities
For several months, the Ghanaian government, through its Minister of Communications, Digital Technologies, and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has been criticizing MultiChoice, the operator of the DStv television package, for charging what it considers to be excessive prices for its pay-TV services in Ghana compared to those charged in other...
Media royalties rise sharply in Senegal
According to Sénénews, a decree has been signed jointly by the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Aliou Sall, and the Minister of Finance and Budget, Cheikh Diba, setting out the terms and amounts of the annual fee applicable to players in the audiovisual communication value chain. According to this...