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...
rtiplay.ci: RTI's new platform.
On July 5, RTI launched its new RTIPLAY platform, which brings together all media published by the RTI group. Several official communications from RTI and its presenters invited the public not to miss this launch, emphasizing the importance of the platform for gathering and sharing local and national stories with...
New lawsuit against Multichoice in Nigeria
(AFP dispatch) Nigerian authorities have fined the subsidiary of Africa's largest pay-TV operator 766 million naira (approximately $500,000) for a "blatantly intrusive" violation of privacy. On Sunday, the Nigerian Data Protection Commission (NDPC) accused MultiChoice Nigeria, the Nigerian subsidiary of South African group MultiChoice, of violating data protection laws. Babatunde Bamgboye, who...
CANAL+'s African offensive between pay TV and high-speed Internet
During the presentation of its results for 2024, the CANAL+ group provided an update on its activities in Africa. Since the CANAL+ group was listed on the London Stock Exchange, the number of subscribers specifically in Africa is no longer published. The group has announced a total number of subscribers...
TikTok: battle for influence between Ivorian and Senegalese channels
TikTok has become an essential playground for African media. The channels of the two heavyweights of West African audiovisual media, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal, are engaged in a long-distance battle for influence to attract young people, whether they are based in Africa or in the diaspora. Ivory Coast: Life TV...