The next Discop Abidjan will take place from May 29 to 31 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Abidjan. DISCOP Abidjan 2019 is the must-attend event for audiovisual professionals in French-speaking Africa, whether they are broadcasters, mobile operators, distributors, producers, or providers of technical services or software packages. As every...
Ivory Coast: official launch of the MTV Shuga series project
It's official: MTV Shuga Babi will be the first version of the MTV Shuga series adapted for French-speaking African audiences. Ivory Coast will host this first adaptation of the popular TV series, which chronicles the lives of young people living in Africa. The first season of MTV Shuga Babi will...
TV5Monde Afrique: The new web series "Un mot adopté" with Yvidero
TV5MONDE, the French-language channel, has been broadcasting a new comedy series exclusively online since May 13: "Un mot adopté" (An Adopted Word). "Un mot adopté" is a short and punchy web series consisting of 16 three-minute episodes, designed and produced by Totem Expérience. It plays on the sometimes unusual use...
CAN 2019: RTS obtains broadcasting rights for the competition
As announced a few weeks ago, the UAR has obtained exclusive broadcasting rights for the upcoming 2019-2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) matches in sub-Saharan Africa. Following this announcement, the marketing of TV rights to various channels was set to begin. Following a call for tenders launched by the African...
TNT in Ivory Coast: equipment exempt from customs duties and VAT
Last week, the Ivorian government announced the exemption of customs duties and Value Added Tax (VAT) on equipment needed to receive digital terrestrial television (DTT) signals in Abidjan. Set for June 17, 2020, by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the process of migrating to DTT and permanently switching off the...
Senegalese channel iTV begins broadcasting
After launching the emedia.sn news platform and Senegalese radio station I Radio in October 2018, the Emedia Invest group officially entered the Senegalese media landscape on May 6 with the launch of iTV. Following a test phase that began last February, iTV officially began broadcasting its programs, which are available...
CFI: two new series in development in Kinshasa and Ouagadougou
Following the success of the television series Invisibles and Sahko et Mangane on Canal+, which CFI supported through training workshops, the adventure continues with two new projects. Read also: Interview with Alex Ogou, director of the series Invisibles In Kinshasa, in partnership with production companies Clarimage and On est ensemble...
CAN 2019: CANAL+'s broadcasting arrangements
With the Africa Cup of Nations fast approaching, Canal+ has unveiled details of its plans for CANAL+ Sport to cover the entire competition. The competition will kick off before the start of the tournament with a magazine program entitled "En Route pour la CAN" (On the Road to the CAN)....
The series "Invisibles" available in France in the African Bouquet
"Invisibles," a fictional film directed by Alex Ogou about "microbes" in Ivory Coast, is now available in France on + d'Afrique, the video-on-demand service of Bouquet Africain from the operator Free. Bouquet Africain, launched by Thema in 2008, offers up to 27 television channels from 11 French-speaking African countries, from...
Press release: Group Vivendi Africa rolls out Canalbox, the first FTTH ultra-high-speed internet network in Congo
Group Vivendi Africa (GVA), a telecom operator specializing in providing ultra-high-speed internet access in Africa, is today launching CANALBOX, its ultra-high-speed FTTH (fiber to the home) internet service, in Pointe-Noire (Republic of Congo). Following Gabon in October 2017 and Togo in March 2018, this is GVA's third commercial operation, further...