Lacinan OUATTARA is taking charge of a new strategic department at the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) in Côte d'Ivoire, where he will be responsible for Platforms and New Services. This appointment comes at a time when media transformation, global platform regulation, artificial intelligence, and data governance are central issues...
Death of Éric Didia, better known by his nickname "Roro."
The Ivorian audiovisual landscape is plunged into sadness following the death of Éric Didia, better known by his nickname "Roro." An iconic figure in radio and television in Côte d'Ivoire, Roro passed away during the night of Thursday, June 5 to Friday, June 6, 2025, in Abidjan, after a long...
France 24 and RFI suspended for three months in TOGO
Togo's High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC) announced in a statement that France 24 and Radio France Internationale (RFI) would be suspended for three months. The two media outlets were accused of broadcasting "inaccurate and biased reports" following protests that rocked the country earlier this month. "Several recent broadcasts...
NEW QUEEN, the new pan-African reality TV show on CANAL+ POP
CANAL+ Afrique innovates with a new program of unprecedented scope. NOUVELLE REINE is a beauty and talent contest that began airing on Saturday, June 7, exclusively on CANAL+POP, and will continue every Saturday at 8:30 p.m. GMT. Produced by ON EST ENSEMBLE PRODUCTIONS and CANAL+ AFRIQUE, this original and ambitious...
The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup on NCI
The Nouvelle Chaine Ivoirienne (NCI) will broadcast the first ever FIFA Club World Cup free of charge and exclusively in Côte d'Ivoire from June 15. In 2022, NCI decided to acquire and broadcast major soccer competitions (2022 World Cup, 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, and 2024 Champions League). With the...
CANAL+ AND NETFLIX EXTEND THEIR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO FRENCH-SPEAKING AFRICA
(Press release) CANAL+ and Netflix are strengthening their historic partnership, which began in 2019 for France and Poland, by extending their strategic distribution agreement to sub-Saharan Africa. Thanks to this agreement, CANAL+ will become the first operator to distribute Netflix as part of its offerings in 24 countries in sub-Saharan...
West Africa TV removed from Guinea
Guinea's High Authority for Communication (HAC) has ordered the immediate withdrawal of West Africa TV from all broadcasting packages, including those of Canal+ Guinea and Startimes Guinea. This decision follows the broadcast of the program Star en ligne on May 30, 2025, during which comments deemed "offensive to public decency and...
Appointments at TV5 Monde
As part of TV5Monde's strategic information development plan, the channel has made several appointments and promotions to strengthen its multilateral information offering, roll out magazines and special operations, and accelerate digital production. Florence Lozach has been appointed editorial director of TV5Monde. She will take up her post on June 16....
CANAL+/ MULTICHOICE takes another step toward completing the transaction
More than two years after CANAL+ first made an offer to acquire Multichoice, and four months before the transaction deadline on October 8, 2025, the two companies have informed their shareholders that the South African Competition Commission has "recommended that the South African Competition Tribunal approve the proposed transaction, subject...
TV5 Monde suspended again in Mali
The media regulatory authority, the High Authority for Communication of Mali (HAC), has sent a letter to local audiovisual service distributors requesting that they stop broadcasting TV5Monde until further notice. The High Authority for Communication in Mali (HAC) has criticized the media outlet for "failing to uphold its duty of...