Over the past year, from March 2015 to March 2016, Canal+ landed 500,000 new customers in Africa. The French pre-paid TV group thus brought its number of customers to over two million across the continent. It should be recalled that up till February 2016, Canal+ gathered around 5.5 million customers worldwide (France excluded). These numbers were updated on May 11, 2016, by Canal+’s owner,...

Twentieth Century Fox lands in Africa though Nigeria and Ghana. The American studios just signed a distribution contract in both countries, namely with Nigerian firm FilmOne Distribution that has significantly expanded in West Africa. For Fox, this is the first partnership of the type in the region. According to the contract, FilmOne is to start distibution in Nigeria and Ghana starting from...

Since Miloud Chorfi, former head of Algeria’s broadcasting regulatory authority (ARAV), has been appointed senator, no one has filled his position. It thus befalls the President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika to appoint ARAV’s new president. Minister of Communication Hamid Grine said on February 1, 2016, that ARAV’s next head “would soon be known”. In the meantime, the minister explained that...

Gathered at the general assembly held on January 6, 2016, the employees of the Gabon press agency have decided to pursue work despite the non-payment of salaries. The agency’s website is back online after writing has been stopped, thus confirming that the agency indeed previously ceased all writing activities. Despite the very precarious financial situation of Agp, Gabon’s government denied...

In Senegal, Futurs Médias Group (GFM) has expanded with 3 new television channels, being iTfM, OléTfm and TfmReligion. Youssou Ndour’s media group thus beefs up its offer which was so far limited to Tfm, the parent TV channel, as well as radio Rfm and the daily l’Observateur. These three media are among those with the highest audiences in the country, each in its sector. The same...

The Radio Télévision Africaine (RTA) will be officially launched during autumn 2015. Eugénie Diecky, famous presenter of numerous radio programs on Africa N°1, is the developer of this Pan African television channel which will at first broadcast its programs on Internet before being available on satellite bundles. Program clips are already available online. Eugénie Diecky is confident...

Radio Alpha Blondy FM does not only bear the name of the famous music artist. In 5 months of operation, the media has already found its footing and made its mark in the Ivorian media world. This is the overview of the managers of the radio launched last March. Alpha Blondy FM is in the top 5 of the best radio stations in Abidjan, they claimed during the press conference given on 20 July...