(Ecofin Agency) - Since its establishment in 1993, the Côte Ouest Audiovisuel Company has been sub-contracting dubbing for movies, series, drama, and other content which it broadcasted in Africa and elsewhere. The company has now decided to do the dubbing itself.

Côte Ouest has started dubbing in its Abidjan-based Ivorian subsidiary, Studio 1, Ivorian company established in 2013 and specialized in post-production activities going from editing to supplying to broadcasters.

For now, the dubbing is only in French. Other African languages will soon be introduced however. It should be reminded that Côte Ouest’s dubbing goes beyond its needs. Truly, in about 20 years of activity, the firm sub-contracted for more than 10,000 hours of content in 4 different languages for Francophone and Anglophone Africa, France and its overseas and territories.

Each year, Côte Ouest would supply about 155 TV channels, most being in Africa. Throughout a year, the company would distribute about 16,000 average of programs from the four corners of Africa who is its main market.