Dec 21, 2018   Audiences In Egypt And North Africa Binge On Free-To-Air TV

There are more than 500 free-to-air channels available through NileSAT to North Africa and the Middle East. This is by far the highest number all around the globe of free TV on one satellite. The Egyptian Satellite Company was started ...

Dec 21, 2018   DStv Opens Up Some Premium Channels For The Festive Season

DStv is giving its lower-tiered customers an early Christmas present by opening up some of its premium channels during the end of the year and the beginning-of-2019 festive period. Starting from Tuesday, 18 December until Friday, 4 January 2019, SuperSport ...

Dec 21, 2018   Nigeria: ATCON Criticises NCC’s Instruction To Disconnect Indebted Network Operators

Following the directive given by the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to have a number of networks disconnected due to the inability to settle infrastructure and interconnect debts, key members of the industry have expressed that in their opinion, this is ...

Dec 21, 2018   FG Rolls Out 5 Mobile Radio Frequency Monitoring Equipment In Nigeria

Debayo Shittu, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, has introduced five mobile radio frequency monitoring equipment and a national spectrum management system for the effective monitoring of the frequency bands used to offer radio communication services in Nigeria.   The minister said ...

Dec 20, 2018   MultiChoice Malawi Pledges To Support Local Filmmakers

MultiChoice Malawi has made a promise to support local filmmakers and ensure that they get their content played on DStv. The promise of commitment was made recently by Gus Banda, MultiChoice Malawi’s General Manager, at their year-end showcase that was ...

Dec 20, 2018   Mnet Launches Pop-Up Channel East Africa Movie Fest For All DStv Subscribers

Mnet has announced that East Africa Movie Fest, a brand new pop-up channel featuring films from East Africa, will be available on DStv Channel 197 from the 10th December 2018 up until the 03rd February 2019 to all DStv customers ...

Dec 20, 2018   TelOne Urges Zimbabwean Government To Take Over Its Debt

A senior executive at Zimbabwe’s telecoms operator, TelOne, said that the Zimbabwean government should take over TelOne’s legacy debts that amount to over $383 million in order for the company to realise a meaningful value out of the privatisation process ...

Dec 20, 2018   Kenya: Members Of The Film Industry Meet To Discuss National Film Policy

Kenya Film Commission, the government agency that is in charge of promoting Kenya’s film industry and local content held a meeting with stakeholders of the film industry to have discussions around the National Film Policy. The Permanent Secretary Broadcasting Ministry ...

Dec 19, 2018   Ghana’s Music Platform, Fiesta TV Is Now Offered In Sub-Saharan Africa On DStv And GOtv

Viewers across Africa will now have direct access to West Africa and Ghana’s most prominent artists, songs and celebrity news live from Accra on DStv (329) and GOtv (159) plus on the go via the DStv Now app. DStv and ...

Dec 19, 2018   Vubiquity Joins Forces With Discover Digital For Zimbabwe Deal

The Amdocs-owned technology firm and on-demand operator Vubiquity has inked a multi-year deal with the payment platform Discover Digital to offer local and international content to African service providers, starting with TelOne Digital Entertainment On Demand (DEOD) in Zimbabwe. The ...

Dec 19, 2018   South Africa: SIU Report Exposes Irregularities In R185m SABC Security Tender

In South Africa, a preliminary Special Investigating Unit probe has discovered that a R185m ($12 mil) SABC security tender was irregularly granted by its interim board and should now be set aside. The SIU said that these initial investigations revealed ...

Dec 19, 2018   New Video Streaming Service Launches In South Africa And Offers British TV Shows

Acorn TV, another global video streaming service, has launched in South Africa offering viewers British and international television series. Acorn TV comes in at the cost of $4.99 (R71.51) per month, originates from North America and has now expanded and ...

Dec 18, 2018   Kwese-iflix Promotes Local Content By Collaborating With Bustop TV

Kwese-iflix has joined forces with the media company, BusTop TV in bringing the comedy series, Comic Tick, to the Kwese-iflix platform. Bustop TV had already aired the first season (which consisted of 10 episodes) of the comedy series Comic Tick ...

Dec 18, 2018   Vodacom Mozambique And Intelsat In 3G Partnership To Promote Tourism

Vodacom Mozambique will receive a solution from the integrated satellite network solutions company, Intelsat SA,  to meet the local demand for 3G services within the tourism industry. Under a multi-year contract with Vodacom International, Intelsat has enhanced a network operated ...

Dec 18, 2018   Joy TV To Make A Major Come-Back In Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has joined forces with Joy Media Incorporated (JMI) to re-launch Joy TV, an exciting offering for Zimbabwe’s Television audiences to look forward to. Joy TV is scheduled to be launched within the first quarter of 2019, ...

Dec 18, 2018   Unitel International To Make Waves In Zambian Market

UZI Zambia Mobile Ltd, an entity of the Dutch-headquartered and global Unitel International Holdings BV, is scheduled to begin operations in Zambia as from early 2019 as the country’s fourth mobile service provider. Zambia’s Secretary of Communications, Misheck Lungu told ...

Dec 17, 2018   Zimbabwe Prepares For Launch Of New OTT Broadcasting Player -HStv

Zimbabwe’s largest media house, Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) is getting ready to roll out HEART & SOUL Broadcasting Services (HStv) and is almost done with the preparation of programming as well as talent scouting. The online radio station was granted ...

Dec 17, 2018   MTN Names Its New CTO And Other Executives

MTN has announced that it has appointed a group of new top executives, including a brand new Group Chief Technology and Information Officer. Charles Molapisi will join the telecoms giant as the newly appointed MTN group CTO effective from the ...

Dec 17, 2018   Showmax Shuts Down Its Streaming Service In Europe

Naspers has announced that it has decided to shut down Showmax video streaming services in Poland on 31 January 2019. The media group said that this decision stemmed from the announcement of Naspers’ intent to list its pan-Africa video entertainment ...

Dec 17, 2018   Analogue Nears The End In Zambia

The era of analogue TV in Zambia is reportedly nearing the end. Last month, Zambia’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services, Dora Siliya hosted a conference on the journey towards digital broadcasting and the impact that it had on Zambia’s ...

Dec 17, 2018   Ghana Launches Health Channel For The Elderly In A Difficult Local TV Sector

The Managing Director of Itex Media Ghana, Michael Adjey Gyang declared in an interview with Balancing Act Africa that his media house was launching a new health channel. Gyang is one of Ghana’s veteran broadcasting professionals and has previously worked ...

Dec 14, 2018   Kenya: Regulator Declines Telco’s Bid For TV Licence Again

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has once again opted to decline to grant Safaricom a broadcasting licence. This decision was made pending the release of the report on market dominance in the country’s telecommunications sector. During an interview, the ...

Dec 14, 2018   Regulator Announces That MTN, Nigerian Central Bank Dispute Is Close To Resolution

The Nigerian telecoms regulator has announced that the $8.1 billion dispute between the Nigerian Central Bank and MTN is being resolved and will very soon be over. Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, ...

Dec 14, 2018   Netflix To Roll Out Its First African Original Series

Netflix has kick-started the production of its very first African original series, a move that its stars say is going to change the game for all artists on the African continent. According to Variety, Queen Sono will have its global ...

Dec 14, 2018   Mozambique Looks Forward To Raising Over US$83-Million From Spectrum Auction

According to the National Institute of Communications of Mozambique (INACOM), the government of Mozambique is well on its way to raising approximately US$83.4-million from selling new spectrum of frequencies to telecom operators. INACOM is the regulator in charge of the ...

Dec 13, 2018   South Africa: ISPA Supports ICASA’s Mobile Data Competition Probe

According to South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA), the best ICT industry news that came out of 2018 in South Africa was the communications regulator's decision to launch an inquiry into mobile broadband competition in the country. ISPA has ...

Dec 13, 2018   ZNBC Turns Off Analogue Television

The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation has announced that it will switch off analogue television by the 31st December 2018. ZNBC’s Corporate Affairs Manager, Yvette Chanda, however, said that five districts would not be switched off. Chanda said that the areas ...

Dec 13, 2018   Nigeria: StarTimes Gives All Subscribers 50% End-Of-Year Discount

Pay TV Operator, StarTimes has announced that it will be granting a special 50% discount off subscription rates to its subscribers this festive season. According to a statement that was recently issued by the company, the offer kicked off on ...

Dec 13, 2018   Nigeria: Atcon Wants NCC And NBC To Collaborate On TV White Space for Broadband

The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has urged the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to sort out the framework and modalities that would help the industry take full advantage of all opportunities presented by ...

Dec 12, 2018   Liquid Telecom Receives $180 Million Investment

Liquid Telecom has been given a $180 million cash injection by the U.K. development finance institution CDC Group Plc as Africa’s largest fiber-network operator installs broadband infrastructure across the continent. The Chief Executive Officer at Liquid Telecom, Nic Rudnic said ...

Dec 12, 2018   Nigeria: NCC Temporarily Stops Allocation of Frequency Spectrum In Preparation For 5G

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has made the decision to suspend the allocation of frequency spectrum that was likely to be approved by the International Telecommunications Union for 5G services.   The NCC had been planning to offer frequencies in ...

Dec 12, 2018   Internet Usage Continues To Rise In Africa

Only a quarter of Africans have internet access, but the region has the most robust growth figures, according to the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU's) latest statistics. For the first time, over half of the world's population will be utilising the ...

Dec 12, 2018   Orange Is Constructing A US$6.6-Million Datacentre In Botswana

The French telecommunications multinational operator, Orange is planning the construction of a datacentre in Botswana as part of a 70-million Pula (about US$6.6-million) project. Orange said that the datacentre should be completed by the end of 2019 and will connect ...

Dec 11, 2018   ‘Pablo’ -Groundbreaking Autism Animation To Stream In Africa

Nominated as the Best Pre-School Programme at the 2019 Broadcast Awards, ‘Pablo’ is now streaming in Africa on Showmax. Pablo is a boy who is five-and-a-half and autistic. To cope with the many challenges he faces, the funny, smart, and ...

Dec 11, 2018   Safaricom Launches Interactive Customer Care Chatbot

Safaricom has launched Zuri, an artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot assistant that is now available on Facebook Messenger and Telegram. Zuri allows more than 17 million Safaricom mobile data users to complete a variety of tasks like manage subscription services including ...

Dec 11, 2018   iflix News To Air Channel NewsAsia

The SVOD platform, iflix has announced that it has joined forces with Channel NewsAsia, the English-language Asian news channel based in Southeast Asia. Channel NewsAsia’s linear broadcast will be a significant addition to iflix News, iflix’s 24-hour news platform which ...

Dec 11, 2018   No Licence Issued Yet In Teleology 9mobile transaction

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has not yet issued a telecoms operating license to Teleology Holdings who won the bid for Nigeria's fourth largest mobile operator 9mobile (formerly known as Etisalat). Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice-Chairman and CEO of ...

Dec 10, 2018   Kwese Subscribers To Get Devices For Internet TV Connection

Pay-TV provider Kwese is introducing converter boxes that will enable subscribers with traditional television sets to also connect to the Internet. After connecting these gadgets to their televisions, Kwese customers will automatically link on to an Internet hub that will ...

Dec 10, 2018   Liquid Telecom To Ink Data Centre Infrastructure Deal With Telecom Egypt

Egypt’s investment ministry has announced that the pan-African operator Liquid Telecom will now be able to invest in Egyptian telecoms under the terms of an outline deal recently signed with Telecom Egypt. The ministry released a statement declaring that Liquid ...

Dec 10, 2018   Ghana’s Government Emphasizes Commitment To Television White Space Development

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Ghana’s Minister of Communications, has reiterated the government’s commitment to the development of Television White Space (TVWS). The TVWS refers to unused TV channels that are between the active ones in the Very High Frequency (VHF) and UHF ...

Dec 10, 2018   Nigeria: FTT Provider Legend Doubles Its Speed For Double And Triple Play Customers

Nigeria’s FTTH provider Legend is making progress in what remains a tough market because of the unstable economy. Next year it will be launched in Lagos and Kano.  Bruce Ayonote, the Founder and CEO of Legend spoke in an interview ...

Dec 07, 2018   MTN Introduces Music Streaming Service MusicTime

MTN has announced the arrival of music streaming service MusicTime, which it proudly refers to as "a world first offering" from its crafty team at Simfy Africa. According to a statement issued by MTN, MusicTime is a time-based music streaming ...

Dec 07, 2018   Ethiopia Aims To Boost Its Economy With Satellite Launch

Ethiopia plans to join an exclusive club of African nations next year: those who have their own national satellites. The head of the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI) said that the country plans to launch its very first ...

Dec 07, 2018   IT Experts In Zimbabwe Criticise Governments 1% Proposal For R&D

Some tech experts in Zimbabwe have criticised the government's intention to allocate only 1% of the country's GDP towards research and development saying it is unimportant and would be unable to sustain a socio-economic development plan, given the country's ongoing ...

Dec 07, 2018   Telkom Considers Making A Second Bid For Cell C

Telkom is said to be considering making an offer to buy a majority share in Cell C that would lead to the amalgamation of South Africa’s third- and fourth-largest mobile-phone operators, according to individuals familiar with the matter. The former ...

Dec 06, 2018   Netflix Beats All Satellite TV To The Ground

When Netflix touched down in South Africa on 6 January 2016, it marked the end of MultiChoice’s uncontested dominance in the country’s premium video entertainment market. No longer would DStv’s sole competitors be small digital satellite TV startups that had ...

Dec 06, 2018   Safaricom Rolls Out Trial For Latest Network Coverage Technology

In Nairobi, Kenya, Safaricom has begun the trial run of its new network coverage technology. This latest technology has been named the TubeStar Base Station, and it replaces the old standard tower base station with a tubular shape that takes ...

Dec 06, 2018   South Africa: Three SABC Board Members Abandon Ship Amid Political Interference

News24 has reported that three board members have recently resigned from the SABC after reports of political interference. Board member Krish Naidoo, Deputy chairperson Khanyisile Kweyam and DA nominee John Mattison, are the trio that is said to who have ...

Dec 06, 2018   Azuri Technologies Provides Rural Households With Solar Powered Satellite TVs That Showcase Channels From Star Times And Zuku

Solar powered satellite TVs are expanding the size of Africa’s TV audiences and gaining new viewers in previously unserviced rural areas. In a recent interview the CEO of Azuri Technologies, Simon Bransfield-Garth discussed his company’s current focus on providing rural ...

Dec 05, 2018   MTN Ghana Gets Issued US$1.8-million Fine

MTN Ghana has been issued a fine amounting to US$1.8-million by Ghana’s telecoms regulator, the National Communications Authority (NCA), citing poor quality of service. The NCA also fined Vodafone, AirtelTigo and Glo, accusing all four operators of neglecting to honour ...

Dec 05, 2018   Netflix Invests In Original African Content

African subscribers of Netflix will be thrilled to learn that Netflix is about to deliver more local options of shows to enjoy. The global streaming giant has confirmed that it has decided to order original series from Africa next year ...

Dec 05, 2018   South Africa's Communications Minister Opposes SABC’s Plans To Retrench

The new minister has instructed the national broadcaster’s board to place a hold on the retrenchments programme that it wanted to complete before the end of February 2019 to try to remedy its deepening financial crisis. The SABC had come ...

Dec 05, 2018   South Africa: Vodacom Plans To Deliver Social Grants

Vodacom is currently in talks to utilise its technology to distribute social grants in South Africa. Mickey Mashale, Vodacom Business’ Chief Sales Officer recently said that the company had been having discussions with the relevant departments on how to assist ...

Dec 04, 2018   Telkom Kenya Takes Out €35-Million Loan To Expand Network

Kenya’s third-biggest telecoms operator, Telkom Kenya has received a loan of €35-million (approximately US$40 million) from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The company plans to use the credit to expand its mobile and data services and expects an increase in ...

Dec 04, 2018   Cisco Commits To Digitally Empower One Million In Africa

At the Global Citizen 'Mandela 100' festival, which was hosted in Johannesburg recently, the multinational tech firm Cisco announced its mission to help one million people across Africa (and ten million people worldwide) to secure employment in the digital economy. ...

Dec 04, 2018   Minority Shareholders Stand Together Against Econet Founder

Minority shareholders raised their concerns over allegations of unfair conduct by Strive Masiyiwa, the majority shareholder at Econet Wireless Zimbabwe. Because of this outcry, a shareholder vote on the conversion of debentures to shares in the Zimbabwean telecoms operator has ...

Dec 04, 2018   Nigeria: NCC Says Three Million New Phone Lines Were Added In October

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that in Nigeria active telephone lines increased from 162,058,918 in September to a staggering165,239,443 in October 2018. The commission made this announcement in its Monthly Subscriber/Operator Data that was published on its website ...

Dec 03, 2018   MultiChoice Is Struggling To Retain DStv Premium Subscribers In South Africa

Naspers has published its financial results for the six months period ending on 30 September 2018. Part of the company’s results zoomed in on the “video entertainment” division of the business, which includes MultiChoice Africa, MultiChoice South Africa, and Showmax ...

Dec 03, 2018   PIC Raises Stake In MTN To 26%

The Public Investment Corp. has raised its stake in the MTN Group Ltd. twice in two days, taking advantage of a price that is close to a 10-year low amid the telecoms operator’s crisis in Nigeria. Johannesburg-based MTN announced in ...

Dec 03, 2018   Nigeria: President Buhari Authorises 213 New Broadcast Licences

President Muhammadu Buhari has authorised the issuing of operating licences to 213 new private and public broadcasting hubs in the country. Ishaq Modibbo-Kawu, the Director-General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) announced this recently at the 71st General Assembly of Broadcasting ...

Dec 20, 2017   South Africa: MultiChoice Plan To Expand Reach Of Internet TV

Multichoice DStv aims to extend the reach of its Internet Television services to cover more customers and their devices. DStv executives said they are keen to exploit advancement and improvements in technology and services to provide customers with media and ...

Dec 19, 2017   NIGERIA: CONSAT Rebrands As PLAY TV, Boasts Of More Than 50 Channels At Launch

CONSAT in Nigeria has rebranded as "PLAY TV" and repositioned itself as a "media and entertainment company" with the aim of becoming the "leader in digital TV programming" in Nigeria by offering a combination of the "best-in-class entertainment channels" with ...

Dec 30, 2016   Delivering Broadcast And Media Content In Africa - Role Of Satellite Technology

The role of satellite in broadcast delivery and media content in Africa is huge. Digitisation of TV broadcast has greatly influenced how the use of satellite has changed over the years. The broadband and interactive potential of satellite services, as ...

Dec 29, 2016   THE BROADCASTING ORGANISATIONS OF NIGERIA

The Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) is a broad coalition of public and private broadcasters as the nation’s umbrella Union of: Terrestrial Radio Television (Tv) Direct-To-Home (DTH) Digital Terrestial Television (DTT) Multimedia Distribution System (MMDS). Established in 1973, the Broadcasting ...

Dec 29, 2016   Africa Independent Tv

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Dec 29, 2016   Channels Television

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Dec 29, 2016   Continental Broadcasting Service (Tvc)

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Dec 28, 2016   Hoping To Gain An Edge With Local flavours - Will Showmax Taking On Netflix?

ShowMax, Africa’s biggest entertainment company may be challenging the Netflix, the world’s largest video-on-demand service is in battle for Africa’s favourite VOD service. It's Netflix vs. Showmax in Africa. The battle to be Africa’s favourite video-on-demand service does show an ...

Dec 28, 2016   MTN Rwanda Announces Mobile TV Platform

MTN Rwanda has announced the introduction of a Mobile TV Platform known as MTN TV. Touted as  is touted as a cutting-edge innovation in the digital space, The platform enables streaming and sharing of videos on data-enabled handsets at a ...

Dec 28, 2016   Netflix Surpasses Showmax In South Africa

According to JustWatch, a streaming search engine that lists outlets to watch shows legally as per your country, Netflix now has more titles than Showmax in its South African catalogue. In month end of August 2016, Netflix had 961 titles ...

Dec 28, 2016   Startimes Will Dub Chinese Films To Yoruba - As Nollywood Disapproves!

Chinese films are to be dubbed into Yoruba language and other native languages. This move was announced by the management of StarTimes - the pay-TV company in Nigeria. Stakeholders in the local film industry Nollywood have, however, voiced their disapproval ...

Dec 23, 2016   Inview Unveils ‘Free TV’ - A Digital TV Service In Nigeria

A digital TV service known as ‘Free TV’ has been launched in Nigeria by Inview, the UK-based digital TV software company. Nigeria's Vice President, Mr Yemi Osinbajo was at the launch which took place in the Nigerian capital city Abuja. ...

Dec 23, 2016   Viasat Life To Be Aired Across Africa On StarTimes And Zuku

Viasat Life, a female entertainment channel will be launched in Africa by Viasat World on January 2, 2017. The new lifestyle channel features select débuts of self-improvement-themed programming and reality shows from all over the world. The channel will unveil ...

Dec 23, 2016   Spacecom To Launch Satellite In 2019 With Boeing To Boost TV Capacity In Africa

Space Communications, Israeli satellite operator, announced that it had finalised a satellite procurement agreement with Boeing Satellite Systems. The deal is worth USD 161 million. Anticipated to be launched in 2019, the new satellite, Amos-17, will operate from 17 degrees ...

Dec 22, 2016   TRACEPlus Streaming & Video Download Platform Unveiled By Airtel Nigeria

Africa’s top music media brand, TRACE is set to present a ‘free to browse’ video streaming and download platform - TRACEPlus. Nigeria’s telecommunications giant Airtel is said to be partnering with TRACE on this. Airtel Nigeria subscribers will have access ...

Dec 21, 2016   South African ICT Minister Increases Awareness For Digital Migration

Ms Faith Muthambi, South Africa's Minister of Communications, will be improving the number of visits to provinces in South Africa to raise awareness for her digital migration campaign. Muthambi will be tapping local traditional leaders, who she believes will play ...

Dec 21, 2016   StarTimes In Africa To Carry India's News Channel NDTV 24x7

New Delhi Televisions’ flagship English news channel NDTV 24x7 establishes its presence in Africa. It is now available on Star Times, one of Africa’s top pay TV operator. Rahul Soo, Head – Network Distribution & Affiliate Sales at NDTV says ...

Dec 21, 2016   NBC Says It Is Switching Off Analogue Signal In Abuja Nigeria

The National Broadcasting Commission of Nigeria has declared that it is ready to, and will be migrating TV signals from analogue to digital in the nation's capital territory - Abuja on Thursday 22nd of December 2016. Nigeria's Minister of Information ...

Dec 20, 2016   Econet Media In Shopping Mode - Purchased TV Channels In Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda And Maybe In Tanzania

Details emanating from the company suggest that it has finalised its acquisition of Viasat 1, a Ghanaian free-to-air (FTA) terrestrial channel.   Modern Times Group (MTG), the digital entertainment company in Sweden owns Viasat 1. The purchase of Viasat1 and ...

Dec 20, 2016   SES And Canal+ Signed Continuing Pact

CANAL+ Group has signed a continuing agreement SES, the satellite operator. The two parties are set to profit from the long-term and multi-transponder framework pact.   The agreement has conditions for SES satellite company in both France and Africa and ...

Dec 20, 2016   Burundi Migrates From Analog To Digital Television

On 19th December 2016, during his speech at the opening ceremony of Digital TV broadcasting at the Burundi National Television, Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza said Burundi is resolute to achieve the international obligations of the 2006 Geneva Agreement which she ...

Dec 19, 2016   Number Of Pay-TV Subscribers In Uganda Grind To A Halt

According to Tanzanian Azam TV, the number of Pay-TV subscribers in Uganda has reduced following the migration to digital more than a year ago. Simon Arineitwe, of Azam TV, suggested that this might be due to the lack of adequate ...

Dec 18, 2016   2016-2017 Programming For Discovery Networks Africa Unveiled

Discovery Networks has unveiled their programming line-up for 2016-2017 with a re-focus on 'content for Africa'. Lee Hobbs, VP of Brand and Content, Discovery Networks CEEMEA,  commented that in 2017, the Network would be focusing on attaining a closer connection ...

Dec 16, 2016   The House of Representative In Nigeria To Investigate GOTv’s License

Under the provision of Digital Terrestrial Television Services in Nigeria, the House of Representatives has instructed the Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values to review GOTv’s license status. The pay-per-view structure for digital television broadcasting service providers is ...

Dec 15, 2016   Amazon Prime Video, The Video-on-Demand Service By Amazon, Comes To SA

Amazon Prime Video, the VoD service offering by Amazon has just been launched live around the world in 200 countries, including South Africa. The service is starting at a special opening subscription rate of US$2,99 per month (around R40 per ...

Dec 15, 2016   Radio Regulations Marks 110th Anniversary

ITU Radio Regulations celebrates its 110th anniversary on 12 December 2016. The occasion marked the signing of the international treaty governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits for ubiquitous wireless communications in 1906. Radio spectrum is a ...

Dec 15, 2016   Cup Of African Nations (CAN) Games To Be Covered Exclusively In MENA By beIN

The Cup of African Nations (CAN) games which kick off on January 14th, 2017 up-on-till February 05, 2017 will be covered in the region exclusively by beIN sports. Sources from the company said it would transmit the matches on three ...

Dec 14, 2016   SABC To Give Priority Coverage For Afcon 2017 In January.

Indications are that SABC will prioritise the broadcast of African Cup of Nations 2017 (Afcon) soccer games over some of its existing schedule. Channels SABC1, SABC2 and SABC3 primetime schedule will take a backseat during this period. Industry watchers are ...

Dec 14, 2016   Ethiopia Is Ready For Massive Shake-up Of Broadcasting Industry

This year alone has seen four private satellite channels introduced to Ethiopia. One such private station is Kana TV which is currently offering light entertainment programmes but has news and current affairs programmes in the pipeline. Also, the Ethiopian Broadcasting ...

Dec 14, 2016   "24: Legacy" Comes To Africa - Via South Africa

The broadcast rights to 24: Legacy, a spin-off from the hugely successful series 24 has been secured by Fox Networks Group. 24: Legacy, co-produced by Fox Television and with Imagine Television covers over 160 territories, and will first debut Africa ...

Dec 14, 2016   West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Signs Exclusive Deal With Fox Sports

Commencing from the Summer of 2017, matches from the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Zones A & B competition will be transmitted on Fox Sports, the top sports channel. Fox Sports recently announced the partnership which is an extensive project ...

Dec 11, 2016   Hope Media Presents Hope TV – A Christian Channel In Kenya

Hope TV, a Christian television channel is coming to viewers in Nairobi, Kenya. It is being offered by Hope Media. According to Dr David Oginde, Owner of Hope Media, Hope TV will ensure educative and spiritually uplifting programs are shown ...

Dec 10, 2016   France Television And Net Insight Work To Improve Broadcasting Network In Africa And Other Markets

France Televisions Réseau Outre-Mer, the network of TV and radio stations operating in France’s overseas territories has installed Net Insight’s internet media transport solution, Nimbra VA 220, as a new media contribution and distribution network. The new system runs between ...

Dec 10, 2016   AvidMedia Central And Discovery Networks Collaborate In the Middle East and North Africa

Dubai-based division of Discovery Communications, Discovery Networks MENA, will implement the Avid MediaCentral® Platform to enhance production processes and enable creative alliance. Discovery Networks MENA - which produces about 175 hours of local content each year - currently has a ...

Dec 09, 2016   Kenya's Zuku And UK's Azuri To Offer Solar Powered Pay-As-You-Go TV Services

Azuri Technologies, a provider of "PayGo" solar home systems, and Zuku, a Pay TV provider, are launching the "first" integrated pay-as-you-go satellite TV service that targeting Africa's countryside. The service will target homes outside the power grid thus providing access ...

Dec 09, 2016   Protest Against DStv Subscription Fees In Nigeria

Multichoice, the holding company of DStv and GoTV, has been asked to reduce its monthly subscription in Nigeria. Subscribers are asking for a 15% reduction rate. Customers insist this is the case for other African countries where Multichoice operates. Subscribers ...

Dec 09, 2016   Multichoice Nigeria Finalises Participants List For Big Brother Nigeria

The next edition of Big Brother Naija, a reality TV show from MultiChoice Nigeria has a finalised list of participants with the close of auditions held in Nigerian cities of Abuja, Lagos and Port-Harcourt. The favourite show is promoted by ...

Dec 09, 2016   Winners Announced For Multichoice Uganda DSTV Eutelsat Star Awards 2016

Multichoice Uganda announces the winners of the  2016 DSTV/Eutelsat Star Awards.  Eutelsat and Multichoice Africa collaborated have been working together on the awards that motivate high schools students to develop career interest in science and technology. It also aims to ...

Dec 08, 2016   African Footballer Of The Year Award Ceremony - Live On The BBC

The "African Footballer of the Year Award" announcement will be carried live by the BBC Word News will be broadcasted on Monday 12 December 2016 at 19:30. The live show will commence with a segment displaying profiles of African players, ...

Dec 08, 2016   Top 10 Radio Stations In South Africa - According To SA's Broadcasting Research Council

According to a recent study by the Broadcasting Reserach Council in South Africa (BRC), radio is still the most popular form of media in South Africa. The report indicated that there are just around 38.9 million radio listeners in the ...

Dec 08, 2016   StarTimes Pushing To Provide Affordable Digital TV In Tanzania

An initiative that will help many in Tanzania and East Africa afford access to digital television services is being promoted by StarTimes, the Chinese media organisation. During a speech at the event by the China's State Council Information Office, StarTimes ...

Dec 07, 2016   “Beads and Lip Stick” - New Reality Show On MUVI TV

The show is about sixteen contestants, from two different backgrounds exchanges living settings. One group has girls from far-out areas, and the other group has girls from urban areas. The reality show kicks start in December. "Beads and Lip Stick" ...

Dec 04, 2016   Local Content Distribution Networks (CDN) - Video Streaming With A 1Mbps Line.

The idea that you need to have a fibre line or a 2Mbps line or higher to stream reasonably quality video has been debunked by Discover Digital, a South African video-on-demand services provider. The company is currently setting up a ...

Dec 04, 2016   iWay Africa Brings Jola - A New Ku-Band Managed Satellite Service for Sub-Saharan Africa

iWay Africa' new service aims to provide business clients and household users with reasonably priced internet connectivity in the form of patented, pre-defined packages. The service provides will also provides connectivity access to areas with limited connectivity options via substitute ...

Dec 04, 2016   Vodacom SA To Launch Own Video-On-Demand (VOD) Service

Vodacom South Africa, the country's leading mobile operator, has announced that it is looking to go into the rapidly congesting Africa's VOD service. According to the company's Group CEO Mr Shameel Joosub, the service, which they are calling "Vodacom on ...

Dec 01, 2016   Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari "Goes With VOA"

President Buhari told VOA Hausa correspondent Aliyu Mustapha at the presidential villa in Abuja that he commences his day at 6 am each day by listening to VOA for half an hour. He says he is an enthusiastic listener of ...

Dec 01, 2016   Ericsson Bags Content From Fox Television For Its Nuvu VOD Platform

Ericsson has announced a long-term content deal with 20th Century Fox for its subscription video-on-demand platform - Nuvu. With this deal, Nuvu content catalogue will now include some good Hollywood content title like Planet of the Apes, The Fault in ...

Dec 01, 2016   Econet Media’s Kwese And Canal+ In Sports Broadcast Rights Marriage

Econet Media’s Kwese announces that it has signed broadcasting rights deal with Canal Plus, the French top cable TV channel. Mr Joseph Hundah, President & CEO of Econet Media says his company is delighted to be able to provide basketball ...

Dec 01, 2016   Netflix Offers Download-To-Watch-Later Feature For Users In Africa

Netflix, the global market leader for VOD and Internet TV, has responded to the peculiar challenges faced in by users in Africa by announcing that its subscribers on the continent can now download movies and series for offline viewing. With ...