France 24, the French international news channel, has signed an agreement with OpenNews, a new local news channel launched on Thursday 1st November 2018 by eMedia investments, for the broadcasting of its English-speaking channel. OpenNews is the first local news channel to be distributed on the Openview DTH satellite television platform (channel 120) to all [...]
Subscription VOD service iflix has extended its linear TV channel offering by bringing its total to 50, with the intention of reaching 80 by the end of 2018. iflix is currently accessible to users across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The upgraded bouquet from the Kuala-Lumpur-based company has added 13 premium channels with content [...]
France 24 has signed new distribution agreements in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Swaziland and Zambia, particularly increasing its presence across English-speaking Africa, where it now covers over 14 million households. In South Africa a distribution agreement was agreed with Media Core Group, adding France 24’s English Channel to the operator’s new satellite package on IS20. [...]
Arabsat and France Médias Monde have announced the launch of France 24 HD in French exclusively on Arabsat BADR-4, to be broadcast as free-to-air across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe via the coverage of Arabsat BADR-4. “We have come a long way in a short time, as today we are thrilled to announce [...]
Paris based international news and current affairs television network France 24 has signed an agreement with SIGNET to launch its operations in Kenya. The media outlet also becomes the first international news channel to be on a digital free-to-air platform in the country. The launch comes as Kenya continues attracting international attention from investors looking [...]
The international French Channel, France 24, has launched two HD channels, France 24 in English and France 24 in Arabic, on Arabsat’s Badr 4 satellite. France 24 Arabic is exclusive to Arabsat in the middle east region. Khalid Balkheyour, Arabsat President & CEO said “France 24 has been a long standing customer since the creation [...]
France 24 channel will start to broadcast in English on Zambia’s DTTV in the next few weeks. The transmission will strengthen the presence of the France Medias Monde group in Zambia and is expected to reach one million households in the country. The Independent Broadcasting Authority-IBA-Director General Josephine Mapoma has with immediate effect issued a [...]
Des programmations enrichies de RFI English et de France 24 ont été lancées sur la TNT au Ghana. Les deux chaînes de radio et de télévision françaises internationales qui émettent en anglais étaient à Accra pour proposer des programmations spéciales consacrées au Ghana. Les publics de tous les continents auront l’occasion d’entendre et de voir [...]
Enhanced RFI English programming and France 24 were launched on DTT platform in Ghana. The two international French radio and television channels broadcasting in English were in Accra to propose special programming devoted to Ghana. Audience on every continent will have the opportunity to hear and see Ghana as described by Ghanaians themselves in different [...]
Le directeur général de First Digital Television, Nana Ofori Owusu a signé un accord de principe (MOU) avec la direction de France 24 pour la diffusion de la chaîne française sur First Digital Digibox au Ghana et dans le reste de l’Afrique. First Digital TV qui diffuse à travers le Ghana et d’autres pays étrangers [...]
