Author Archives: Shana Rafter

New World TV wins FIFA broadcasting rights for French-speaking Africa

The Togolese channel New World TV has been granted TV rights by FIFA to broadcast the FIFA 2022 World Cup and the FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup in 19 French-speaking countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Benin, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, [...]

Orange Egypt introduces Amazon Prime Video to its customers

Orange Egypt has teamed up with Amazon to offer Orange pre-paid and post-paid customers 6 months of Amazon Prime Video. Amazon Prime Video is offering Orange customers an exclusive selection to its subscribers only. Customers can watch thousand of movies, TV shows and exclusive Amazon Originals such as Goliath, Bosch, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The [...]

Showmax release new trailer for Temptation Island South Africa

Showmax has just launched the first-look trailer for Temptation Island South Africa premiering on 26 August 2021 with new episode every Thursday until November 2021. The Temptation Island South Africa trailer gives us a first glimpse of the four South African couples who were brave enough to put their love on trial. Produced by Afrokaans Film & [...]

StarzPlay to stream new TV series in MENA

The Power Book III: Raising Kanan is now streaming exclusively on StarzPlay across the MENA region. The series premiered last week at the same time in the US. The TV series ended after six seasons in 2020 but fans were eager for the return of the show with four spin-offs announced: Power Book II: Ghost, [...]

Integral to air Tokyo Olympic Games in Nigeria

Integral, Nigerias leading sports marketing and management company, has secured the exclusive rights to broadcast the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 on free-to-air television. This strategic partnership between Infront and IOCs exclusive rights holder across the Sub-Saharan Africa region are in addition to Integrals existing Premier League sub-license free-to-air media rights agreement on Nigeria Television Authority. Christophe Van [...]

OSN selects Comcast Technology Solutions for its streaming service in MENA

The OSN Streaming App is a direct-to-consumer, subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, powered by Comcast Technology Solutions, that enables viewers to watch shows across connected TVs, computers, smartphones, and tablets. Comcast Technology Solutions, a division of Comcast Cable provides media and entertainment technology to content providers, operators, and advertisers, has announced that its Cloud TV Suite serves the back-end platform [...]