During a media showcase, MultiChoice Nigeria has announced brand new content offerings for the year. Among the new programming are two new Africa Magic Shows, ‘Enakhe’ and Riona ‘Fighting Fate’, as well as a new reality show, ‘Shoot Your Shot’. The company also spoke about the investments that went into the production of the fifth season [...]
Ayoba and MusicTime announced their new partnership to bring free music listening, with the launch of a new feature in the ayoba app. MusicTime in ayoba is live in South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Rwanda, Uganda, Congo Brazzaville, Guinee, Guinee Bissau, Sudan and Afghanistan. Each country offers ayoba users’ free access to 10 playlists with [...]
SuperSport has secured the live broadcasting of Ethiopian Premier League for the next five seasons. Among the bidders are Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), DStv and Canal+. SuperSport agreed to pay $2.7 million per year on a 5-year contract totalling $13.5 million while Canal+ on the other hand, bid $7 million for 5 years. No information [...]
StarzPlay will premiere the new season of award-winning TV series, Fargo exclusively to MENA subscribers. The first two episodes are produced by Noah Hawley and starring Chris Rock will be available today, September 28 and new episode will be added on a weekly basis at the same time as the US. The new season is [...]
The Premier Soccer League announced that MultiChoice’s DStv has inked a five-year agreement to become the new title sponsor of the premier division. The deal between PSL and MultiChoice is an extension of a vibrant and productive partnership. Over the years the PSL has created stars on the field of play that have brought joy [...]
The preschool series Purple Turtle, a co-production from Aadarsh Technosoft, Telegael and Cyber Group Studios, has been introduced on Discovery Kids in the MENA region. The show is available on Discovery Kids with ten episodes a day. The 52×7-minute 2D series has been developed by India’s Aadarsh and co-produced by Manish Rajoria and Ankita Shrivastava from [...]
Fénix Benin, a subsidiary of Fénix international, a supplier of domestic solar systems, has inked a partnership with Canal+ Benin, a subsidiary of the French group Canal +, specialized in the distribution of pay-tv channels. The two companies will offer solar home kits accompanied by decoders, Canal+ satellite dishes and a “special package” to the [...]
Etisalat subscribers in UAE can now enjoy super-fast speeds on 5G fixed networks from their homes allowing them to stream high bandwidth 4K videos, enjoy cloud based gaming and low latency to meet the accelerated need for immersive technologies such as augmented and virtual reality. According to the Senior Vice President, Mobile Network of Etisalat, [...]
African pay-TV operator Azam TV has finalized the migration of its video platform from the Eutelsat 7B to Eutelsat 7C satellite, with a multi-year extension of the existing contract and an incremental capacity commitment. Azam TV will use the enhanced performance of Eutelsat 7C to provide 120 channels in a mix of standard and high [...]
TAC Studios, the production arm of The Africa Channel, has concluded deals for several of its lifestyle shows to leading broadcast and digital networks around the globe. Networks include Tastemade (USA), SBS Food (Australia), Radio Television Brunei (RTB), Discovery Networks (Middle East and Africa), OSN (Middle East), and SABC (South Africa). These follow previously announced [...]
