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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
SuperSport has seized the live broadcast rights to the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) covering 50 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The financial agreement and the duration of the agreement were not disclosed. The President of WTA, Micky Lawler, said, “We are thrilled to bring women’s tennis back to broadcast throughout sub-Saharan Africa. With SuperSport covering 50 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
StarTimes, has seized the exclusive broadcast rights of Bob Arum’s Top Rank events in 2020. This will see the broadcaster broadcast live boxing events comprising of many world titles bouts on the roster. StarTimes has nearly 13 million subscribers via DTT & DTH platform and 20 million OTT users. The media rights will be covering [...]
Pay-TV network OSN and digital service provider Zain have inked a partnership deal to offer the OSN streaming app to Zain subscribers in Kuwait. Zain subscribers can now enjoy premium exclusive content on the OSN streaming app. Postpaid subscribers will enjoy a one-year OSN subscription when they subscribe to any of Zain’s new 5G plans [...]
Pan-Asian channel TV channel KIX will now be available on DStv’s Premium, Compact Plus and Compact packages across Africa from 1 October. Action fans can watch an array of martial arts, action and thriller movies from the East and West on KIX, all available in English. As well as blockbuster premieres, KIX will also offer [...]
