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Azercosmos, InterSAT, Kymeta link for Africa coverage

InterSAT has signed a partnership agreement with Kymeta and Azercosmos to deliver mobile satellite communication services using Kymeta’s U8 terminals and InterSAT’s SkyMOVE services across Africa, and carried by the Azerspace-2 satellite. The partnership agreement enables InterSAT to deliver a complete connectivity solution for on-the-go communications with the revolutionary Kymeta U8 terminal. The u8 terminal […]

November 11, 2021By Chris Forrester

Ethiopia: WildEarth distribution deal with Canal+

WildEarth has launched on Canal+ in Ethiopia, extending its distribution in Africa and providing further access to live and interactive safari experiences. “WildEarth’s brand of immersive virtual nature experiences restores the lost connection with nature and its healing power and we are excited to bring this benefit to Canal+ viewers in Ethiopia,” commented Graham Wallington, […]

November 9, 2021

Leverage: Redemption gets picked up in UK, Hong Kong, Africa

Electric Entertainment, the Los Angeles based production, distribution and post-production company, has announced that fans of Leverage in the UK, Africa and Hong Kong can now enjoy the reimagining of the series, Leverage: Redemption. IMDb TV, Amazon’s free streaming service, has secured full exclusivity across SVoD and AVoD for the series in the UK, NBCUniversal […]

November 4, 2021

Azam TV to expand to Zimbabwe

Azam TV, owned by the Tanzania-based Bakhresa Group, is to expand to Zimbabwe. The service is already present in Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Kenya and Rwanda. Its bouquets cover sport, entertainment, news, music and religious channels. The new service will broadcast DTH and has been licensed by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ). Transmissions are expected […]

October 25, 2021By Chris Forrester

BBC World Service reports increased audience trust

The BBC World Service has published its performance review covering the period of 2016 – 2020. The review, set out in the 2016 Agreement with the Secretary of State for Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), examines how the BBC World Service has performed in three key areas: growing global reach, achieving quality […]

October 5, 2021

MwareTV announces availability of customisable OTT service in Africa

MwareTV, a cloud-based multi-tenant platform, has revealed the availability to telco operators and internet service providers (ISPs) in Africa of a new, end-to-end TV solution. Designed for cost-effective and rapid four-week deployment, the new solution includes approximately 100 channels of affordable African content. The TV solution is also fully customisable to represent each operators own […]

October 4, 2021

Forecast: AME telcos to add 7.5m 5G subs in 2021

The total number of 5G subscribers in Africa and the Middle East (AME) will reach 10.4 million by 2021, with the majority of 5G networks being in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Israel, and South Africa, forecasts GlobalData. According to the data and analytics company, 7.58 million 5G subscribers will be added in 2021, […]

October 1, 2021

Analyst: Does Netflix have the right Africa strategy?

The recent launch of a free offer in Kenya in this exemplifies the recent change in Netflix’s strategy to address the African market’s peculiarities. Over the last few years, OTT and SVoD platforms have been growing steadily on the African continent but not as fast as expected, notes a report from Dataxis analyst Louise Jianoux. […]

September 28, 2021

Penguin Beach on WildEarth

WildEarth is launching a new daily experience on its channel. This real-time penguin experience will premiere on October 2nd at 8.30 am Central African/Central European Time and 7.30 am British Time followed by a repeat at 3.30 pm US Eastern Time for our American viewers. Stony Point Nature Reserve is home to one of the […]

September 28, 2021

Sea Forest LIVE on WildEarth

WildEarth has launched a new daily freediving experience from The Great African Sea Forest. The kelp forest around Cape Town at the southern tip of Africa is one of the most bio-diverse and bio-abundant areas in the world and has recently been named one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Many of the sea […]

August 31, 2021