Pan-African entertainment company MultiChoice has further expanded its hyperlocal offering with the launch of two new TV channels – Maningue Magic and Kwenda Magic – for audiences in Mozambique and Angola respectively.The group’s hyperlocal strategy is a multi-pronged, hybrid approach combining local content acquisition, local production, and the development of local content through international production […]
International pay-TV operator and UK-based broadcaster, African Movie Channel (AMC), is expanding its reach and bringing Nollywood films to South America. AMC in HD, together with its second premium channel, AMC Series, are now available on E-Networks, making both channels the first of their kind to be distributed in Guyana via E-Networks – a provider of […]
French satellite operator Eutelsat will continue to broadcast Cameroon’s public TV channel CRTV – one of the country’s most influential media outlets – and its other channels, until 2023, according to news that emerged from Africa Intelligence. Eutelsat is also working with NuRAN Wireless to connect up and backhaul from an eventual 242 planned cellular […]
SPI/FilmBox and AXIAN Group have announced a new distribution deal that makes four channels from SPI’s portfolio available in Madagascar, Comoros and Togo through Telma TV and Togocom TV. Viewers will be able to access FilmBox Africa, FilmBox Arthouse, DocuBox and FightBox in the Premium package.“We are pleased to provide additional windows of curated content […]
African pay-TV operation MultiChoice Group has reported its interim numbers seeing a 5 per cent improvement in subscribers YoY, but its growth in its home South African market was lower at 2 per cent. The broadcaster said that its subscriber count (subscrobers active within 90 days) was 21.1 million (split 12.2 million in the rest […]
Gilat Satellite Networks, a global player in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, has announced that Africa’s largest satellite cellular backhaul network is extending its coverage to a dozen countries in Africa. Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) has deployed Gilat hubs and placed additional orders of Gilat cellular backhaul terminals to serve multiple Tier-1 Telcos in […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]