#BizTrends2021
The first collaboration between an international content creator, a local animation studio and creators from across Africa has seen three uniquely African stories being brought to life in the form of three-minute shorts...
Danette Breitenbach 27 Nov 2019
Video on Demand in Africa is hampered by high data costs and driven by consumer behaviour change...
Louise Marsland 25 Nov 2019
WarnerMedia recently hosted a panel discussion around creating relevant brands for African audiences at Discop Johannesburg 2019. Julien Borde, head of Channels for France, French-speaking territories, Africa and Israel tells us more about how the company plans to implement these insights across the African market...
Jessica Tennant 22 Nov 2019
OTT has disrupted the way we experience content: visually, auditory and in several other ways...
Louise Marsland 20 Nov 2019
Boomerang Africa introduces nine fun, playful and easy to remember local original tunes for kids to singalong to celebrate...
Yolisa Phahle, CEO of general entertainment at the MultiChoice Group, presented the final keynote session of the second day of AfricaCom 2019. As "a South African who lives and breathes the African dream," she explains why they're retelling possibly the greatest African story of all time, with global appeal...
Leigh Andrews 14 Nov 2019
With the recent launch of Apple TV Plus and the imminent arrival of Disney Plus, the video landscape has never looked so competitive...
Amanda Lotz & Ramon Lobato 12 Nov 2019
Canal + In Africa is now integrating the M6 International TV channel into its television packages...
The second edition of the E! People's Choice Awards was recently held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California in the US...
The shortlist for the 2019 Clio Entertainment Awards has been announced. The awards will be handed out on 21 November 2019 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood...
Singers from around Africa will be competing for a grand prize of $100 000 (around R1.5 million), in a new African reality television singing competition...
The Brussels-based association of television and radio sales houses, Egta, and The Global TV Group have published a TV Charter...
BBC Studios has announced that it has licensed over 800 hours of content to clients across the African continent in the past six months...
I've lost count of the number of times I've heard business leaders from outside Africa refer to the continent's enormous potential. It's a cliché, as well as a source of frustration for many Africans...
Robyn Curnow 9 Oct 2019
Tooli will offer Arabsat's free-to-air channels and is in talks with pay-TV content owners and platforms to offer their content as well onto the platform with the objective of rolling out a paid service in the future...
Africa Magic will release its Nollywood Stars pop-up channel for its DStv and GOtv viewers this October...
New expectations of transparency and authenticity in business means things like organisational purpose, brand stories, how your company does things, what it believes in and what it stands for, can all play a part in how your company sees itself and how it is seen by others...
Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019
Ugandan TV presenter Solomon Serwanjja wins fifth BBC World News Komla Dumor Award...
We speak to managing director for the A+E Networks Africa's EMEA territories, Dean Possenniskie, who is responsible for overseeing and growing the channel's content distribution and digital media businesses across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa...
Juanita Pienaar 27 Sep 2019
White space is the name used to describe unused broadcasting frequencies in the wireless spectrum...
Africa edition of Fort Boyard reality TV show launched for the continent and local celebs...
The addition of a new channel, MBC5, will bring an enriched cultural and historical heritage to North Africa...
Great content, innovative tech and commercial sustainability drive the new media space in Africa...
Rwanda Broadcasting Corporation wants African authorities to invest in digital migration
Increasing demand for high-quality streaming content across Africa - new service launches...
The Wendy Williams Show renewed for another two seasons for Sub-Saharan African viewers...
ZEE5 Global is offering its top news channels available free for streaming in select countries in APAC, MENA and Africa...
BBC Studios is planning to offer advertising opportunities on its BBC Lifestyle channel for clients across sub-Saharan Africa in countries including Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia...
American celebrity and television host, Steve Harvey will launch and host Fremantle's Family Feud in South Africa and Ghana...
CPJ says Kabendera, Gwanda cases highlight Tanzania's decline in press freedom and human rights...
