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Eutelsat orders satellite for growing Middle East and north Africa demand

Eutelsat has placed an order for a new satellite to offer enhanced broadcasting capacity for…

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RRSat increases African DTH presence with Spacecom deal

Content management and global distribution company RR Sat has launched two new Ku-Band MCPC platforms…

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Africa’s iRokotv passes half million registered users in six months

African digital video service iRokotv, dubbed the “Netflix of Africa”, has reached 500,000 registered users…

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JimJam launches on MyTV

Chello Zone kids channel JimJam has launched on African pay TV platform MyTV. MyTV is…

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Canal Plus to launch mobile payments in Africa

Canal Plus Afrique, the African arm of the French pay TV operator, is launching a…

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Intelsat launches New Dawn MCPC media platform in Africa

Intelsat and GlobeCast have launched the Intelsat New Dawn Ku-band Multi-Channel Per Carrier (MCPC) media…

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Al Jazeera extends African coverage with Eutelsat

Al Jazeera has signed a capacity deal with Eutelsat to extend its coverage over Africa….

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Online channel Afro TV to launch in UK

African online television channel Afro TV is launching in the UK later this year. The…

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Canal Plus picks up Champions League rights for Africa

UEFA has awarded the 2012-15 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League French language media…

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Trace Africa gets carriage with SFR

Trace Africa, the music channel dedicated to African music, has launched in France on SFR’s…