Africa
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…
RRSat increases African DTH presence with Spacecom deal
Content management and global distribution company RR Sat has launched two new Ku-Band MCPC platforms…
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…
JimJam launches on MyTV
Chello Zone kids channel JimJam has launched on African pay TV platform MyTV. MyTV is…
Canal Plus to launch mobile payments in Africa
Canal Plus Afrique, the African arm of the French pay TV operator, is launching a…
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…
Al Jazeera extends African coverage with Eutelsat
Al Jazeera has signed a capacity deal with Eutelsat to extend its coverage over Africa….
Online channel Afro TV to launch in UK
African online television channel Afro TV is launching in the UK later this year. The…
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…
Trace Africa gets carriage with SFR
Trace Africa, the music channel dedicated to African music, has launched in France on SFR’s…