Dutch-based African streaming outfit Wi-flix says it has passed the milestone of one million paying customers after signing up 300,000 new subscribers in one year. The video-on-demand provider said it had attracted new sign-ups by adding more content to its library and striking distribution partnerships. The company used the million subs milestone as the hook […]
German kids programmer Your Family Entertainment has teamed up with Nigeria-based DTH platform Moreplex TV to make its Fix&Foxi Channel available in English to all customers across sub-Saharan Africa. Moreplex Television Ltd, licensed by the National Broadcasting Commission, provides free-to-view and pay TV services across DTH, DTT, OTT, and VOD Platforms. DTH service Moreplex TV launched in […]
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice’s streaming service Showmax has begun to offer live sports as part of its programming line-up, including English Premier League football. The new Showmax Pro offering is available in Kenya and Nigeria, taking sports coverage from sister MultiChoice’s sports broadcasting unit SuperSport. The latter is offered as part of MultiChoice’s […]
Canal+ Group has acquired the production, content distribution and channel assets of iROKO Partners, reinforcing a move into the market for Nigeria’s Nollywood and English-language content for the African market. The acquisition deal gives Canal+ control of ROK Studios, a Bollywood production outfit that creates over 500 hours of new films and series a year, […]
Shopex TV, and new teleshopping service for Nigeria, is to launch on December 1. The channel, operated by local outfit Response Architects and founded by Nigerian entrepreneur Isi Abebe with investment form London-based Expert Media Partners, will market a range of lifestyle, fitness and kitchen products from multiple retailers using TV as is main sales […]
Eutelsat has claimed the status of satellite market leader in the west African markets of Nigeria, Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire after a Nielsen study of TV reception in these markets showed the operator had a leading share of the DTH installed base in Cóte d’Ivoire, a majority share of the DTH base in Cameroon and […]
French international news channel France 24 has extended its reach in Nigeria to five million households as a result of a new carriage deal. The 24-hour news channel has signed a new agreement with TVC Communications for the broadcasting of its English-language channel on the DTH bouquet PlayTV. France 24 said that the latest agreement […]
Nigerian technology outfit Envivo Communications is to launch a new OTT TV streaming video service, nVIVO TV and has tapped Cisco to provide technology for the service. nVIVO TV will provide a mix of Nollywood and international content and will target the growing base of mobile phones, tablets and PCs in Africa. The company will […]
Econet Media-owned African pay TV service, Kwesé TV, has officially launched in Nigeria. Kwesé held a press launch in Lagos last week to announce the service and unveiled a number of pricing options for customers. “Choose whatever payment plan suits you from our three, seven or 30 days flexible payment plan with access to over […]
Nollywood-focused African media group iROKO has launched iROKO Music on the Les Bouquets Canal+ platform. The channel is iROKO’s fifth TV service, and its launch builds on the partnership struck between the Nigeria-based outfit and Canal+ Intenrational last year. The pair are working together to deliver additional services in the Francophone African market. iROKO has […]
ICYMI: Amazon launches QLED TV range in UK, Germany and Mexico as it passes 200m milestone digitaltveurope.com/2023/03/23/ama… https://t.co/woMxE1FQyV
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.@zattoo adds three new FAST channels from Mainstream Media digitaltveurope.com/2023/03/23/zat…
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Pay-TV subscribers in Eastern Europe is to fall by 8m by 2028 digitaltveurope.com/2023/03/23/pay… https://t.co/iWObUAcAu2
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