MBC Group has become the exclusive licensing agent for Animaccord’s children series ‘Masha and the Bear’ in the MENA region. MBC Group’s Licensing & Merchandising unit will provide Animaccord with a full 360-support solution, which includes but is not limited to inking consumer products deals, increasing and strengthening the presence of the Masha and the [...]
Sporty.com, an online sports media and entertainment brand, has partnered with NTA to simulcast its FTA broadcast of premium sports content. The pioneering arrangement brokered by Integral means Sporty.com Nigerian-based users will now be able to watch a simulcast of NTA’s broadcast of exciting sports programmes. This deal will see Sporty.com as the official simulcast [...]
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has secured the broadcasting rights of the 2022 Soccer World Cup qualifier between Zimbabwe and Bafana Bafana. It has to be noted that the game will be available on SABC1, SABC Radio Stations, OpenView, and the telkomONE application which provides the newly introduced and independent SABC Sports channel. The [...]
The African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) inked a deal with FIFA to manage the free-to-air rights for the qualifying matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in 17 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. AUB thus becomes through this deal the exclusive partner for the commercialisation of the rights in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, [...]
When AfricaXP launched PremiumFree TV in West Africa in late 2018 the service instantly made waves in Ghana and Nigeria. It was a 13-channel bouquet that looked and behaved exactly like a high value Pay TV service in all respects except one, it was free and transmitted unencrypted. On May 1 2021, it was available [...]
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced that the UAE’s leading public service broadcaster and media company, Abu Dhabi Media, has been chosen as their exclusive media partner to broadcast the AFC’s national team and club competitions for the 2021 to 2024 rights cycle in the United Arab Emirates. Windsor John, AFC General Secretary, expressed his [...]
PremiumFree, a free-to-air satellite television, has launched in South Africa. However, the newly launched platform has been around since 2018 in Ghana and Nigeria where it exports its 25 free channels to the country. The service uses Intelsat’s IS20 satellite and is now available via 40 million installed satellite dishes. Craig Kelly, CEO of AfricaXP, [...]
South Africa’s public broadcaster signed a deal with Disney Africa to stream content and coverage from ESPN on its SABC Sport channel. The sports channel will also include European football games. Gary Rathbone, SABC Sport General Manager, said in a statement: “This agreement is going to add significant depth to our current offering on the [...]
Dataxis continues to confirm discussion panels for what will be the 2021 Nextv Series South America’s virtual edition, a leading conference that will take place on Wednesday, September 1st and Thursday, September 2nd. One of the panels that will be part of the agenda for the conference’s day 1 is called ‘Evolution of FTA broadcaster’s [...]
A new TV station, SEE TV has been introduced in Uganda targeting viewers that are under the age of 35 and are aware of trends around the world. According to SEE TV officials, ‘’See TV is Uganda’s reality Television channel creating relatable content for Ugandans. We are organizing local talent to bring Ugandan and African [...]