Television Signal piracy is a real shortfall for the audiovisual industry nowadays. During the African Nations Championship held in Cameroon in January-February 2021, opportunity was given to the African Union of Broadcasting to (re) take stock of satellite and online piracy, during broadcast time. Out of 32 games delivered in 21 days, several were screened [...]
CANAL+ is partnering with Universal Music Africa (UMA) to celebrate music and introduce Digster Africa, UMA’s 100% African streaming platform, to its subscribers in Africa. From 1 to 31 July, each Canal+ Bouquets subscriber who renews their subscription will receive 1 month of free access to the Digster Africa application, in order to discover and [...]
The new esports channel eSportsONE is available on the Canal+ Ethiopia bouquet from now on as part of a distribution cooperation between Sport1 GmbH and Canal+ Group. eSportsONE, channel 81, is now accessible through the Desta package. Since its introduction in November 3, 2020, the channel, which focuses mainly on distribution in the European region, [...]
Canal+ will broadcast the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the new pan-African basketball competition launched in collaboration with the NBA and FIBA, bringing together the best African basketball clubs. As part of this multi-year agreement, Canal+ will air the competition in French for the next three seasons in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and [...]
Orange Ivory Coast has announced the launch of the new fiber optic offers for both individuals and businesses. These different offers include a very high speed internet connection, access to Orange TV with Video on Demand, access to CANAL + BOUQUETS, as well as a mobile plan in addition to the already existing fixed subscription. [...]
Showmax and CANAL+ have begun production on Crime & Justice, a gritty police procedural and legal show set in Nairobi. Crime & Justice features a heavy-weight cast with Sarah Hassan (Plan B, How to Find a Husband) and Alfred Munyua (Poacher, The First Grader, Sense8) starring as Makena and Silas, the two detectives at the [...]
The solar home system provider Qotto Benin has collaborated with Canal+, a French company specialized in the distribution of pay TV channels. The two companies will provide the “Mivoo+” kit, together with decoders, satellite dishes and a “special package”. Qotto Benin is now part of the list of Canal+ partners for solar-powered television in Africa. [...]
SES and CANAL+ have inked a new long-term strategic agreement for satellite capacity across Africa and Europe, strengthening the companies’ longstanding collaboration and highlighting the importance of satellite in distributing premium content to more than 10 million subscribers. The multi-transponder contract renewal extends SES and CANAL+ relationship to the end of the decade. It enables [...]
The CANAL+ Group is showing its commitment to African creation and production with a new TV series of a new genre, never produced before in Africa, ‘Hantés’. ‘Hantés’ is the first African series highlighting paranormal and fantastic thriller of 8 episodes of 45 minutes which will be broadcasted as from November 2, 2020 at 8:30 [...]
French Pay TV operator, Canal+ Group has taken a 6.5% stake in MultiChoice Group, which has now passed the 5% threshold which will require to make its acquisition of a stake in the Johannesburg stock exchange. Based on a statement from Canal+: “This acquisition, a long-term financial investment, demonstrates the confidence of the Canal+ group [...]