AVO TV, a free streaming platform in Africa, and Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany’s international broadcaster, signed a deal to feature DW’s 24-hour English channel on its app and launched the channel at the end of August. DW is committed to reporting “from the region, for the region” and aims at reaching audiences worldwide with its [...]
According to Dataxis’ latest research, 102 million households in the sub-Saharan region have access to television among the 225 million households constituting the region for the year 2018. Even though, the penetration is progressing, reaching 42% in 2018 compared to 40% in 2017, television has not yet fully penetrated into sub-Saharan African homes. Households receiving [...]
Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) is extending its presence in Uganda. Director General Peter Limbourg inked numerous contracts with private and state-run broadcasters in Kampala. The agreement with public broadcaster Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) includes TV lifestyle program Euromaxx, football magazine Kickoff! and the radio show AfricaLink, among others. DW and its Ugandan partner [...]
Deutsche Welle announced that its Spanish-language TV channel was temporarily unavailable in Venezuela on Saturday, August 4. This caused the reaction of several viewers on social media. Guido Baumhauer, DW’s director of distribution and technology, said the broadcast interruption “violates the right to freedom of expression”. According to DW, the channel was interrupted between 9 [...]
Deutsche Welle (DW) informó que su señal en español fue momentáneamente interrumpida el pasado 4 de agosto en Venezuela, lo que generó el reclamo de los televidentes en redes sociales. El responsable de distribución del canal, Guido Baumhauer, calificó el hecho como una “violación del derecho a la libertad de expresión”. Según informa DW en [...]