Paramount Global Content Distribution has announced a licensing deal with MultiChoice to create a new Paramount+ destination on the African continent. The hub will offer African audiences direct access to a range series and movies from CBS, Paramount+ Originals, Showtime and Paramount Pictures, and marks the debut of the Paramount+ brand in pan-Africa. “The expansion […]

BBC Studios in Africa has revealed that its multi-genre channel, BBC UKTV, has attracted record numbers, reaching over 12.9 million people. Viewers have grown by 135 per cent and the channel share has increased by 99 per cent among all individuals since launching on DStv in December 2022. BBC UKTV features a range of genres […]

Sub-Saharan Africa will have 16 million paying SV0D subscriptions by 2029, up from 7 million at end-2023, according to a froecast from Digital TV Research. South Africa and Nigeria will supply 59 per cent (9.4 million) of the region’s total. However, SVoD penetration will still be low by 2029, with only 7.1 per cent of […]

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ collaboration with Pan-African entertainment company Kugali has culminated in the all-new six-part series Iwájú streaming exclusively on Disney+ beginning February 28th Iwájú is an original animated series set in a futuristic Lagos, Nigeria. The coming-of-age story follows Tola, a young girl from the wealthy island, and her best friend, Kole, a self-taught tech expert, […]

Football fans in Nigeria who subscribe to DStv expected the pay-TV broadcaster to cover all the matches of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON_. But not so. The football tournament is due to start in a few days and subscribers are unhappy that the biennial competition will not be covered by DStv or its […]

International pay-TV operator and London based broadcaster, African Movie Channel (AMC), has partnered with streaming platform Cineverse to launch its FAST Channel, Nolly Africa HD. Cineverse provides over 70,000 free ad-supported movies, shows, podcasts and live TV content. Nolly Africa HD is AMC’s FAST 24-hour premium Nollywood channel, showing curated English language Nollywood movies, TV series, talk […]

The exclusive replay of EFC 110, the biggest card in recent African MMA history, is to be shown for free just 24 hours after the event, exclusively on Extreme Sports Channel in the UK, Scandinavia and EMEA on December 8th at 8pm. The main event is the ultimate rematch, when a dominant champion finally gets […]

Showmax, the African streaming service is relaunching in February 2024 with a new look, new app and entirely new product suite. This comes following the announcement of the partnership between Showmax and Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Sky earlier this year. The new Showmax will have three plans: Showmax Entertainment, Showmax Entertainment Mobile and the exciting Showmax […]

Parallel Wireless, a US-based cellular network technology provider and Open RAN player in providing cellular network solutions across all generations (2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G), including cloud-based Open RAN technologies, has announced that it will be deploying 2G and 4G networks for a large national operator in East Africa. Parallel Wireless was awarded several projects […]

Adventurer Simon Reeve journeys deep into the heart of some of Earth’s last great wild areas in a new series for the BBC Two and iPlayer: Wilderness with Simon Reeve.  The series will air in 2024. On our increasingly crowded planet, there are still a few remote areas where nature has the upper hand: the […]