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Mid East & Africa
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New TV audience measurement service goes live in Africa
Mobile survey firm GeoPoll has launched its new Audience Measurement Service in Africa, offering what…
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Algeria sees TV market growth
The Algerian TV market has undergone “significant changes” in the past two years, and is…
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MEA region pay TV market to be worth US$8 billion in 2014
New research says that digital TV penetration in the Middle East and Africa region will…
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Discovery names Turnbull Fatafeat boss
Discovery Networks International has appointed Hearst Magazines director Amanda Turnbull as managing director of its…
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Crime + Investigation launches in Mozambique and Angola
Crime + Investigation (CI) has launched in the Portuguese-speaking African countries of Mozambique and Angola…
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Discover Digital secures motorsports deal ahead of South Africa OTT launch
South African digital entertainment business Discover Digital has struck a sports content deal with the…
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SuperSport launches seventh HD channel on DStv
South African sports broadcaster SuperSport has added a seventh high definition channel to its line-up…
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SatLink launches DVB-S2 platform on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird
SatLink Communications has launched a new DVB-S2 platform on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite. The platform…
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Arab broadcasting union signs Eutelsat deal
The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) has agreed a multi-year contract for Ku-band capacity on…
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African channels choose Globecast for distribution
African channels Benie TV and Ouest TV have chosen Globecast to distribute their programming via…
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BBC Worldwide appoints SVP for high growth CEMA markets
BBC Worldwide has appointed former Fox International Channels executive Jay Tallon to the new role…
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Nine in 10 MENA households now taking satellite TV
Over nine out of 10 housheholds in 15 countries across the Middle East and North…
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beIN Sport to roll out across MENA with Pace
Al Jazeera-owned beIN Sport has chosen Pace to deliver home media servers and HD set-top…
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BBC Worldwide appoints Africa boss
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK pubcaster, has hired Joel Churcher as vice…
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Discovery launching TLC in Middle East, North Africa
The international division of Discovery is launching its TLC HD channel in the MENA region,…
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Partners prep MENA second screen app Synclie
Digital Media Services, the digital media arm of Choueiri Group, and AJ Consulting subsidiary SynkOnAir…
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Intelsat hit by African oversupply, lower US government spending
Lower US government spending and oversupply of capacity in Africa delivered lower annual revenues and…
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Box Television secures new deals in Hungary, Tanzania
UK-based Box Television has expanded the presence of its channels in central and eastern Europe…
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Uganda regulator in move on access to free channels
Uganda’s communications regulator is to oblige pay TV operators to distribute local TV channels without…
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Viacom gives Spain exec expanded Europe, Africa role
Viacom International Media Networks has named MTV Spain’s programming chief to become its VP, youth…
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Arabsat signs African capacity deal with MICT
Middle East satellite operator Arabsat has signed a deal to provide satellite capacity over Africa…
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ABS-2 satellite successfully launched
Asia Broadcast Satellite’s ABS-2 satellite successfully launched into space yesterday from the Guiana Space Centre…
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Viewsat reports record MENA growth
Satellite service provider ViewSat reported record growth in the Middle East and Africa last year,…
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Ghanaian win for Digital TV Labs
Ghana’s National Communications Authority has appointed the UK’s Digital TV Labs as an accredited test…
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Fox channels reshuffles European execs
Fox International Channels has moved several of its senior executives in Europe into new positions…
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Brightcove opens Dubai hub for MENA
Online TV specialist Brightcove is to open a new office in Dubai as part of…
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Eutelsat to operate satellite for Afghanistan
Afghanistan has struck a strategic partnership with satellite operator Eutelsat to provide capacity for digitial…
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Euronews to launch pan-African news network
Euronews has unveiled plans to launch what it claims will be the first pan-African rolling…
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AmberFin names EMEA sales chief
Media ingest, transcoding and quality control specialist AmberFin has named Adrian Smith as vice-president of…
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MENA pay TV revenues set to jump 83%
Pay TV revenues in the Middle East and North Africa are set to climb by…