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Mid East & Africa
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SES and Intersat to deliver fast internet to rural East Africa
Satellite operator SES and internet access provider Intersat have teamed up to expand Intersat’s internet…
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Canal Holdings signs deal for Canal 3 with SES
Benin-based media group Canal Holdings has signed a multi-year contract with SES to distribute its…
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Spacecom providing hybrid cellular-satellite broadband in Cameroon
Satellite operator Spacecom is providing rural settlements and educational institutions in Cameroon with hybrid cellular…
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Nigeria’s NBC taps Paywizard for digital switchover
Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and broadcast and OTT technology company, Inview, have selected Paywizard…
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Zimbabwe taps Eutelsat for digital TV transition
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has agreed a three-year contract with Eutelsat Communications for…
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Orange names ex-diplomat as advisor to CEO
Orange has named Michel Reveyrand-de Menthon as advisor to chairman and CEO Stéphane Richard, in…
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MultiChoice partners with Elemental for streaming, VoD
African pay TV provider MultiChoice has partnered with Elemental for the live streaming and video-on-demand…
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Grey Juice Lab opens regional hub in Dubai
Video-on-demand content aggregator Grey Juice Lab has opened a new regional content marketing and commercial…
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Canal+ loses subscribers in France, gains internationally
French pay TV outfit Canal+’s performance in the first nine months of the year was…
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Icflix orders original kids series
Icflix has ordered Dunia, a new animated series for kids that will be an original for…
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Intelsat names Africa sales chief
Satellite operator Intelsat has named Brian Jakins as its new regional vice-president of sales for…
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Euronews’ Africanews channel to go live in January
Euronews’ new Africanews channel is due to launch across Africa on January 4, the company…
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StarTimes’ African expansion plans
StarTimes media executive Michael Dearham tells DTVE’s Andy McDonald about the China-based company’s ambitious African…
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The Middle ground: premium TV in the Middle East and North Africa
Despite the region’s overwhelmingly free-to-air profile, competition is heating up in premium TV in MENA,…
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Arabsat takes additional capacity on ABS-3A
Satellite operators Arabsat and Permira-owned ABS have struck a deal whereby Arabsat will use additional…
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PCCW launches new OTT TV service
Hong Kong-based telecom service provider PCCW’s media arm is launching a new OTT TV service,…
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Azercosmos chooses supplier for joint satellite with Intelsat
Azerbaijan national satellite organisation Azercosmos has chosen Space Systems/Loral to provide its second communications satellite….
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Canal+ faces big piracy problem in Senegal, says chief
Up to 400,000 homes in the West African state of Senegal are viewing Canal+ content…
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AJ+ passes one billion milestone
Al Jazeera’s digital-only news platform AJ+ has passed the milestone of one billion online video…
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Icflix partners with Viva Bahrain
Middle East and North African streaming service, Icflix, has struck a partnership with Saudi Telecom…
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Orange Digital Ventures invests in SVoD service Afrostream
Orange Digital Ventures has invested in Afrostream, the African SVoD service founded by producer Tonjé…
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Trace unveils plans for African SVoD offering, original series and movies
Youth-oriented media group Trace is to launch a subscription VoD service for sub-Saharan Africa in…
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Eutelsat and Facebook team up to get Africans online via Amos-6
Satellite operator Eutelsat and Facebook have teamed up to use satellite technology to get Africans…
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Fix&Foxi breaks into Francophone Africa with Ma Télé
Germany-based programmer YourFamilyEntertainment has launched its Fix&Foxi channel on Ma Télé, the HD platform for…
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Vivendi and Canal+ up investment in cinema, new Studiocanal chief
Vivendi and Canal+ have committed are to acquire a minority stake in France’s Mars Film…
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Al Jazeera changes frequencies on Nilesat
Al Jazeera Media Network is moving the frequency of its channels on the Nilesat platform…
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Starz Play Arabia selects thePlatform for video management
Starz Play Arabia selected thePlatform to provide the back-end video management and publishing system for…
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South African SVOD service buys BBCWW shows
South African subscription on-demand platform MTN FrontRow has acquired BBC Worldwide shows Sherlock and Planet…
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Canal+ Overseas chooses Enensys for TNT Africa regionalisation
Canal+ Overseas has chosen Enensys to provide technology for the rollout of its digital-terrestrial platform…
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MatrixStream launching OTT network DVR
US-based technology provider MatrixStream is launching a turnkey OTT DVR solution aimed at service providers….