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Nick Jr and Nicktoons debut in Africa
Viacom has launched kids channels Nick Jr and Nicktoons in Africa for the first time…
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Trace Sport Stars signs Nigerian DTH deal
Trace Sport Stars has extended its African footprint after signing a carriage deal with new…
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MTV extends reach in South Africa
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa plans to move MTV in South Africa to pay…
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Eutelsat signs long-term deal with MultiChoice
Eutelsat Communications has agreed a multi-transponder deal with MultiChoice Africa, designed to secure the “continuing…
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Trace to launch separate Trace Urban feed for South Africa
Trace is planning to launch a separate, dedicated feed of its flagship music channel, Trace…
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Trace launches new music channel in Angola and Mozambique
Europe-based channel group, Trace, has launched a new Portuguese-language music network in Angola and Mozambique….
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A+E’s Lifetime to launch on DStv
A+E Networks is to launch women’s entertainment channel Lifetime on the MultiChoice DStv platform in…
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MultiChoice owner Naspers reports record pay TV additions
South African media conglomerate Naspers, the owner of pay TV service provider MultiChoice, has added…
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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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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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GOtv launches in Rwanda
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice’s digital-terrestrial pay TV service GOtv has launched in Rwanda….
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South Africa’s SuperSport goes widescreen
Multichoice-owned SuperSport is switching its lineup of standard definition channels to the 16:9 aspect ratio,…
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MultiChoice adds new features to Explora DVR
South Africa-based MultiChoice has added new features to the DStv Explora DVR it launched in…
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Discovery plans HD simulcast for DStv
Discovery Communications is set to launch a high definition feed of the Discovery Channel for…
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CBS channels debut in Africa
CBS Action and CBS Drama are set to launch in Africa for the first time…
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MultiChoice begins selling new HD DVR
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice has begun commercialising its new HD DVR set-top box,…
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FIC to launch crime channel in South Africa
Fox International Channels has launched its Fox Crime channel on South African pay TV platform…
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NBCU’s Telemundo channel launches in Africa
The international Telemundo channel has launched in Africa. The pay TV network is distributed by…
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South Africa’s Saffron shuts down
South African DTH operator DStv, owned by MultiChoice, has dropped locally produced channel Saffron from…
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DStv replaces ESPN with SuperSport 9
MultiChoice-owned South African pay TV provider DStv has added sports channel SuperSport 9 to its…
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Pace strikes deal to make MultiChoice DVRs in South Africa
Set-top manufacturer Pace has struck a deal with South African pay TV broadcaster MultiChoice to…
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South Africa’s SuperSport to launch new channels
South Africa’s SuperSport is to launch new HD sports channels on the DStv pay TV…
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MultiChoice adds Cape Verde Television and SA community channels
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice has added a new Portuguese-language channel, Cape Verde Television,…
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Telemundo launches in Africa
NBCUniversal-backed Spanish language broadcaster Telemundo is launching a pay TV channel across almost 50 African…
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Three combine to create new business news channel for South Africa
Three South African business and financial news brands are combining to create a new business…
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DStv launches two new channels on Access package
MultiChoice-owned South African-based DTH pay TV service DStv has added entertainment channel Mzansi Wethu and…
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MultiChoice launches new DStv Family pack
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice has introduced a new DStv Family pack, to launch…
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MultiChoice Africa takes additional capacity
MultiChoice Africa has signed up for new capacity with satellite operator Eutelsat to expand its…
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Naspers increases pay TV base
African pay TV operator Naspers ended September with 4.3 million DStv subscribers in South Africa,…
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Universal Networks goes HD in Africa
Universal Networks International has launched HD versions of its Universal Channel and Studio Universal channels…