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Senegal
Senegal pubcaster taps Globecast for international expansion
Radio Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS), Senegal public broadcast channel, has chosen media services provider Globecast to…
Awareness of digital TV ‘varies widely’ in Francophone Africa
Awareness of digital-terrestrial TV and intention to acquire equipment to receive it vary widely between…
Médiamétrie takes 50% stake in African media research outfit Omedia
French audience ratings agency Médiamétrie has taken a 50% stake in Omedia, a media and…
SES extends installer training programme to Senegal
Satellite operator SES has teamed up with a local partner in Senegal, Ecole Supérieure Multinationale…
Orange acquires more mobile assets in Africa
Orange has struck a deal with mobile operator Bharti Airtel International to acquire Airtel’s operations…
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…
Orange Digital Ventures invests in SVoD service Afrostream
Orange Digital Ventures has invested in Afrostream, the African SVoD service founded by producer Tonjé…
Francophone ‘Afro-American Netflix’ set to launch in September
France-based startup Afrostream is to launch what it describes as “the Netflix of Afro-American and…
Senegal’s Excaf Telecom selects Spacecom, HTTV, Conax for national DTT
Excaf Telecom has selected Spacecom’s Amos-5 satellite at 17° East to implement Senegal’s national DTT…
Globecast secures PoP deal for West Africa
Media services group Globecast has struck a point-of-presence partnership with Senegalese telecom operator Sonatel. Dakar-based…
Senegal’s Excaf Télécom upgrades to Conax Contego
Senegalese service provider Excaf Télécom has upgraded the content security solution provided by Conax to…