Arab TV springs to life: Pay TV subscribers to top 10 million in 2012

LONDON, UK: Record numbers of households across the Middle East and Africa are signing up for pay TV, according to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media. 2 Nov 2011 11:35

Kenya: Bank sponsors business reality show

[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] CfC Stanbic Bank will sponsor a television reality show, CfC Stanbic Bank Magnate, which seeks to find and nurture Kenya's future entrepreneurs. The business reality show, which started yesterday, Thursday 27th October 2011, will air on national television broadcaster Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) and Kiss TV. 27 Oct 2011 16:56

Kenya's Zuku TV targets 100 000 Ugandan viewers

[Carole Kimutai] Zuku TV, a consumer brand of the Wananchi Group has an ambitious plan to register 100 000 subscribers in Uganda in the next two years. 30 Sep 2011 12:09

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Bizcommunity launches new dedicated sectors, newsletters

Bizcommunity.com - South Africa's largest online B2B publisher - is set to grow even more with the introduction of 16 new content channels, with weekly newsletters, as from last week Tuesday, 20 September 2011. 20 Sep 2011 15:45

Kenya gets GOtv on DVB-T2 technology

[Carole Kimutai] The new pay TV provider, GOtv, which recently launched in Uganda, officially launched the digital terrestrial television service in Kenya last week and went live on 14 September 2011. The new pay service is aimed at giving Kenyan TV lovers access to news, children's programming, documentaries, series and movies. 19 Sep 2011 11:10

A focus on African media this weekend

An unprecedented summit of African media conferences take place Friday 16 September to Monday 19 September 2011: Highway Africa, Pan African Conference on Access to Information, Digital Citizens' Indaba, the African Forum for Media Development, various editors' forum meetings, and workshops for African journalism educators. 13 Sep 2011 13:53

Studio Universal to launch in Africa

Universal Networks International (UNI) together with MultiChoice on Friday 9 September 2011 announced that UNI's movie channel Studio Universal will launch on the DStv platform on Friday 30 September reaching 47 countries across Africa. 12 Sep 2011 09:36

Germany to promote budget reporting in East Africa

[Walter Wafula] Germany's International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) is set to train East African journalists on covering public spending to improve reporting on national budgets and the use of tax payer's money. 7 Sep 2011 10:01

GOtv now in Uganda

Africa's first commercial operations using the next generation Digital Video Broadcast standard - DVB-T2 - rolled out with the launch of GOtv in Uganda on Monday 29 August 2011, following the launch in Lusaka, Zambia on 29 June 2011. 30 Aug 2011 15:43

Kenyan scribes get training on election coverage

[Carole Kimutai] Internews, an international media development organisation has launched a media programme aimed at equipping Kenyan journalists on covering elections. The 'Free and Fair Media' training programme is intended to promote the growth of developmental journalism that allows media to set the agenda that is futuristic, offers solutions to societal challenges and mitigates conflicts situations. 29 Aug 2011 08:21

Airtel launches money services ad [video]

Airtel Africa recently launched a television commercial, created by Ogilvy Africa, that aims to create awareness and encourage consumers to use Airtel money for their transactions. The service was launched in Nairobi, Kenya after Airtel revamped its mobile commerce service. 25 Aug 2011 08:12

Nickelodeon expands in Africa

Subscribers of the DStv Premium, Compact Plus, Compact, Family and Access bouquets can now watch Nickelodeon, which launched yesterday 23 August 2011, following a deal signed between MTV Networks Africa and MultiChoice Africa to bring the family channel to viewers across sub-Saharan Africa. 23 Aug 2011 15:19

SuperSport to broadcast Uganda Soccer League

[Walter Wafula] SuperSport viewers across Africa will be able to watch the Ugandan football league games starting in September on the back of an agreement between MultiChoice Africa and the Uganda Super League (USL). 23 Aug 2011 09:20

Airtel launches TVC to inspire soccer stars [video]

Airtel Africa recently launched a Pan-African television ad, created by Ogilvy Africa in Kenya, that aims to inspire youth to pursue their passion for football, by participating in the Airtel Rising Stars tournament. 16 Aug 2011 14:41