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GTV launches G-UP prepaid subscription scratch cards

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:11:00 +0200

NAIROBI: GTV unveiled on Tuesday, 14 October 2008 a scratch card that enables its customers to pay their monthly subscriptions by loading their recharge number on the card.
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Big Cat Diary goes live

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:33:00 +0200

In early August, Kenya's president Mwai Kibaki was in the Maasai Mara to witness the unfolding of the world's seventh wonder - the migration of millions of wildebeests from the Mara to the Serengeti in neighbouring Tanzania. Every year, thousands of tourists come to Kenya to view this amazing spectacle.
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Africa's Olympic win

Mon, 26 May 2008 14:43:00 +0200

The African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) has concluded an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to acquire the free-to-air broadcast rights for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. The broadcast rights relate to 41 sub-Saharan territories excluding South Africa.
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Apprentice Africa - let the business begin

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:05:00 +0200

Touted as the ultimate job interview, Africa's own version of the popular reality TV series The Apprentice launches tonight, 26 February 2008.
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Business channel scores in Ghana

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:11:00 +0200

CNBC Africa, the continent's first 24-hour international business channel, has secured a terrestrial television distribution deal in Ghana, effectively delivering the channel's business news to a potential audience of five million viewers in and around the capital Accra.
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DStv launches US$2 pay channel in Kenya

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:45:00 +0200

After weeks of watching grisly images of chaos and violence, television viewers in Kenya now have more reason to keep glued to their television sets.
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OATS heads east

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:39:00 +0200

Oracle Airtime Sales (OATS) has confirmed their agreement with media management agency Corporate Talk to further develop its African network.
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New GM at MultiChoice Kenya

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:47:00 +0200

Stephen Isaboke is the new GM of MultiChoice Kenya. He is the first Kenyan to hold this position.
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Kenyan government imposes news blackout

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:35:00 +0200

Warning the government of the dangers of the ban on live radio and TV news reports, Reporters Without Borders has condemned the climate of fear imposed on the privately-owned media in the wake of Kenya's disputed presidential election following the live radio and TV news reports ban announced on 30 December 2007.
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Music video project for Africa

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:43:00 +0200

Pan-African music entertainment network MTV Networks Africa and oil marketer Shell have partnered to boost Africa's contemporary music industry.
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