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Showmax launches a new Africa content product

26 Nov 2019

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New Africa content for OTT streaming platform

New Africa content for OTT streaming platform

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Africa's Playfre expands to 13 more countries

Africa's Playfre expands to 13 more countries

28 Oct 2019

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The digital dash for Africa

25 Oct 2019

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New music channels for Africa

23 Oct 2019

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Boomplay to enter French-speaking countries

16 Oct 2019

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New streaming service to launch in Africa

9 Oct 2019

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Playfre adds 2 new distribution services

7 Oct 2019

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Connecting Africa using television white space

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Africa still behind in digital broadcasting migration

20 Sep 2019

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New streaming service to launch in Africa

18 Sep 2019

Nigerian entrepreneur Chika Nwaogu.

African music streaming platform achieves record 1 million streams

9 Sep 2019

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YouTube and FIFA to broadcast African World Cup qualifiers live

4 Sep 2019

A newspaper stand is seen in Mwanza, Tanzania, on September 19, 2015. Tanzania is currently considering legal amendments that could negatively affect press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Daniel Hayduk.

Onslaught against press freedoms in Tanzania

26 Aug 2019

Sphelele Mjadu, Unilever Personal Care Senior Public Relations Manager for Africa and Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, in the UN Women-Dove masterclass panel at the Loeries. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Our responsibility of better representation in advertising, media

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

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Discover Digital International partnered with SPI/Filmbox

14 Aug 2019

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African Digital Media Awards 2019 finalists

13 Aug 2019

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Startimes to broadcast UEFA Euro 2020 in Sub Saharan Africa

13 Aug 2019

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Kwesé shuts down its pay TV service in Zimbabwe

5 Aug 2019

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Elon Musk says Netflix and YouTube are coming to Teslas

Shereesa Moodley 31 Jul 2019

Yolisa Phahle, CEO of general entertainment for MultiChoice Group.

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Yolisa Phahle 30 Jul 2019

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Johnny Clegg dies at 66

Johnny Clegg dies at 66

16 Jul 2019

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New entertainment channel from Discovery for Africa

15 Jul 2019

Ethiopian Broadcasters Association migrates to SES Satellites

12 Jul 2019

Spotify introduces Spotify Lite in areas with limited bandwidth, phone storage

Spotify introduces Spotify Lite in areas with limited bandwidth, phone storage

9 Jul 2019

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Showmax launches a new Africa content product

26 Nov 2019

Video Exchange Africa, AfricaCom Panel (L-R): Siddhartha Roy, Cees van Versendaal, Russell Southwood, Ryan Solovei.

#AfricaCom: The many VOD markets

Louise Marsland 25 Nov 2019

#AfricaCom: TV content future will be shaped by OTT

Louise Marsland 20 Nov 2019

Glenn Carstens-Peters via .

Apple, Disney and Netflix's streaming battle isn't winner-take-all

Amanda Lotz & Ramon Lobato 12 Nov 2019

New Africa content for OTT streaming platform

New Africa content for OTT streaming platform

5 Nov 2019

Africa's Playfre expands to 13 more countries

Africa's Playfre expands to 13 more countries

28 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

The digital dash for Africa

25 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

New music channels for Africa

23 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty

Boomplay to enter French-speaking countries

16 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

New streaming service to launch in Africa

9 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Playfre adds 2 new distribution services

7 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Connecting Africa using television white space

27 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Africa still behind in digital broadcasting migration

20 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

New streaming service to launch in Africa

18 Sep 2019

Nigerian entrepreneur Chika Nwaogu.

African music streaming platform achieves record 1 million streams

9 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

YouTube and FIFA to broadcast African World Cup qualifiers live

4 Sep 2019

A newspaper stand is seen in Mwanza, Tanzania, on September 19, 2015. Tanzania is currently considering legal amendments that could negatively affect press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Daniel Hayduk.

Onslaught against press freedoms in Tanzania

26 Aug 2019

Sphelele Mjadu, Unilever Personal Care Senior Public Relations Manager for Africa and Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, in the UN Women-Dove masterclass panel at the Loeries. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Our responsibility of better representation in advertising, media

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Discover Digital International partnered with SPI/Filmbox

14 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

African Digital Media Awards 2019 finalists

13 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Startimes to broadcast UEFA Euro 2020 in Sub Saharan Africa

13 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Kwesé shuts down its pay TV service in Zimbabwe

5 Aug 2019

Image credit: Bram Van Oost on Unsplash.

Elon Musk says Netflix and YouTube are coming to Teslas

Shereesa Moodley 31 Jul 2019

Yolisa Phahle, CEO of general entertainment for MultiChoice Group.

Africa is a great repository for untapped and untold stories

Yolisa Phahle 30 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Johnny Clegg dies at 66

Johnny Clegg dies at 66

16 Jul 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

New entertainment channel from Discovery for Africa

15 Jul 2019

Ethiopian Broadcasters Association migrates to SES Satellites

12 Jul 2019

Spotify introduces Spotify Lite in areas with limited bandwidth, phone storage

Spotify introduces Spotify Lite in areas with limited bandwidth, phone storage

9 Jul 2019

Econet Media pay TV activities under administration

Econet Media pay TV activities under administration

8 Jul 2019

[adult swim] channel launches in Africa.

Adult Swim programming for TNT in Africa

3 Jul 2019

Netflix working on its second original African series

Netflix working on its second original African series

1 Jul 2019

Playfre launches SongRoute to help artists sell music

Playfre launches SongRoute to help artists sell music

1 Jul 2019

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LAGbook launched free music platform Playfre in Nigeria

4 Jun 2019

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#FairnessFirst: A picture tells a thousand words, but should it?

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#AfricaMonth: Pan-African web series gives Maybelline New York an African flair

#AfricaMonth: Pan-African web series gives Maybelline New York an African flair

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How African countries are doing in ballooning digital music revenues

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Eye of the Pangolin to premiere on Endangered Species Day

Eye of the Pangolin to premiere on Endangered Species Day

13 May 2019

Africa's own 'Spotify' launches

Africa's own 'Spotify' launches

10 May 2019

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