Tag: News & Reports

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has indicated that she is minded to intervene on public-interest grounds in Sky UK's proposed acquisition of ITV Media and Entertainment Holdings, a deal announced ...

El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) has selected 155 emerging filmmakers and creative professionals from 16 countries for the fourth edition of its CineGouna Emerge programme, expanding its support for the ...

Nigerian filmmaker Paul Lasisi’s film Òkolà has won Africa’s Best Independent Film award at the 2026 All African Independent Film Festival (AAIFF Africa), which concluded in Kigali, Rwanda, on 17 ...

African satellite engineering company Q-KON, Angolan ICT provider SISTEC and Eutelsat OneWeb have launched a local point of presence (PoP) in Luanda to support the Twoobii-OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) ...

Egypt’s National Media Authority has released ten episodes of the animated series Bakkar, originally produced by Egyptian Television in 1998, on its Maspero Atfal children’s YouTube channel. The episodes have ...

Broadcast Media Africa (BMA) has announced SPUTNIK as a partner for the Broadcasters Convention – Southern Africa 2026, scheduled to take place from 22–25 October 2026 at the Avani+ Barbarons ...

Nigeria and Kenya are emerging as key growth markets for Africa’s streaming industry, with strong OTT video revenue projections and expanding digital advertising opportunities. However, PwC’s Africa Entertainment and Media ...

Groupe Canal+, the owner of MultiChoice, is reportedly preparing to introduce its own streaming service in South Africa and other MultiChoice markets, potentially filling the gap left by Showmax’s closure ...

Kenya is making an additional KSh13 billion (approximately US$100 million) available to accelerate its Digital Superhighway programme, with new investment targeting national backbone infrastructure and cross-border fibre connectivity. Speaking at ...

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – Middle Eastern geopolitical concerns and fluctuating oil prices became focal issues at African Energy Week in Cape Town, where government officials, corporate executives, and international ...