Telco TV News

01/02/2017

SPI / FILMBOX Channels Group launches channels in Liberia

http://www.telcotvnews.com/spi-filmbox-channels-group-launches-channels-liberia/

01/02/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/ses-mx1-secures-israel-premier-football-league/

SES announced today that MXI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, is providing the Israel Premier Football League (IPFL) with its

01/02/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/bein-series-hd-brings-wide-selection-entertainment-programming/

beIN’s newly launched series channel beIN SERIES HD is fast becoming a popular channel for many households in MENA. The

01/02/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/showmax-partners-seacom-east-africa/

01/02/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/persian-language-manoto-tv-completes-switch-eutelsat-satellites/

Manoto TV, the popular Persian-language channel, has completed its switch in SD and HD versions to the EUTELSAT 7B satellite

01/02/2017

IndiaCast launches local reality TV show
http://www.telcotvnews.com/indiacast-launches-local-reality-tv-show/

31/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/kwese-tv-goes-live-in-africa/

The Kwesé Network’s Pay-TV satellite service started broadcasting today, beaming Kwesé’s full suite of superior entertainment and sports programming to

31/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/echourouk-picks-eutelsat-hd-news-channel/

Algeria’s Echourouk media group has selected EUTELSAT 7 West A satellite to broadcast the High Definition version of its flagship

31/01/2017

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31/01/2017

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Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) has announced the launch of two new channels, Zee Bollymovies and Zee Bollynova which will

23/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/starz-play-arabia-signs-multi-year-deal-warner-bros/

Starz Play Arabia has signed a multi-year agreement with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. The deal with one of the

23/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/startimes-hs-media-formalise-partnership-bundesliga/

A milestone has been recorded in the Nigeria sports media and entertainment industry with the formalization of the long awaited

23/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/discovery-communications-deploys-signiant-flight/

Discovery Communications is using Signiant’s Flight solution for accelerated delivery of programme content to the cloud via Discovery’s global media asset

23/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/rlg-secures-contract-manufacture-set-top-boxes-ghana/

Ghanaian-owned technology company, Rlg Limited has won the contract to manufacture Set Top Boxes (STBs) as the country inches closer

20/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/comedy-central-sets-first-stand-comedy-series-middle-east/

Viacom’s Comedy Central is doing its first local production in the Middle East, a stand-up comedy series using the Comedy Central

20/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/bbc-brings-planet-earth-ii-south-africa/

When Planet Earth was broadcast a decade ago, it transformed how viewers saw the planet. The first natural history series to be

20/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/naspers-looking-phone-company-partnerships/

Naspers Ltd., Africa’s biggest company by market value, is seeking partnerships with mobile-phone operators on the continent to boost its

19/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/cote-ouest-brings-globo-telenovela-total-dreamer-africa/

The Globo novela Total Dreamer will be distributed to French-speaking countries in Africa by Côte Ouest. Côte Ouest has already taken on

19/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/turner-cartoon-network-launch-cn-anything-app/

Cartoon Network (CN), one of South Africa’s leading kid-focused channels, will be introducing multiple digital offerings, promising to have kids

19/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/big-brother-naija-debuts-gotv-10-years/

Big Brother Naija is making a comeback after ten years out. The show will kick off on January 22 on

16/01/2017

BBC iPlayer to be reinvented to rival Netflix and Amazon by 2020 http://www.telcotvnews.com/bbc-iplayer-reinvented-rival-netflix-amazon-2020/

16/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/sera-film-services-promotes-reality-tv-turkey/

Istanbul-based Sera Film Services is upping the game for non-scripted TV shows in the region by creating original reality show

16/01/2017

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Econet Media’s Kwesé TV today announced it will be exclusively adding VICELAND, the youth-focused lifestyle and culture channel from VICE

16/01/2017

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STARZ Play has signed a deal with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution to bring an array of movies and series

04/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/etisalat-beefs-tv-offering-elife-ultimate/

Households in the UAE can now enjoy internet speeds of 1Gbps through Etisalat’s ‘eLife Ultimate 1G’ and ‘eLife Premium 500’

04/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/kwese-free-sports-goes-live-nigeria/

Econet Media’s exclusive free-to-air sports channel Kwesé Free Sports is now available in Nigeria. The channel, which is Africa’s first pan-African

04/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/kwese-free-sports-now-live-uganda/

Econet Media’s 24-hour sports channel Kwesé Free Sports (KFS) is now live in Uganda. Africa’s first pan-African free-to-air channel boasts

04/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/startimes-launches-dtt-platform-daura-nigeria/

StarTimes, the digital television network company, has launched its DTT platform in Daura, Katsina State. The unveiling of DTT decoder

04/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/al-jazeera-huawei-sign-mou-media-cloud-solutions/

Al Jazeera Media Network and Huawei, a global leading ICT solutions provider, have entered a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

04/01/2017

http://www.telcotvnews.com/mtn-rwanda-launches-mobile-tv/

In less than a week after MTN Rwanda introduced internet data sharing services, the telecom operator is now offering affordable

28/12/2016

http://www.telcotvnews.com/ooredoo-tv-launches-funbox-4k/

Ooredoo TV has launched a new 4K channel called Funbox. Available throughout the Middle East, Funbox is a 24×7 channel accessible through the Ooredoo

28/12/2016

http://www.telcotvnews.com/orange-partners-caf-sponsor-5-major-competitions-2017-2024/

Starting with the Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Gabon in January 2017, Orange has extended its sponsorship with

22/12/2016

http://www.telcotvnews.com/cbeebies-wins-channel-year-childrens-baftas-2016/

BBC Children’s and Learning in the UK cleaned up at last Sunday’s Children’s BAFTAs, winning 13 awards, including the prestigious

22/12/2016

http://www.telcotvnews.com/airtel-launches-traceplus-video-streaming-download-platform/

Airtel Nigeria subscribers are in for exciting times as the telecommunication service provider partners with Africa’s foremost music media brand,

22/12/2016

http://www.telcotvnews.com/ndtv-24x7-launches-startimes-africa/

Expanding its presence in the African region, NDTV’s flagship English news channel NDTV 24×7 is now also available on African