Executive Editor, World Screen

August 3, 2018 Top Stories

DISCOP Johannesburg’s Next Gen Program to Focus on Animation

August 3, 2018

DISCOP Johannesburg 2018 will host a parallel Next Gen development and pitching program with a special focus on animation.

June 5, 2018 Top Stories

FremantleMedia International in Mideast Deal with Fox Life

June 5, 2018

FremantleMedia International (FMI) has scored an exclusive three-year output deal with Fox Life in the Middle East for more than 150 hours of programming.

February 21, 2018 Top Stories

Kwesé & iflix Strengthen Ties

February 21, 2018

Econet Media’s pan-African media company Kwesé has entered into an expanded partnership with iflix for sub-Saharan Africa.

February 20, 2018 Top Stories

Netflix Ties Up with OSN in the Middle East

February 20, 2018

Netflix has entered into a new partnership with OSN that will deliver programming across the Middle East and North Africa.

January 30, 2018 Top Stories

OSN Launches New Lifestyle Channel

January 30, 2018

OSN is bringing to the market a brand-new channel, OSN Living HD, which will feature an array of lifestyle programming.

January 8, 2018 Analysis, Top Stories

Sub-Saharan Africa to See Healthy Pay-TV Growth

January 8, 2018

The number of pay-TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa is forecast to increase by 74 percent between 2017 and 2023 to reach 40.89 million, according to Digital TV Research.

December 18, 2017 Top Stories

M6 Buys Stake in Ivorian Outfit with Plans for New Channel Launch

December 18, 2017

Groupe M6 has purchased a 33 percent stake in Life TV, an acquisition that will see the French company collaborate in creating a new channel for the Ivory Coast.

November 13, 2017 Top Stories

Kwesé TV to Air TV One Series

November 13, 2017

Kwesé TV has penned an exclusive broadcast deal to air programming from TV One, including the sitcoms Born Again Virgin and Love That Girl.

October 25, 2017 Top Stories

DISCOP Johannesburg Ties Up with Sky Rink Studios

October 25, 2017

DISCOP Johannesburg has entered into a partnership with Sky Rink Studios, aimed at supporting independent producers working in Joburg.

October 23, 2017 Top Stories

ABS-CBN Shows to Air on Africa’s StarTimes

October 23, 2017

The Philippines' ABS-CBN Corporation has secured a volume deal with StarTimes to air a number of dramas across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Kristin Brzoznowski