Côte Ouest Expands Catalogue with M-Net Content

ABIDJAN: Côte Ouest is expanding its catalogue to include African TV content for the English-speaking market, following its recent sub-distribution partnership with M-Net.

Côte Ouest will rep M-Net’s African Film Library (AFL), an archive of award-winning African cinema, is comprised of short films, feature films and documentaries from across the continent. The films are available in a variety of languages. The AFL also includes popular TV series such as Changes from Kenya, Tinsel from Nigeria, Egoli (M-Net’s longest running soap), African documentaries such as Great Africans, the magazine show Face of Africa, as well as a selection of Nollywood hits.

Bernard Azria, Côte Ouest’s CEO, said: “We are proud to enrich our offer to English-speaking African markets with more than 1,000 hours of first class African TV content.”

Mike Dearham, the head of sales and library at M-Net, added: “The African Film Library truly showcases the diverse content being produced on the continent. M-Net is dedicated to the growth and development of the African production industry, and we are excited to be working in partnership with Côte Ouest to take rich African content to the Anglophone market.”