Eurochannel Launches in Africa

LUANDA/MAPUTO/PARIS, November 21: Eurochannel will roll out in Africa for the first time as part of the basic bouquet of both TV Cabo Angola and TV Cabo Mozambique.

TV Cabo is a cable television and high-speed Internet service in Angola and Mozambique. TV Cabo Angola is a partnership between Angola Telecom and the Visabeira Group, and TV Cabo Mozambique was created through a partnership between Telecomunicaoes de Moçambique  (TDM) and the Visabeira Group.

Gustavo Vainstein, Eurochannel’s president and CEO, commented: “The team of TV Cabo in Angola and Mozambique has developed a high-quality cable service and has demonstrated an extraordinary dynamism in the marketing and commercialization areas. We are honored in launching in these two countries with very strong potential.”

“Eurochannel, with its excellent programming, really proposes to our subscribers `the Best of Europe,’ ” said Paulo Varela, the CEO of TV Cabo Angola and TV Cabo Mozambique. “In addition, the subtitles allow the programs to be accessible to all our subscribers. For this reasons, Eurochannel has been included in the basic channels grid.”

—By Kristin Brzoznowski