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Turner Africa is officially sponsoring the African Animation Network (AAN) Animation Village at DISCOP Johannesburg 2017.

DISCOP Johannesburg 2017 is introducing The Next Gen Program, which is specifically designed to target film, TV and digital content producers and aims to help them improve their pitching, networking and business skills.

DISCOP Johannesburg is partnering with DigiLab Africa (DLA), INVR.SPACE and others to highlight virtual reality (VR) in the African content scene at the upcoming market.

BBC Worldwide has signed its first content sales agreement with the new pan-African pay-TV broadcaster Kwesè TV, which is a subsidiary of Econet Media.

There are already more than 650 delegates pre-registered for the sixth edition of DISCOP Johannesburg, which is taking place October 25 to 27.

DISCOP is unveiling DISCORE, a new business-to-business program intended to bring the world of music production closer to the African editions of the DISCOP film, television and digital content markets.

Olympic Channel and beIN Media Group have entered into a partnership, with programming blocks leading to the launch of a 24/7 linear channel on November 1 across 24 MENA territories.

After having reached an exclusive agreement with ESPN, Econet Media will bring International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) competitions to its Kwesé TV platform in sub-Saharan Africa from 2018.

Dubai International's passengers can now enjoy free movies and TV shows before their flights, thanks to a partnership between Dubai Airports and icflix.

SPI International/FilmBox is bringing eight channels and its VOD offering to Anttention Media's mobile audio and video streaming service VeeTee.