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JOHANNESBURG/LOS ANGELES: Jason Njoku, the co-founder and CEO of the digital distributor iROKO, is lined up to deliver the opening morning keynote at DISCOP Africa on October 31. iROKO is the world’s largest digital distributor of Nollywood movies and is also YouTube’s largest partner in Africa. During his keynote, Njoku …

LONDON: Universal Channel is celebrating one year on air in Africa by launching an HD version of the service on DStv. Universal Channel made its debut on DStv in October 2011, and since that time has more than tripled its audience. Now, Universal Channel HD makes its debut in the African …

TEL AVIV: This MIPCOM Keshet International is presenting unscripted highlights such as Marathon, Fair & Square and Checkout.   Marathon is a primetime reality format featuring five non-athletic people who are training for a marathon. It is scheduled to premiere next year on Keshet’s Channel 2.   Recently re-launched following …

LONDON: A new deal from Endemol Worldwide Distribution sees the first season of the U.S. talk show The Steve Harvey Show airing on the M-Net channel throughout Africa. The first season of more than 200 episodes will run on M-Net, as well as two further seasons. The show is produced …

PARIS: The Middle East’s television industry, post the Arab Spring, will take center stage at a number of sessions at MIPCOM, as will the booming Turkish drama business. A series of panels, led by Nabil Kazan, the president and chief executive of K & Partners TV Services, will look at …

LOS ANGELES: More than 1,000 delegates representing 700 companies from 85 countries are expected to attend next month’s DISCOP Africa. The event, which takes place from October 31 to November 2 in Johannesburg, is pacing to welcome a record number of delegates. This includes all of Africa’s major broadcasters, pay-TV …

LONDON: The African DTH platform ZAP has added the Outdoor Channel and JimJam to its lineup, serving the territories of Angola and Mozambique.  The deal marks the first time that Outdoor Channel is available in these two territories. It also marks an expansion of Chello Zone’s existing relationship with ZAP, …

LOS ANGELES: The seventh edition of DISCOP Africa garnered record-breaking attendance, with a total of 1,248 delegates for the three-day event. There were 173 exhibiting companies and 304 broadcasters, pay-TV platforms, mobile operators, broadband-based services, closed-circuit networks and distributors operating in Africa. The total delegates represented 672 companies from 86 …

MUNICH/DUBAI: Red Arrow International has made a formats representation and co-production agreement with Sync Media for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Under the deal, Sync Media will exclusively represent and produce Red Arrow International’s formats in the region. Sync Media, a multiplatform content creation company, is led by …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has named Phil Sequeira as its senior sales executive for EMEA and has elevated David Wilcox and Jennifer Ebell to the respective roles of VP for North West EMEA and VP for South East EMEA. Sequeria most recently served as a sales executives …