Back issues of Broadcast, Film and Convergence can be accessed below.
Issue 1 was a trial run to demonstrate the contents of the e-letter.
Issue 2 was a pilot issue and Issue 3 was the first regular issue.
2010
Issue 73: Producing global TV formats in Nigeria and South Africa – working to a different business model
(11 February 2010)
Issue 72: Kenya: Internet is creeping up on television for key 18-24 demographic, says new national survey
(28 January 2010)
Issue 71: The Africa Cup of Nations – Biennial rights farce plays 27th time as LC2-AFNEX practices daylight robbery
(14 January 2010)
Issue 70: ZEM: Canal Overseas Africa co-produces new series made in Togo
(7 January 2010)
2009
Issue 69: Kenya’s Habari TV to offer streamed online news from TV stations across Africa
(10 December 2009)
Issue 68: Uganda runs DTT pilot and plans to go digital by 2012 but private sector argues for separate signal carrier
(26 November 2009)
Issue 67: Ochre’s niche channel Saffron TV targets South Africa’s Indian community
(12 November 2009)
Issue 66: Kenya’s Freeview looks for a new business model in the digital future
(28 October 2009)
Issue 65: Thema launches VOD service for the African diaspora in France
(14 October 2009)
Issue 64: Tinga, Tinga: Africa’s first major animation series production set for release in 2010
(30 September 2009)
Issue 63: Internet takes centre stage for African broadcasters : News channels, feeds, distribution and downloads
(16 September 2009)
Issue 62: Kenya's Nation Media Group tackles changing landscape with a multi-platform strategy
(2 September 2009)
Issue 61: Surviving in a small market: Gambia’s Unique FM innovates by offering reality radio
(19 August 2009)
Issue 60: Kenya’s Kiss FM goes into TV with new Kiss TV channel
(5 August 2009)
Issue 59: Setanta Africa pioneers Free To Air sports television (24 July 2009)
Issue 58: Mozambique: Private TV stations battle it out with state-run TVM
(10 July 2009)
Issue 57: Cinetoile promotes African cinema to create new audiences and business models
(26 June 2009)
Issue 56: Uganda - Tough fight amongst top three broadcasters but digitalisation just over the horizon
(12 June 2009)
Issue 55: Senegal : Newly liberalised private TV and radio channels winning hands-down in the battle for audiences
(29 May 2009)
Issue 54: Fight the power : African Pay-TV channels come together to bid for Premier League rights
(15 May 2009)
Issue 53: Africa comes to France - New TV bouquets targeted at diaspora
(30 April 2009)
Issue 52: M-Net amasses library of 450 plus African films and is launching a VOD streaming service
(16 April 2009)
Issue 51: Ghana’s VTT Satellite’s Make Me A Success completes production and looks for broadcast partners
(2 April 2009)
Issue 50: African media fragmentation piles the pressure on radio and TV stations as they scramble for audiences
(19 March 2009)
Issue 49: DISCOP: Africa’s first media market attracts over 400 people to Dakar for three day meeting-fest
(5 March 2009)
Issue 48: The Africa Channel now reaches 12 million households in USA, UK and Caribbean
(19 February 2009)
Issue 47: Death of a dream: Africa’s pay TV challenger GTV runs out of financial road
(5 February 2009)
Issue 46: DISCOP launches Africa’s first fully-fledged media market in Dakar in February and will offer second event in Nairobi in September
(22 January 2009)
Issue 45: Ethiopia liberalises radio and television may follow, supports thriving local film culture
(8 January 2009)
2008
Issue 44: African public broadcasting – Going from nothing to something in a converged world
(11 December 2008)
Issue 43: Returned Nigerian Film-maker wants to produce “Oscar-winning industry” through African Roving Film School and own productions
(27 November 2008)
Issue 42: Senegal’s Excaf-Télécom and Delta Net TV mount legal competition challenge against Canal Plus
(13 November 2008)
Issue 41: 75% of radio stations in West African survey produce digitally, says new report
(30 October 2008)
Issue 40: Broadcast content distribution goes digital: Welcome to the world of A24 Media and Freedom Fone
(16 October 2008)
Issue 39: Conference special – Broadcasters grapple with how to create local content that travels well
(2 October 2008)
Issue 38: Wananchi to launch Triple Play in Kenya and Tanzania with US$100 plus investment in HFC networks
(28 September 2008)
Issue 37: New broadcast TV companies set to enter Nigeria’s cauldron of competition in Lagos
(4 September 2008)
Issue 36: Television liberalisation makes further inroads into francophone Africa
(21 August 2008)
Issue 35: Libyans hit by strike furore as they settle contracts at pan-African radio station Africa N°1
(7 August 2008)
Issue 34: Better security systems and competitive pricing undercut pirate Pay-TV hackers
(24 July 2008)
Issue 33: Africa’s broadcasters face ad recession but mobiles may be the silver lining
(10 July 2008)
Issue 32: African Pay TV waiting for its pre-pay breakthrough moment
(26 June 2008)
Issue 31: As competition for audiences becomes more intense, First African Broadcast, Film and Convergence conference seeks to tackle key issues
(12 June 2008)
Issue 30: TV programme rights “lockdown” – lack of competition stifles growth
(29 May 2008)
Issue 29: Ghana: Metro TV’s CEO Tallal Fattal on reality show Football Academy and launching new DTT channel
(15 May 2008)
Issue 28: Cinema: The rise of video booths shows there is an untapped audience out there at the right price
(1 May 2008)
Issue 27: Mauritius – Fierce competition between radio stations but only state television
(18 April 2008)
Issue 26: CNBC extends its reach across the continent with terrestrial and non-terrestrial deals
(4 April 2008)
Issue 25: Endemol’s Sivan Pillay on local production skills, mobile TV and that Big Brother download controversy in Nigeria
(21 March 2008)
Issue 24: Rapid increase in the number of radio and TV channels in Africa, says new report
(7 March 2008)
Issue 23: Botswana to up TV and radio coverage to 97+% of population, Namibia may follow
(22 February 2008)
Issue 22: Multichoice Africa’s CEO Eben Greyling looks to 20-30% growth over “the next couple of years”
(8 February 2008)
Issue 21: Mobile TV goes off in search of audiences as roll-outs increase across the continent
(25 January 2008)
Issue 20: Africa’s “nanny-state” seeks to restrict discussions on radio call-in shows
(11 January 2008)
2007
Issue 19: Executive Group International and Storm to start shooting Africa's version of The Apprentice in January
(14 December 2007)
Issue 18: Mobile cinema revival reaches the parts where cinemas don’t exist
(26 November 2007)
Issue 17: Africa’s digital switchover – nothing much happening except a handful of pioneers
(12 November 2007)
Issue 16: MTV Networks Africa launches events to “up the game” of video makers
(29 October 2007)
Issue 15: African broadcasting freedom of expression: the strange case of the dog that didn't bark
(15 October 2007)
Issue 14: African IP-TV – Will the pioneers get the arrows or the land?(1 October 2007)
Issue 13: Nollywood the movie – How the money makes it happen(17 September 2007)
Issue 12: Africa: The race to liberalise broadcast markets is just beginning(3 September 2007)
Issue 11: African independents day - It's not what you do but the way that you do it(20 August 2007)
Issue 10: Treelion seeks US$2.75 million investment for feature-length animation film, The Invincible Lions(6 August 2007)
Issue 9: Sofitel Capital puts up US$60m loan for Foisi Broadcasting Network’s free-to-air, ad-financed channel (25 July 2007)
Issue 8: New African-owned UK and US TV channels target diaspora Africans with IP-TV (11 July 2007)
Issue 7: France: First African film entries in mobile film festival (27 June 2007)
Issue 6: African 24 hour TV news channel project to start investor fundraising (13 June 2007)
Issue 5: GTV Scoops Premiership Rights for Sub-Saharan Africa (30 May 2007)
Issue 4: Rwanda Television wants to build up its local content output (16 May 2007)
Issue 3: Liberia: End of civil was has changed media landscape forever (2 May 2007)
Issue 2: Digital cinema has the potential to take Africa’s under-invested film exhibitors out of the doldrums (Pilot issue)
Issue 1: NTV Uganda Shut Down a Second Time (Demo issue)
