Broadcast, film and convergence

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.

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)