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- 25 Nov 2018
Video-on-Demand on Pinnacle Platform Coming Soon- NBC Boss
Pinnacle Communications Limited, the single largest investor in Nigeria’s Digital Switch Over (DSO) from analogue to digital broadcasts, is set to move the industry to the next level with the launch…
- 11 Nov 2014
Aflix Storms AfricaCom with Samsung Pre-installed Aflix App
Africa’s leading Video-on-Demand streaming service, Aflix is showcasing its services including a Samsung Smart TV pre-installed Aflix app at the 2014 AfricaCom in Cape Town, South Africa. Aflix which…
- 3 Sept 2015
Ericsson, TV & Media Report Shows 71% Increase on Video watched via Smartphones
Ericsson ConsumerLab TV & Media Report 2015 shows consumers embracing video on-demand services like never before as every third viewing hour now spent watching on-demand TV and video According to…
- 5 Nov 2016
Nigeria Emerges Second Most Developed pay-TV Market in Africa
Nigeria has been rated second most developed pay-TV market in Africa. This is the main takeaway from Frost & Sullivan's "Pay-TV, Video-on-Demand, and IPTV Growth Opportunities in Africa"…
- 20 Nov 2015
Ericsson, Airtel Nigeria to Launche VoD “NuVu” 1Q2016
Ericsson on Friday announced the launch of its first end-to-end subscription video-on-demand content service, NuVu. The service will be marketed in close collaboration with service providers.…
- 29 Aug 2018
Facebook Rolls Out Video Service Globally
With the aim of giving people around the world a new way to discover great videos and interact with friends, content creators and other fans, Facebook has made its video-on-demand service, Facebook…
- 12 May 2022
African Regulators Plan Continental Online Content Laws
African regulators are developing a harmonised regulation framework for broadcast, video-on-demand and over-the-top content in both legacy and new media. Regulators from Nigeria, SA and Kenya say the…
- 10 May 2020
COVID-19: IROKO Places 28% of Nigerian Staff on Unpaid Leave
IROKO, Nigerian video-on-demand (VoD) company has placed 28 percent of its team members on unpaid leave as it aims to minimise losses during the COVID-19 crisis. According to disrupt-africa.com…
- 20 Jul 2021
Showmax Opens BBNaija Up to Nigerians at Home and in the UK
Showmax, internet TV and video-on-demand service has announced that the platform will stream Big Brother Naija season 6 for the entire 72-day duration of the popular reality TV show. Showmax…
- 8 May 2020
iBAKA TV Makes African Online Entertainment Accessible to the World
With more of the world consuming entertainment online rather than through traditional channels, Nigeria’s iBAKA TV has leveraged this growing demand by creating an experience that celebrates the best…
- 9 Sept 2015
Ericsson ConsumerLab Shows 71% Increase in Video Views with Smartphone
Ericsson has launched the latest edition of the annual Ericsson ConsumerLab TV & Media Report, representative of the views and habits of 680 million consumers making it one of the largest studies…
- 6 Oct 2015
Orange Digital Ventures Invests in Afrostream
Orange Digital Ventures has announced its participation in the funding of Afrostream, a subscription video on demand service (SVOD) of African, African-American and African-Caribbean films and…
- 11 Nov 2018
Kwese iflix Leads Digital Entertainment Revolution in Africa
Econet Media’s Pan-African broadcast network, Kwesé, has announced that it will grant loyal Kwesé TV subscribers complimentary access to Kwesé iflix for 12 months, aimed towards rewarding its loyal…
- 8 Jan 2020
Airtel and Partners Go Live with Airtel TV
Airtel Nigeria, has taken another bold step to redefine the television viewing experience for its customers with the unveiling of Airtel TV, a one stop platform for everything entertainment – live…
- 11 May 2017
Airtel Offer Subscribers Access to Nuvu Via Ericsson Partnership
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria and Ericsson, a world-class telecommunications and equipment service company, have announced the launch of Nuvu (nuvu.tv), a…
- 15 Sept 2008
Ericsson Launches New IMS IPTV
Leading Internet Protocol TV technology providers have integrated their consumer devices, content protection solutions, video servers and applications software with the new Ericsson IPTV solution, an…
- 7 Apr 2025
MTN Battles Netflix, Showmax with New Streaming Platform
MTN Group, one of Africa’s leading mobile network operators, has announced a strategic partnership with UK-based video software provider Synamedia to develop a new streaming platform tailored for…
- 7 Dec 2018
DStv Rewards Premium Customers with Free Access to ShowMax
MultiChoice is rewarding all active DStv Premium customers in Nigeria and Kenya by giving them access to ShowMax on their DStv Explora with no extra cost. John Ugbe, CEO, MultiChoice Nigeria said…
- 17 Dec 2013
$8m Funding Round for VOD Platform iROKOtv
iROKOtv, the Africa-based movie platform for Nigerian movies, known colloquially as ‘Nollywood’, today announces a funding round of $8 million, led by existing investor Tiger Global, with further…
- 9 Jul 2014
World Cup Breaks Online Streaming Record
The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil has set new records for streaming data traffic around the world, as football fans watch matches online in greater numbers than ever before. A report from the FIFA…
- 31 May 2019
StarTimes Launches Africa’s First Online Film Festival
Star Times, leading Pay TV brand, is launching the first online film festival in Africa to encourage African local content creators. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the festival, tagged…
- 28 Oct 2021
The 5G Opportunity for Nigeria
By: Eniola Campbell There has been a lot of talk about 5G, but the reality is that in Africa, many operators are still focusing on 4G to get the most return on investment from the networks. Is this…
- 27 Oct 2015
Huawei Unveils New Conference “eClassroom” Solutions at Gitex
Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, has launched live eClassroom and Executive Desktop Presence solutions debuting at this year’s Gitex Technology Week, a major IT show which ended…
- 13 Mar 2023
MTN Becomes First Telco in Nigeria to offer Amazon's Prime Video Mobile Edition to Customers
MTN Nigeria has teamed up with Amazon’s global streaming platform, Prime Video, to offer Prime Video Mobile Edition – a single-device, mobile-only subscription. MTN customers who subscribe will have…
- 25 Nov 2021
AVO TV Disrupts Nigeria’s PayTv Market, Gifts Subscribers 100 Free Channels
AVO TV, new free streaming app has said that it has come to disrupt the paytv structure in Nigeria and give the people the needed democracy to watch what they want on television, without breaking the…
- 28 Feb 2021
Nigeria’s DSO: Fresh Missteps Loom
By Dominic Omuedi Heartwarming, it was for me, to read reports of the press conference addressed on Tuesday by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, on the country’s Digital…
- 29 Sept 2014
Aflix Expands to 30 African Countries, Seeks Service Providers collabo
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- 27 Dec 2019
Airtel Launches TV Platform, Inks Partnership with Trace Africa
Airtel Nigeria, has taken steps to redefine the television viewing experience for its customers with the unveiling of Airtel TV, a one stop platform for everything entertainment – live TV, music…
- 13 May 2020
DStv Premium Your Gateway to Showmax, Catchup Plus and DStv Now
DStv offers several packages but there is one that comes with everything and we mean everything, and that is the Premium package, little wonder the slogan says, “Home for Everything”. Customers on…
- 30 Jun 2020
MTN Launches 5G Network in South Africa
MTN South Africa has launched its commercial 5G network, providing access to 100 sites across the country. According to Godfrey Motsa, CEO, MTN SA, during the company’s live-streamed launch event,…