I was quite excited to see CNBC Africa beamed to West Africa on DSTV, yesterday. I had hitherto been looking forward to this since I am fully aware that CNBC Africa is the only serious business TV channel on the continent. CNBC Africa is a television service for Sub-Saharan Africa which was launched by CNBC [...]

Shocking news. GTV, has ceased operations citing the effect of the global financial crisis. GTV was a multi-channel digital satellite TV service with active subscribers in 22 African countries but their sudden closure has left millions of soccer fans high-and-dry. London-based GTV, launched in June 2008, used Eutelsat’s W3 satellite from 7 degrees East, and [...]

The Ghana 2008 Presidential/Parliamentary elections has been over since about 12 hours ago and I find it interesting that many of the leading Western media outlets have not made a mention of Ghana 2008 Elections. Perhaps, Ghana does not exist on their radar screen. Ghana, like the rest of black Africa will only pop-up on [...]

GTV (Ghana TV) would soon be among the list of channels DStv subscribers in Ghana can enjoy. GTV is the television service of GBC (Ghana Broadcasting Corporation) which is the official mouthpiece of the Government of Ghana, and is the state TV/Radio broadcast institution. GTV is currently listed amongst the list of channels viewable to [...]

The 3rd edition of the popular reality TV series Big Brother Africa (BBA) is scheduled to begin later today at 17:00 hours. 12 house mates chosen from 12 African countries will enter the Big Brother house for 91 days. The show which is exclusive to DSTV is available 24 hours everyday on channel 198. Share [...]

MultiChoice has finally removed SABC Africa from its bouquets: SABC Africa Terminates on Dstv – 31st July 2008 MultiChoice and the SABC regret to announce that from 1 August 2008, the SABC Africa channel will no longer be carried on the DStv service. Operation of the SABC Africa channel is no longer viable and MultiChoice [...]

I have been seeing ads about “Moments with Mo” on DSTV channels for several weeks now but never bothered to check it out. I watched a full episode of the talk show on MNET West for the first time, today. It was terribly hilarious. Why? Today’s episode was all about laughter and the need to [...]

I have often wondered why Multichoice did not name their Africa Magic channel, “Nigeria Magic” The reason is very obvious to any observer: most of the content aired on Africa Magic is either from Nigeria or by Nigerians. Not that I have anything against Nigeria and its people but I know the content could be [...]

I had the opportunity to watch a Nollywood (Nigerian movie industry) action thriller movie directed by Fred Amata on Africa Magic yesterday, titled: Anini. The movie was released in 2005 and features Nollywood stars like Bimbo Akintola, Fred Amata, Jeta Amata, Segun Arinze, Chidi Mokeme, Ashley Nwosu among many others with Jonathan Gbemuotor as Director [...]

So you want to follow the elections in Zimbabwe on TV? Well, CNN and BBC are both banned from reporting from inside Zimbabwe but a few other international broadcasters are allowed. I am aware of both AlJazeera English and SABC Africa. Al Jazeera English is available via satellite, mobile devices and affiliate TV stations around [...]