The group Média Temps Nouveaux owned by businessman Ali Haddad is for sale. This was announced by the group’s managing director, Abrous Outoudert: “the size of the financial difficulties facing the company today calls for much more radical measures, such as finding a buyer.” The group, which owns two newspapers, Le Temps d’Algérie and Wakt …
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News about audiovisuel in MAGHREB Region
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NORTH AFRICA / TV5MONDE remains the top French-language channel in North Africa
TV5MONDE is again the most watched French-language channel in North Africa in the 15 and over category, according to the 2018 figures provided by Kantar TNS Africascope Maghreb. In the three countries concerned, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, TV5MONDE achieved a cumulative weekly audience of 11.3% in that age-bracket, its second best score since the study …
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MOROCCO / Agadir hosts the 11th FIDADOC
FIDADOC, the Agadir Festival International de Documentaire, will run from June 18th to 22nd. Organized by the Association de Culture et d’Education par l’Audiovisuel (ACEA), it is Morocco’s largest event for documentaries. Every year it offers audiences about thirty films from all over the world The programme consists of different sections, some competitive, others not. …
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ALGERIA / A platform of Algerian broadcast content soon on-line
The communication and media group Sense & Med & com has announced the upcoming launch of Chacha TV. Chacha TV – meaning “screen” in Arabic – will be a digital platform for broadcast content, the first of its kind in Algeria. It offers streaming and video on demand. According to the producers, Chacha TV’s mission …
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TUNISIA / 20th Arab Radio and Television Festival
For the second year running, between June 27th and 30th, the City of Culture in Tunis is hosting the Arab Radio and Television Festival. This year’s event marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), and is also the 20th festival of its kind. The Festival’s role is to …
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MOROCCO / Audiences increase for 2M
The private national Moroccan channel broke audience records during the first week of Ramadan. During the first day of the Islamic month of fasting, 2M obtained an average of 50.6% of audience share, even higher in the first half of the evening, at 61.6%. “The holy month’s first week ends exceptionally well for 2M, and …
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ALGERIA / Salim Rebahi appointed head of EPTV
Salim Rebahi took up his new post as Chief Executive of EPTV, the Algerian public television company, on May 26th. He had previously been the French-language channel’s director and before that director of the regional station in Oran, part of Algerian public television. More recently he has been running communication at the Senate. He takes …
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