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August 2008: DISCOP and ABN partner
to deliver ‘The Future of African Programme Barter Syndication’
a round table at DISCOP Africa ’09 - 25 to 27 February
‘09.
DISCOP Africa ’09 is designed to bring together
programming, acquisitions, production, distribution and advertising
executives to implement creative and innovative solutions
to enhance the development of television content business
in Africa.
“Reliable studies show that for the next five years,
television advertising spending in Africa will be driven by
double digit growth provided that African audiences can be
exposed to significantly better programming.
All facts also point to a potentially very dynamic marketplace
for African TV Stations, suppliers of programs and formats,
and advertisers and their agencies in a context where there
is still little on offer in terms of high-quality and entertaining
television content.
This is why we have decided to launch DISCOP AFRICA, a new
networking and business event designed to bring together highly-motivated
programming, acquisitions, production, distribution and advertising
executives ready to implement creative and innovative solutions
that could enhance the development of television content business
in Africa.
An estimated 200 participants are expected to take part in
the premiere edition of DISCOP AFRICA which will take place
from 25 to 27 February 2009 at the SOFITEL TERRANGA HOTEL
in Dakar, Senegal”
» Visit
DISCOP website to register for DISCOP Africa ’09
 August
2008: ABN-Octagon successfully delivers Beijing Olympics
2008 package to broadcasters across 37 sub-Saharan countries
The SABC & the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) appointed
ABN-Octagon as its exclusive commercial and sales agency in
May 2008 around the broadcast rights to the IOC Beijing Olympics.
» Go
to news article
 July
2008: Building Robust Broadcast Media in Sub-Saharan
Africa: Kahlil Byrd, ABN’s Africa Learning
Channel Consultant is interviewed by the Council on Foreign
Relations, July 1, 2008.
» Listen
to Streaming Audio of CFR site
July 2008: ABN
and The Steadman Group agree to initiate a research plan,
to support the delivery of The Africa Learning Channel's educational
and informational objectives.
» See
The Africa Learning Channel presentation
June 2008: ABN
facilitates the transmission of the 46664’s Honouring Nelson
Mandela’s 90th Birthday - concert in Hyde Park, 27th June,
in over 22 African Countries: ABN facilitates
a free, sponsored package to African broadcasters who delighted
their viewers with international stars including Will Smith,
Queen and Annie Lenox, along with African favourites the Soweto
Gospel Choir, Jonny Clegg, Loyiso and more.
» Go
to 46664
June 2008: ABN/APBF
participates in a high-level Africa Group Workshop in Seattle,
Washington on 3rd June. This meeting, hosted
by The Africa Group and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
brought together a select group of experts to discuss intersections
and opportunities in African media and development.
» Read
more about the APBF
May 2008: Africa
Media Initiative (AMI) sees the close of its first phase in
Maputo Mozambique. George Twumasi, who was
appointed into the AMI Technical Team, as part of the Investment
and Infrastructure Stream participation, assisted in providing
a framework for an African-owned and led media development
agenda addressing existing deficits faced in, and by, the
media sector in the region, set against the MDG’s.
» Read
more about the AMI
March 2008: ABN enters into an
exclusive agency agreement with BBL Distribution Inc. USA
for free-to-air television in the Anglophone and Lusophone
African territory.
» Read more about ABN Programming
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