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MIPTV Preview Magazine Article
New treasures from the South - Sub Saharan Africa is suddenly on the international radar. A spate of deals underscores the region’s burgeoning self-belief – and the world’s growing confidence in the African media landscape.
Marlene Edmunds reports, March 2008, pg 101
“Among those organizations working to improve the region’s infrastructure is the African Broadcast Network (ABN), headed by its Ghanaian-born deputy chairman and CEO, George Twumasi…Our aim is to help transform the broadcast economy of Africa into a viable commercial proposition and to formulate a new infrastructure that provides a ore welcoming climate for media investments,” he says.
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ABN co-sponsors International Emmy event (19 November 2005)
The first International Emmy World Television Festival launched on November 18 with a kick-off cocktail party at HBO. The two day event took place Saturday, November 19 and Sunday November 20, 2005 at the Sofitel Hotel in New York City. Over eight hundred people attended the newly expanded Festival which featured the traditional screenings of the nominated programs as well as panels, presentations and cocktails hosted by international sponsors A&E Television Networks, African Broadcast Network, Ariana Television and Telemundo. Mr. Liu Changle, Founder and CEO of Phoenix Satellite TV, was the 2005 Festival Chairman.
» www.iemmys.tv/festival.html

Variety Magazine Article
World TV Festival aims to aid Foreign Broadcasters
By Elizabeth Guider, November 20, 2005
"I'm here in New York to tell you that the next great TV market is Africa. We have 200 million people watching television, including 90% of folks in cities, the growth in viewership is 5% a year, and the total ad spend market in sub-Saharan is already worth $1 billion a year."
Kahlil Byrd, Director of US Business Development and Strategy, African Broadcast Network
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