{"id":17686,"date":"2018-02-02T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T11:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/central-africa\/congo\/africanews-joins-lobs-tv-to-strengthen-its-position-in-senegal\/"},"modified":"2018-02-02T13:15:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T11:15:11","slug":"africanews-joins-lobs-tv-to-strengthen-its-position-in-senegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/central-africa\/congo\/africanews-joins-lobs-tv-to-strengthen-its-position-in-senegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Africanews joins L&#039;Obs TV to strengthen its position in Senegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Available in 38 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and already broadcast in Senegal on Canal+ offer, Africanews (www.africanews.com) is stepping up its presence in the land of Teranga, thanks to the partnership with the new media outlet L&#039;Obs TV, a Futurs M&eacute;dias Group entity, created by Youssou N&#039;DOUR.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Launched in January 2018, <strong>L&#039;Obs TV includes Africanews in French in its programming,<\/strong> <strong>every day from 9 am to 11 am WAT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>With this new partnership, Africanews is increasing its audience in Senegal.This initiative enables Africanews, the leading pan-African and multilingual news channel, to strengthen its editorial position and thereby secure the loyalty of a wider audience. Africanews viewership has grown to 1.2 million additional people in Senegal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distribution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Less than two years after its launch, Africanews is already available in <strong>38 countries and 11.7 million homes*<\/strong> in sub-Saharan Africa. This growth is driven by Africanews availability on the leading pay-TV platforms on the continent, including Canal+ Africa, Startimes, Azam TV and more recently Kwes&eacute; TV.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter @africanews<\/p>\n<p> <i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of africanews.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>For further informations, please contact :<\/strong><br \/> Solange Bodiong Chauwin<br \/> Communication Officer<br \/> T + 242 06 460 86 98<br \/> Solange.Bodiong-Chauwin@africanews.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Africanews<\/strong><br \/> Africanews (www.africanews.com), launched in 2016 (digital in January, TV in April), stands out as the first pan-African multilingual media source produced simultaneously in French and English, and offering coverage of African and global news from a sub-Saharan perspective.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today, Africanews TV is available in 38 countries and 9.5 million homes across sub-Saharan Africa thanks to major pay-tv players and national channels (partial broadcast). The Africanews signal covers sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean islands via two satellites: SES 4 and SES 5.<\/p>\n<p>Africanews&rsquo; digital platforms, available around the world, highlights the challenges and opportunities of a connected Africa:&nbsp;<br \/> &#8211; www.africanews.com has a responsive website design to suited to all mobile, tablet and computer screens.<br \/> &#8211; two YouTube channels&nbsp;(in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/africanews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/africanewsfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French<\/a>)&nbsp;(https:\/\/goo.gl\/RDgNGH&nbsp;and&nbsp;https:\/\/goo.gl\/sz9U3D) and Facebook (https:\/\/goo.gl\/PTQU8f) and Twitter accounts&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/africanews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@africanews<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/africanews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@africanews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Africanews is a 100% Euronews subsidiary. Africanews adheres to the same editorial charter as its European sister channel, Euronews.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About L&#039;OBS TV<\/strong><br \/> Launched in January 2018, L&#039;Obs TV is a thematic media outlet, the latest entity created by Futurs M&eacute;dias Group. With the partnership of KWESE TV, the Senegalese audience will have access to all the world&#039;s sporting events. A Free To Air channel, available on the Eutelsat 16A satellite.<\/p>\n<p>Futurs M&eacute;dias Group was founded in 2003 by Youssou N&#039;DOUR with the purpose to upgrade the media space in Senegal. Eleven years later, under the direction of Mamadou Ibra Kane and Birane N&#039;DOUR, respectively General Manager and Deputy General Manager.<\/p>\n<p>Futurs M&eacute;dias Group is not only the first press group in the country, but even of West Africa and includes several entities with a radio, a general-interest TV channel and a daily newspaper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/africanews-joins-lobs-tv-to-strengthen-its-position-in-senegal?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Central Africa <a title=\"Republic of Congo\" href=\"http:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/central-africa\/congo\/\">Congo<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Available in 38 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and already broadcast in Senegal on Canal+ offer, Africanews (www.africanews.com) is stepping up its presence in the land of Teranga, thanks to the partnership with the new media outlet L&#039;Obs TV, a Futurs M&eacute;dias Group entity, created by Youssou N&#039;DOUR. 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