TVAfrica

For the unrelated commercial television channel in Ghana, see TV Africa.
TVAfrica
CountryMauritius
South Africa
Broadcast areaAfrica
HeadquartersJohannesburg, South Africa
Programming
Language(s)English
French
Ownership
OwnerTVAfrica Operations S.A. Pty Ltd (Africa Media Group)[1]
History
LaunchedJuly 1998[2]
Closed1 October 2003 (liquidation)[3]
2005 (closure of the company)
Former namesdTb (Direct-to-Broadcast; programming unit, pre-1998)
STV (East Africa; 1998-2002)

TVAfrica was a pan-African television network founded in 1998 by former advertising executive Dave Kelly alongside sports broadcaster Berry Lambert.[4] The network relayed up to 80% of its content to private television stations in sub-Saharan Africa and also licensed the broadcast of sporting events (excluding South Africa due to licensing regulations)[5] to interested broadcasters. At its apex, the channel broadcast to as many as 26 countries (up to 40 in licensed sporting events),[6] the majority of them English-speaking and French-speaking states. There were separate versions, in English and French.[2]

Funding problems led to the liquidation of the channel in 2003.

  1. ^ "TVAfrica goes off air". BBC News. 3 October 2003. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Transnational Television in Sub-Saharan Africa". University of Nigeria Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication Studies. 2005. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  3. ^ "African Media Group decides to liquidate TV Africa". BizCommunity. 3 October 2003. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Model mistakes". Mail & Guardian. 24 February 2004. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  5. ^ "TVAfrica kicks off in high-tech studios". Variety. 9 June 2002. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  6. ^ "AMG shutters cash-strapped TV Africa". Variety. 19 October 2003. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.