TVAfrica

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.