| 07-2009 > |
Election coverage in Gabon
From 10 to 21 August, 2 CFI experts will be sharing their expertise in election coverage with journalists from the Gabonese TV channel RTG1. Elections are scheduled to be held on 30 August 2009. |
| 07-2009 > |
Special programming focusing on Africa
In July and August 2009, cultural heritage takes centre stage on the African programme schedule with 4 documentaries putting the spotlight on African traditions: Tcheupte, les chaînes de la tradition (Tcheupte, the chains of tradition, Cameroon - 52’), La danse de l’éléphant chez les Batoufam de l’Ouest Cameroun (The Dance of the Elephant amongst the Batoufam people of West Cameroon, Cameroon - 52’), Epé Ekpé ou la prise de la pierre sacrée (Epe Ekpe Ceremony or the Lifting of the Sacred Stone, Togo - 52’), Yela, les mélodies de la mémoire (Yela, the melodies of memories, Senegal - 52’). |
| 07-2009 > |
World Championships in Athletics
From 15 to 23 August, CFI will be covering the 2009 World Championships in Athletics live from Berlin. 38 hours of athletics will then be made available to 42 African TV partners. |
| 06-2009 > |
On 21 June 2009, for the Fête de la musique (French music festival), CFI is offering its 70 African TV partners a special programme, featuring Jacques Sarrasin’s documentary On the Rumba River about the founder of Congolese rumba Antoine Kolosoy, aka Papa Wendo (in French, English and Portuguese) and Black music, des chaînes de fer aux chaînes en or (from iron chains to gold), a documentary by Marc-Aurèle Vecchione on the African roots of music born in the US. |
| 06-2009 > |
Discop East: As part of a study of needs and resources of TV channels in the Balkans, the Caucasus region and Central Asia, Christophe Dehlinger, CFI representative for the Mediterranean region, will be going to Discop East in Budapest (17-19 June) to start this quality survey. The outcome of this survey will be rounded off with a quantitative analysis that CFI will leverage to replace its offer-oriented strategy with one centred on responding to demand, in terms of both programmes and transfer of skills in the Mediterranean-Asia region. |