Africable

Africable is a free-to-air, French-language, pan-African TV-channel headquartered in Bamako, Mali. The channel launched on June 26, 2004, born from the desire of young cable operators in Francophone-Africa.^[1]

Africable

Broadcast area	Africa, Europe
Headquarters	Bamako
Ownership
Owner	Africable
History
Launched	26 June 2004
Links
Website	africabletelevision.com

History

The channel was conceived in 2003 by Ismaila Sidibé, who in 1993 was granted the access to relay TV5 into Mali and founded MMDS operator Multicanal in 1995. The philosophy was based on his existing relays of foreign channels, in order to democratize access to information to lower-end Malians.^[2]

Programming

Africable's programming focuses on the African unity and pride. Their slogan is "La Chaîne du Continent". The channel broadcasts news programmes ("Journal") from ORTM (Mali), RTI (Ivory Coast), RTS 1 (Sénégal), RTB (Burkina-Faso), ORTB (Benin), Télé Sahel (Niger), CRTV (Cameroon), RTG1 (Gabon) and RTG (Guinea).^[3] These receive fifteen minutes of airtime per program.^[4]

Availability

• Via MMDS-antenna
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroon
  • Chad
  • Gabon
  • Guinea
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Sénégal
  • Togo
• Via UHF-antenna
  • Burkina Faso
  • Niger
  • Sénégal
• Via Satellite Intelsat 707
  • Africa
  • Europe
• Via Satellite Eutelsat W3A
  • Europe
  • North Africa
  • Middle East

See also

• Television in Mali