Content buyers, sellers and producers from South Africa, Africa and the rest of the
world are registering in droves to attend the multi-platform content market, DISCOP
AFRICA, which takes place at Johannesburg’s Sandton Convention Centre from 6 to 8
November.
The French Embassy in Kenya, Marvista Entertainment, MCS, Zulu Coast Film Office,
Cracin Productions, The Star newspaper, Goquest Media Ventures, and Media
Intelligence are the latest companies to confirm their participation at DISCOP AFRICA,
dubbed “Africa’s Premier TV Content Industry Gathering’.
These are among the 431 companies that had registered for DISCOP AFRICA at the
time of going to press. Other companies include Durban FilmMart, Durban
International Film Festival, Hally Bell, Colorbarmedia, Whitestone Cinema Ltd. and
Bmd Entertainment Cote Ouest, M-Net, Zee Networks, Dreamworks, CBS
International, NBC Universal, A+E Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company,
Televisa, Caracol, Armoza Formats, NHK, Al Jazeera, Wananchi Group and Nollywood
Entertainment.
South African public service broadcaster SABC will be at DISCOP AFRICA to look for
programming. Says GM of SABC Channels, Leo Manne: “As an African broadcaster we
are committed to continue telling South African and continental stories through our
platforms.
“Spearheaded by SABC2, which currently flights African-produced titles such as the
Kenyan-production, Lies That Bind, we will attend DISCOP AFRICA with the intention
of identifying potential content that will enhance our role as an African public
broadcast platform that tells African stories.’
Also participating at the market is South Africa’s first free-to-air commercial
broadcaster, e.tv, which celebrates its 15th birthday this October.
According to e.tv’s head of channels, Monde Twala, e.tv’s presence at DISCOP AFRICA
will be from both a content acquisitions and sales perspective.
“It will be an opportunity for the channel to interact with the production industry and
producers from across the continent, including broadcasters,’ explains Twala. “Our
core focus this year at the market is going to be extending discussions to partner with
producers from across the continent.’
e.tv will be launching four new channels in mid-October on Platco Digital’s OpenView
HD platform.
Twala continues: “At DISCOP AFRICA we will be looking to aggregate content across
all our channels. It’s important that we engage with the production sector and
distributors.’
For more information about DISCOP AFRICA visit: www.discop.com
