Romanza+ África is an English-language African digital television network, owned by TV Azteca and Cisneros Group and distributed by AfricaXP.
The channel's programming is mainly telenovelas dubbed into English, including the extensive catalog of telenovelas from TV Azteca and Venevisión.[1] was launched by the telenovelas boom in Africa.[2]
History
It was announced in April at the 2014 MIPTV conference in Cannes, France, where Marcel Vinay from TV Azteca and César Díaz from Grupo Cisneros confirmed the launch of this channel for the English-speaking world of Africa,[3] in collaboration with Craig Kelly from AfricaXP, was launched to air on May 1, 2014, through the service of digital TV provider Bamba TV in Kenya,[4] The channel broadcast its first telenovelas: Catalina y Sebastián from TV Azteca and Secreto de amor from Venevisión.
After almost its first year of broadcast, it was recorded to have reached 4.5 million homes according to Bamba TV throughout Kenya.[5]
Coverage
The channel broadcasts on South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya,Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana and Nigeria, with plans to expand in Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Mauritius and Seychelles markets.[6]
References
- Robert Briel. New channel brings telenovelas to Africa BroadBrandTVnews, 8 April 2014, retrieved 14 October 2022^
- Anna Marie de la Fuente. Telenovela Channels Romanza+Africa and Telemundo Capture New Auds in Africa Variety, 27 March 2015, retrieved 14 October 2022^
- Azteca, Cisneros y ÁfricaXP, se asocian para lanzar un canal de telenovelas en África PRODU, 7 April 2014, retrieved 14 October 2022^
- Bamba TV adds Romanza+Africa to channel line-up telecompaper, 24 March 2015, retrieved 14 October 2022^
- Canal Romanza+ África llega a 4,5 millones de hogares en Kenia PRODU, 19 March 2015, retrieved 14 October 2022^
- Romanza+Africa, canal virtual 24/7 telenovelas, llega a Kenia The Daily Television, March 2015, retrieved 14 October 2022^