DISCOP: African TV content in high demand

  1. Posted on Tuesday 22 February 2011 - 15:39
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    Videoreport by Bertil van Vugt - AfricaNews.com Camera: Paul Sowah Editor: Esme Atsyornu
    With over 400 TV channels, 50 pay-TV platforms, 300 million mobile and 70 million Internet users, delivering video content to 700 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa has recently grown at a particularly rapid pace. Every year DISCOP Africa brings TV producers and channels together under one roof. The 2011 edition took place between 9 and 11 February in Accra, Ghana.
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    During the event Bertil van Vugt from Africanews.com made a videoreport together with Ghanaian cameraman Paul Sowah. They spoke with different participants about their experiences at DISCOP.



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