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New African bouquets for Free

April 26, 2009 12.05 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The French IPTV operator Free has introduced a new range of African channels on its platform.

The first group brought together in the African Premium bouquet. It was developed in cooperation with Thema and comprises nine public and commercial channels from a variety of African nations: two from Senegal ( RTS and 2STV), three from Cameroon, (CRTV, STV2 and Canal 2), the national public channel of Côte d’Ivoire (RTI), the public channel of the Mali (ORTM), the public channel of the Congo (Tele Congo) and the pan-African channel Africable.

Also available on Free as an a la carte service is the Nigerian movie and entertainment channel Hi TV.

Free basic TV subscribers can in addition receive the pan-African news and information channel Voxafrica.

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Filed Under: Distribution, IPTV, Newsline Edited: 27 April 2009 11:40

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Arnhem-based Robert covers the Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as IPTV, web TV, connected TV and OTT. Email Robert at rbriel@broadbandtvnews.com.

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