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Newsweek, August 29, 2005
Television: Angola to Zimbabwe
When the Africa Channel launches on Sept. 1, network executives hope viewers will notice what's not being broadcast: images of HIV, famine, civil war and the other crises Americans usually associate with the continent. "We're not the Discovery Channel, either," says CEO James Makawa. "We're not dealing with animals here. We're dealing ... More
Hollywood Reporter, August 23, 2005
Africa Channel on the map with Reid
Former Discovery Health Channel programming chief Bob Reid has been named executive vp and general manager of the Africa Channel, a new independent television network.
He will be responsible for daily planning and operations, production, creative decisions and program scheduling at the network.
Reid reports to Africa Channel CEO James ... More
Los Angeles Times, July 24, 2005
All Africa, All the Time
Get ready to program Africa into your TV remote. If James Makawa and his partners at the North Hollywood-based Africa Channel have their way, your cable menu soon will include round-the-clock programming centered on Africa and Africans. With Jacob Arback, a former vice president of DirecTV International, and Richard Hammer, ... More
Multichannel News, July 18, 2005
Africa Channel Explores Digital Dawn
A new digital-television entertainment service featuring programming from Africa will launch on several Cox Communications Inc. systems in September.
Independent service The Africa Channel -- financed by such National Basketball Association players as Dikembe Mutombo and Theo Ratliff -- will air music, movies, reality and news and information programming produced from the ... More
The Hollywood Reporter, July 18, 2005
Cox set to bow Africa Channel
NEW YORK -- The Africa Channel, a new independent cable network showcasing soaps, films, music, reality TV and news shows from the African continent, is set to launch on Cox Communications cable systems on the digital tier in September.
The founders of the Los Angeles-based, advertising-supported, 24/7 general entertainment network, which ... More
Mediaweek, July 18, 2005
Africa Channel Bows Sept. 1
A team of international television executives is hoping that a new network focusing on Africa will change the way Americans perceive the continent.
Launching September 1, the Africa Channel will offer viewers a look beyond the litany of hardships and terrors Westerners see as the defining characteristics of the continent, ... More
CNN, July 16, 2005
Inside Africa, A Look at the African Media
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Baltimore Sun, June 23, 2005
Africa summit is under way
More than 2,000 people, including six African presidents, gathered in Baltimore yesterday in the second day of a four-day summit on trade with the struggling continent.
The Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore's Inner Harbor East was host to the fifth U.S.-Africa Business Summit, sponsored by the Corporate Council on Africa. ... More
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