The Togolese State and Canal+ Africa inked a related partnership agreement last Friday, February 18, 2022, to add the country’s national television station TVT to CANAL+’s paid service. Akodah Ayewouadan, Minister of Communication and Media, and David Mignot, CEO of CANAL+ Africa, represented the two partners, respectively.
CANAL+ will broadcast TVT in high definition (HD) as soon as the decoder migration is completed (in Q1 2023) under the three-year renewable contract. TVT, which is now available on Canal+ channel no.260, will be in a better position after Canal+ sets up a service plan expressly for Togo.
Furthermore, the agreement will improve the quality of programming and visuals carried on Togo’s first television station. The TVT personnel will benefit from Canal+’s technical assistance in this regard.
According to Minister Ayewouadan, the new partnership is in line with Togo’s aim to transition from analogue to digital television (Digital Terrestrial Television). The country has already adopted laws approving the transition to DTT in October 2019, which was one of the biggest obstacles stalling the project. In keeping with this promise, the government has been trying to reshape the country’s audiovisual environment through a number of initiatives, including the merger and transformation of Télévision Togolaise, Radio Lomé, Radio Kara, and the Audiovisual Production Agency (ANPA).
