Broadcast Film and Music Africa 2015 is a conference dedicated to creative content and electronic media in Africa.
Broadcast Film and Music Africa 2015 covers topics such as:
- Content Production
- Educational and informative AV programmes
- Developing TV programmes that African audiences want to watch
- Co-production opportunities and content partnerships
- The investment opportunities in African content development
- Innovative radio content development
- Fighting the scourge of piracy
- Regulatory and industry initiatives regarding IP, broadcasting rights and licensing and legal framework development; using new technology to block piracy
- The Digital Transition: Focussing on consumer issues
- Distribution
- Cross-continent distribution
- The domestic market: Selling local productions to broadcasters
- Selling African content internationally
- Animation: A new frontier for African electronic media innovation
- Understanding the Audience
- Advertising trends
- Media audience research: TV, radio, internet and music consumption trends
- International formats in Africa
- Advertising revenue models to support free-to-air content
- Mobile Broadcasting
- Business models
- Technology
- Sports broadcasting
- Developing domestic sports content
- Negotiating international sports rights
- Continental sports events and rights
- The impact of social media - developing multi-media platforms
- Technological innovation - improving services, driving down costs and extending coverage
- Media for social and political development
- Media and good governance, democracy and transparency
- Media for healthcare, education and social cohesion
- The impact of convergence: IP-TV and Smart TV
Broadcast Film and Music Africa 2015 brings together:
- Radio broadcasters
- Television broadcasters
- International broadcasting services operating in Africa
- Pay TV companies using cable, IP-TV or satellite
- Animators and animation production companies
- Television, film and music production companies
- Donors, development agencies, NGOs and faith-based organisations active in media development projects
- Facilities providers including production equipment hire, post-production and outside broadcast
- Advertising and marketing agencies
- Broadcasting and film equipment vendors and satellite capacity suppliers
- Library Facilities for music, commercials and programmes
- Mobile and fixed telephone operators looking at convergence opportunities
- Regulators and policy-makers
- Market research companies
- Industry associations
- Journalists, analysts