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'''The Africa Channel''' is a TV channel showing travel, lifestyle and cultural series, specials and documentaries.
'''The Africa Channel''' is a TV channel showing travel, lifestyle and cultural series, specials and documentaries.
'''The African Channel'''is a showcase for the African continent’s most outstanding English language television series, specials, documentaries, feature films, music, soaps, biographies, current business analysis, cultural and historical programs. These programs reflect the people of Africa, their incredible stories, their daily lives, their music and art, their successes, celebrations and challenges. <ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://theafricachannel.com/about-us/|website=The Africa Channel}}</ref>


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 23:02, 11 September 2017

The Africa Channel
CountryUnited States
NetworkVarious
HeadquartersNorth Hollywood, CA
Ownership
OwnerThe Africa Channel, LLC

The Africa Channel is a TV channel showing travel, lifestyle and cultural series, specials and documentaries. The African Channelis a showcase for the African continent’s most outstanding English language television series, specials, documentaries, feature films, music, soaps, biographies, current business analysis, cultural and historical programs. These programs reflect the people of Africa, their incredible stories, their daily lives, their music and art, their successes, celebrations and challenges. [1]

History

The Africa Channel premiered on September 1, 2005. [citation needed]

The Africa Channel is broadcast in the United States through Comcast, Time Warner Cable, COX Communications and also available in Jamaica, the Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Lucia, Barbados, Bermuda, Grenada and other islands throughout the Caribbean. [citation needed]

The channel launched in high definition on August 1, 2010.[2]

The Africa Channel is an associate member of the Caribbean Cable Cooperative[3] and is distinct from the international version of The Africa Channel which launched in September 2007.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "About Us". The Africa Channel.
  2. ^ Cable Show 2010: Africa Channel To Launch In HD Come August Multichannel News May 12, 2010
  3. ^ Member channels of the Caribbean Cable Cooperative
  4. ^ Oatts, Joanne (2007-08-15). "Africa Channel launches on Sky". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2009-08-24.