DGAP-Media / 2020-03-10 / 09:57
*Press release *
*Launch of the Fix&Foxi Channel in Ghana*
*Munich, 10th March 2020 - Silver Rock's "TV Anywhere" Digital Platform adds
Fix&Foxi Channel to its portfolio*
The international expansion ofthe Fix&Foxi Channel further continues in
Africa: Your Family Entertainment AG ("YFE") today announced that its
Fix&Foxi Channel with its 24/7 family-friendly programs will be available on
the "TV Anywhere Platform" via Ghana's leading Telecommunication Operator
MTN Ghana.
After winning the prestigious Eutelsat TV Award as Best Children's Channel,
the addition of the Fix&Foxi Channel on the TV Anywhere IPTV/OTT Platform is
an important milestone in the rollout across Africa. The Fix&Foxi Channel
brings animated content in 2D and 3D as well as live action shows for
families and kids. All content is kids friendly and brand safe and includes
well-known characters, first runs and new shows.
Your Family Entertainment AG owns a comprehensive catalogue consisting of
more than 3.500 high quality half-hours of content. By offering new
entertaining and educational shows every month the Channel can be enjoyed by
kids from 3-13 years, teens and the whole family.
Armin Schnell, Executive Vice President Sales of Your Family Entertainment
AG says: "Fix&Foxi is growing continuously and we are proud to expand our
channel to new markets and to Silver Rock. We look forward to showing our
blend of quality entertainment and edutainment to children and families in
Ghana."
Silver Rock adds: "Africa is still an untapped territory especially in the
digital market." says Stephanie Wallace, Content Acquisition Manager at
Silver Rock for TV Anywhere.
"Our aim is to provide affordable but innovative digital entertainment
available to "All" and we believe this collaboration with Your Family
Entertainment AG is in the right direction to spearhead growth in a largely
mobile phone dependent African population."
*About Your Family Entertainment AG*
Your Family Entertainment AG (WKN [German security code number]: A161N1,
ISIN: DE000A161N14, Abbreviation: RTV) with its headquarter in Munich, is
the producer and license distributor for high-quality programs for children
and the whole family and has one of the largest broadcaster-independent
program libraries in Europe. Its stock of programs includes well-known and
beloved series such as "Enid Blyton", "Fix & Foxi" and "Altair". YFE
additionally operates the award-winning Pay TV kids channel "Fix&Foxi". The
channels are available in the GAS-Region (German), in Africa (English and
French), Middle East (Arabic and English) and the Americas (Spanish and
English). The Company also operates the Free-to-Air kids channel "RiC" with
a current coverage of 34 Mio. households in the GAS region. In addition, YFE
operates 20 mobile TV streams and other digital channels worldwide.
*About Silver Rock*
Silver Rock Technology Services is a leading management advisory and
execution support firm with a primary focus in the telecom, media and
digital industry. It has recently launched a new line of service, branded
'*TVAnywhere*', a multi-operator digital platform offering enriched
broadband, digital media and value-added services to customers. This
Wholesale Digital Media Platform is poised to leverage on the vast reach of
broadband internet technologies and increasing smart phone (device)
penetration in order to make digital entertainment available and affordable
to a growing number of smart device users in Ghana and in other African
countries, in partnership with telecom and internet service providers. Thus,
acquiring the Fix&Foxi Channel unto the TV Anywhere platform is one of the
steps to facilitate our major goal of becoming the leading entertainment and
media gateway to Africa and other emerging market with the mission to change
the manner in which TV and Video contents are distributed and consumed in
the market.
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Contact:
Your Family Entertainment AG
Armin Schnell
Tel.: +49 (0)89 / 99 72 71-0
Fax: +49 (0)89 / 99 72 71-91
Email: armin.schnell@yfe.tv
www.yfe.tv
www.fixundfoxi.tv
www.rictv.de
End of Media Release
Issuer: Your Family Entertainment AG
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Company: Your Family Entertainment AG
Nordendstr. 64
80801 München
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)89 997 271-0
Fax: +49 (0)89 997 271-91
E-mail: ir@yfe.tv
Internet: www.yf-e.com
ISIN: DE000A161N14
WKN: A161N1
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Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart
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