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  • Olamide launches channel on Play Tv

    Award winning Hip Hop sensation and Brand Ambassador of PLAY, Olamide (aka Baddosneh) at the weekend in Lagos, launched his much-anticipated music and lifestyle channel,Voice of the Streets  (VOTS) on PLAY TV.

    The event coincided with the birthday of the musical star at which he gave out 100 Play decoders with 12 months free subscription to reward his fans for their loyalty to him and his music over the years.

    VOTS is expected to deliver the best in showbiz bringing in the best street music, lifestyle, reality shows and entertainment news across Nigeria. The channel will also offer rich contents on events, documentaries, red carpet events, features, interviews and many more.

    PLayTV Channel Manager, Ms. Blessing Ezeala described the station as “100 per cent music, lifestyle and entertainment channel showing exclusively on Play TV.

    She said: “VOTS is the first channel in Nigeria owned by an artiste. This channel will have huge viewership across Nigeria, especially with young people from the grassroots, who are keen to immerse themselves in real knowledge of the trends emanating from real music and entertainment in Nigeria; it will also serve as a platform for upcoming artistes to promote themselves. VOTS aims to be the first choice for not only Olamide’s fans but generally for young aspirational Africans who love street music, pop culture, music and entertainment.”

    Olamide said: “This is just the beginning of good things to come to entertainment industry in Nigeria. In Play TV, we have a collaborator that enhances our offering of local contents to our fans. For me and my team, we have always aimed at launching a channel that will speak for the streets and so when the opportunity came up, the choice of Play TV and the launch of VOTS for us is significant as it will cement VOTS as the leading Music and Entertainment Channel in Nigeria and Beyond.”

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • StarTimes launches local educational channel

    RWells Media has launched a new children channel, Jyb TV on StarTimes (channel 361) targeted at children and young adults aged between six and 24.

    The new channel has been developed to inspire learning, ignite passion and aid their development through local content programmes.

    The new channel joins six others for children, namely: StarTimes offers JimJam, Nickelodeon, Da Vinci Learning, NTA Knowledge, PoP and Child’s Smile.

    The channel would feature vox pop, health talks, school programmes, talk shows, drama and debates.

    StarTimes Marketing Director, Dare Kafar, said: “Jyb TV enables future leaders to learn, find their passion and pursue their dreams on a very local but enriching, exciting and wholesome platform that support parents in raising decent champions.”

    “The time is right to offer another local but world class channel to parents and children. We are aware of the issue around screen time, so needed to create a solution which allows children to watch shows that are fun, educational and that encourage imagination.”

    Mrs Jibe Ologeh, Managing Director, RWells Media, said some of the key shows on the channel, include Young Scholars, Our Future (gives one child (per episode) the opportunity to live out a day of their dream careers), Scholars Chat, Cultural Hub (an African cultural show that showcases the African culture) and School On TV (provides detailed academic lessons on major subjects, especially for candidates preparing for external examinations.

  • 9janimi Channel to re-launch streaming service

    9janimi Channel to re-launch streaming service

    Designed as an alternative to popular music sites, online music platform, 9janimi Channel is getting ready to relaunch its own streaming service. According to its founder, Soltesh Iyere the music channel now offers double tiers for subscribers, whether on desktop or mobile devices, which will be effective before the end of the year.

    “The free tiers come with ads, lets users stream thousands of songs from its catalog, and they have to purchase songs they wish to keep or download. The streaming service was launched in 2010, and the new changes announced about a year ago, is now prepared to pay artists royalties. Though it’s not clear yet how large 9janimi Channel’s music catalog is or how well it will do, it is sure to resonate with artistes who are finding the model useful,” Iyere stated.

    He further revealed that 9janimi, a Yoruba phrase, which means ‘I’m a Nigerian’ now allows artistes keeps 75% of their songs proceeds through its Fair Trade Streaming agreement.

    “9janimi Channel is set to change the way people listen to music in a country known as a haven for piracy. The major challenge is on how to educate the market about this type of service. We have seen a lot of reactions from people, which is one of the skepticism. Our parent company, The Media 360 Company originally projects the streaming service as an alternative to the music industry through which they could easily distribute their songs to music fans and lovers,” Iyere added.

  • Why we celebrated our channel partners, by Airtel boss

    Airtel’s Channel partners have contributed to the success of the telco,  Managing Director,  Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, has said.

    Speaking at an event to celebrate the telco’s trade partners, Ogunsanya praised them for their commitment and loyalty in the financial year.

    The event, with the theme Winning customers for life partnership attracted over 70 Airtel Channel Partners from across the country. It featured special musical and comedy performances from top Nigerian artiste, Tubaba and comedian, Akpororo.

    Acknowledging the roles played by the partners in Airtel’s brand growth over the years, Ogunsanya said: “We thank all our Channel Partners for demonstrating exceptional zeal towards the achievement of the business objectives of our company. As partners in progress, they have contributed immensely to our success and fulfillment of promises made by the Airtel Nigeria to its teeming customers.

    “There is no doubt that our highly esteemed Channel Partners deserve to be acknowledged and commended for the effort they have invested into their businesses and the drive they have shown towards the success of this brand. It stands to reason that we offer you a warm handshake and encourage you to keep partnering with us to deliver better results.”

    He described Airtel’s partnership with its channel partners as a winning partnership rooted in shared interest to enrich the lives of Nigerians, shared values that reinforce people empowerment and innova-tiveness, and most importantly, a shared passion to win customers for life.

    He assured them that Airtel Nigeria would continue to provide support where needed and increase its investment in network quality and performance.

    “We will continue to invest in the expansion of our network and the enhancement of quality of service. Also, we are continuously evolving with innovative new products to offer telecoms consumers across the country with bespoke, world class mobile solutions that will enrich their lives and empower them to realise their full potential,” said Ogunsanya.

    Akwa Ibom-based Channel Partner, Mr. Unyime Idem, who is Managing Director, Idems Ultimate Ltd, won the CEO’s Award for Excellence and the grand prize of a 2015 Mercedes Benz GL 450, while another Channel Partner, Chief Ogoeze Nwabueze, the Managing Director of C&N Abuson Investments Ltd, won a 2015 Toyota Landcruiser for emerging as the National Primary Sales Champion.

    Prizes presented to other winners included brand new Toyota Hiace buses, generators, laser jet printers, Shop on Wheels, mobile tabs and a 2015 Hyundai Elantra donated by Zenith Bank, one of the sponsors of the raffle draw.

    Some of the top executives of the company who graced the occasion were Godfrey Efeurhobo, Chief Sales Officer; Maurice Newa, Chief Commercial Officer; Krishna Menon, Chief Finance Officer; Gbenga Rotimi, Director, Legal; Gbemiga Owolabi, Director, HR and Tenu Awoonor, Director, Strategy & Performance Management.

     

  • Artistes express joy over Igbo movie channel

    Artistes express joy over Igbo movie channel

    The much-anticipated Africa Magic Igbo channel on DSTV finally berthed last Thursday. And expectedly, some Nollywood practitioners in that genre were particularly excited. Mike Ezuruonye was one of them.

    Taking to his Instagram account to register his joy, the dashing Nollywood actor wrote in Igbo: ‘Cha cha cha IGBO KWENU…..Iyaahh..Kwenu Iyahhhh…Kwe zue nu….Iyooooooooohhhhh….Ngwanu Ndi Nkem, CHANNEL nke Anyi a’bia go!!!!!!!’

    However, more entertaining was the way in which Rita Dominic welcomed the birth of the Africa Magic Igbo channel.

    In a posted Instagram video, the actor, director and producer greeted in Igbo, saying; ‘From the soil that brought you some of the biggest names in Nigerian entertainment, Africa Magic Igbo. Igbo na kpotu.’

    Africa Magic Igbo which launched on April 2, is on Channel 159 on DSTV. It joins Yoruba and Hausa which also have their own channels on Africa Magic. By this move, Igbo movies can be watched in 40 African countries on this platform.

  • Eurotunnel train stopped in Channel Tunnel by power fault

    A power fault has stopped a Eurotunnel train in the Channel Tunnel, causing hundreds of passengers to be evacuated from the train and causing long delays.

    The 06:20 BST train from Folkestone, carrying 382 people, stopped about a quarter of the way to France.

    Eurotunnel said the train was being moved but long delays and queues were expected all day.

    The delays could affect the Tour de France, with teams travelling to France after Monday’s stage ending in London.

    Eurotunnel, which carries passengers in vehicles on board trains between Folkestone and Coquelles, said it expected the problem to be fixed by the end of the day and that services should run normally on Tuesday.

    Richard Westcott says big queues are forming as passengers wait at St Pancras. There are also delays on Eurostar passenger services, with delays and cancellations on trains between London St Pancras and Paris and Brussels.

    Eurotunnel said a fault with the overhead power lines in the tunnel caused the problem.

    The driver brought the train to a stop and passengers were evacuated into the middle service tunnel, which runs between the two main tunnels and is designed to allow people to escape from halted trains.

    A train was brought from France along the other main tunnel and parked alongside the stopped train to allow passengers to board it and be carried to France without their cars.

    Richard Byrom, passenger: “We were evacuated into the service tunnels”

    Passenger Richard Byrom, from Maidstone, told BBC Radio Kent: “All of a sudden I heard this crashing noise, it didn’t sound like the train itself had crashed but what became evident later on was that the power cables had got entangled or come down.

    “For about 20 minutes the train just stopped and we didn’t know what had happened.

    “Eventually they said they are going to take us off the train because they couldn’t move our train because it was trapped by the power cables or something like that.”

    He said the passengers had to wait in the service tunnel for about half an hour before boarding the train that took them to France and he had been stuck for about four hours in total. He said they were given an evacuation pack of a pen, notepad, playing cards, torch, fan, water and wet wipes.

    Another passenger, Brian Tait from Dover, said he was still waiting for his car in Calais at 12:45 – about six hours after the train came to a halt.