Meet Greg Odutayo, the King of Nigerian Television
Nigerian television is growing fast and one of the biggest forces to reckon with is Producer /Director, Greg Odutayo. Together with his wife, Debbie Odutatyo, their Royal Roots Production Company has made an impressionable mark on the Nigerian television landscape and continues to set the bar in quality TV productions in Nigeria and across West Africa.
Royal Roots has emerged from the early days of radio production and event management into a formidable force in television across Africa. Their first Television content was a cooking programme, ‘Global Cuisine’ and after that came the phenomenal comedy series, ‘House A-Part’ which won Royal Roots a lot of accolades. With their imprint of quality clearly becoming evident, they received some funding from the French Film Fund to produce a 26 episode series ‘Tides of Fate’. Soon came a much bigger break when M-Net commissioned them to produce the hit family drama series, ‘Edge of Paradise’. M-Net wanted to commission one programme but found Greg’s proposals too irresistible so they commissioned two programmes – ‘Doctors Quarters’ and ‘Edge of Paradise’. Fully aware of the huge potential of reaching thousands of homes across Africa via M-Net, Greg and his team gave Edge of Paradise all that they had. » Read more…
Phamous People launches filming reality TV series
Renowned Ghanaian music video directors and multimedia company, Phamous People has launched its new reality TV series, Cinekrom Film Academy. The 13-episode, 45-minute reality show is aimed at training budding video producers and film buffs to sharpen their talent in video and film production. The experience would include one-on-one interactions and working experiences with renowned and award winning directors, Gerald ‘Ogee’ Gyimah, George ‘Gyo’ Gyimah of Phamous People.
(center) Gerald Gyimah (photo:ameyaw debrah)
MTV Staying Alive: Ignite Blazes with ‘Shuga’
MTV Staying Alive: Ignite launched an innovative campaign to fight HIV/AIDS in developing countries. Kenya’s show ‘Shuga‘, designed to teach people the consequences of different types of behaviors recently launched and it speaks in the language of the local youth.
Shuga
USD 200 000 Richer! Kevin wins M-Net’s Big Brother Revolution
Nigeria’s Kevin was the big winner of M-Net’s Big Brother Revolution. After evicting Nigerian Nkenna, Malawian Mzamo and Namibian Edward, Angola’s Emma and Nigeria’s Kevin were the final two housemates left in the REVOLUTION.
Kevin
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Big Brother the Revolution’s Big Surprise’s
The word surprise couldn’t be a better word to describe this season of Big Brother Africa: The Revolution. To kick-start the string of surprises, the show was renamed from Big Brother Africa to Big Brother Africa: The Revolution; next was the change in the prize money from $100, 000.00 to $200, 000.00; and Big Brother announced the new host for the show, a Nigerian native IK Osakioduwa, who owned the Big Brother stage.
Blu3, Fally Ipupa To Rock the MAMAs
The MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) promises to be even more exciting this year than it was last year with several exciting performers slated to on the performance roster.
Blu3
IK Osakioduwa hosts Big Brother Africa Revolution!
With the series shrouded in mystery, speculation has grown as eager fans across the continent try to uncover the identity of the show’s housemates, and find out anything they can about the new season of the super series, ‘Big Brother Africa’.
Now with the series just days away from launch, M-Net has begun to release information on its newest and boldest reality TV innovation yet and the good news is that THE REVOLUTION is definitely on. » Read more…
K’Naan to rock Big Brother launch
The producers of the Big Brother Africa reality TV series has announced that the September 6 launch of show will also feature up and coming African sensation K’Naan. » Read more…
MTV Base Takes on HIV/AIDS
MTV is taking in HIV/AIDS with a new project called Ignite. Ignite, falling under MTV’s award winning Staying Alive campaign, addresses sexual networks, multiple partners, drug use and living with HIV, within the context of national cultures and norms. The campaign is being held simultaneously in Kenya, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Ukraine and will kick off with television dramas. The Ignite Kenya campaign is the biggest of the three.
Kenya’s cast has already been picked and Jamati is delighted to introduce them to you. » Read more…
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