Thursday, September 7, 2017

FOX Upfront 2017: IN PICTURES - FOX Networks Group Africa showcases FOX, FOX Life, Nat Geo and Nat Geo WILD.


On Thursday FOX Networks Group Africa held its FOX Upfront 2017 at Hyde Park Corner's The Park House of Events on 7 in Johannesburg, South Africa to unveil, and to talk about, its upcoming shows and programming strategies to advertisers and the media.

Subtitled "Imaginarium", FOX Networks Group Africa's head of advertising and research, Baleseng Dlamini, welcomed guests.

FNG Africa executives Gary Alfonso, Levern Engel, Khosi Khanyile and Tracey Gilchrist went through the upcoming shows and talked programming on the National Geographic (DStv 181/ StarSat 220), Nat Geo WILD (DStv 182 / StarSat 221), FOX (DStv 125 / StarSat 131) and FOX Life (DStv 126 / StarSat 133) channels.

Gary Alfonso touched on the FOX Sports channels only carried on StarSat in South Africa and how viewership and content on these sports channels seen across Africa are growing, and Levern Engel made mention of the very good baby and toddler TV channel BabyTV, also only carried on StarSat.

Here is how it looked inside the event: