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Showing posts with label Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

EbonyLife's Mo Abudu slams Amazon for axing African originals: 'shows a lack of respect for our continent'.

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by Thinus Ferreira The  Nigerian producer and CEO of EbonyLife Group, Mo Abudu, is slamming Amazon Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios saying...
Thursday, October 19, 2023

Amazon Studios commissions Nigerian travelogue reality series Ebuka Turns Up Africa with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu produced by Rapid Blue.

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by Thinus Ferreira Amazon Studios has commissioned another original African series, Ebuka Turns Up Africa , from Nigeria, as a travelogue re...
Friday, August 5, 2022

MultiChoice Africa and M-Net also lost its top West Africa content boss Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu who jumped to Amazon Prime Video as head of Nigerian Originals.

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by Thinus Ferreira MultiChoice and M-Net have also lost Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu, one of its top content bosses in West Africa to Amazon Prime Vide...

Amazon Prime Video does first Nigerian original commissions for Gangs of Lagos and LOL: Last One Laughing Naija, enables payment in local naira currency.

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by Thinus Ferreira Amazon Prime Video on Friday announced that the global streaming service has commissioned its first Nigerian original fil...
Friday, July 3, 2020

It's a golden eye 5th season for Big Brother Naija with 'pre-sealed' contestants due to Covid-19; show kicks off 19 July as producers drop celebrity visits and crowds for launch and eviction shows.

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by Thinus Ferreira Because of Covid-19 the contestants - as well as a batch of "understudies" - for the upcoming 5th season o...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019

TV CRITIC's NOTEBOOK. Journalists from across the continent on a Big Brother Naija TV junket with MultiChoice Africa showed off their dazzling feeding frenzy as they 'selfie'd just about everything - except for actually reporting the news and about the business of Big Brother.

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If you thought there were going to be reams and reams of detailed, timeous stories as well as comprehensive reporting from the group of j...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019

M-Net adds new weekday Nigerian drama series, Halita, to Africa Magic Family from 4 February.

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A new weekday drama series, Halita , will start on Africa Magic Family (DStv 154) on Monday 4 February, revolving around a Northern Niger...
Sunday, September 2, 2018

REVIEW. The less bad than before 2018 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards on Africa Magic on DStv still a far way from a passing grade with many mistakes - but fewer than before.

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How to say this: The 2018 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards  held for the 6th time on Victoria Island in Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday...

TV CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK. Why is nothing available - or being made available - to the press about the M-Net and MultiChoice executives panel discussion that preceded the 6th Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards 2018?

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Why is nothing available - or being made available - to the press covering it, about the panel discussion that M-Net and MultiChoice exe...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Will M-Net and MultiChoice's mistake-filled Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards sink or swim this Saturday in Lagos for the 6th time around on Africa Magic? The live broadcast will once again tell.

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Will the mistake-filled Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards done by M-Net on MultiChoice's DStv pay-TV service sink or swim the ...
Thursday, June 7, 2018

Debbie Odutayo appointed as the head judge for M-Net's 6th Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2018.

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M-Net's Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2018 (AMVCA) has appointed Debbie Odutayo as the head judge for this year's film and...
Friday, February 23, 2018

BREAKING. Organisers dramatically cut down viewers' choice from 16 to just 7 categories as entries open for 6th Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards; M-Net and MultiChoice's AMVCAs set to take place on 1 September.

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The "viewers choice" part has dropped by a staggering third, with no explanation, for the 6th Africa Magic Viewers' C...
Wednesday, May 3, 2017

M-Net adds new Nigerian weekday telenovela, Battleground, to Africa Magic Showcase on DStv revolving around the Bhadmus family.

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M-Net has added a new Nigerian weekday telenovela to DStv with Battleground that kicked off on Monday 1 May at 21:00 on Africa Magic Sho...
Friday, November 11, 2016

M-NET AT 30: M-Net celebrates 30 years as pay-TV broadcaster with special stars and Trevor Noah.

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On Thursday night a phalanx of stars – from TV talent and media, to TV executives, politicians and musicians – from across the entire Afr...