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A salesgirl serves customers at a Nigerian film market in Lagos, March 26, 2010. Nollywood is booming so there's no better time to binge watch some of Nigeria's most popular TV shows. PIUS UTOMI ...
Some of the best actors in Nollywood started from the theatre and Television before switching to films.
By Ayo Onikoyi, Star-studded Nollywood series, Tough Love, has debuted on Premium Box Office Television (PBO TV), a Nollywood channel on StarTimes dedicated to blockbuster movies. The series airs ...
For years, Nollywood’s marketers weren’t just distributors—they were kingmakers. They had the power to make or break an actor’s career, deciding who got cast in blockbuster films and who ...
Netflix, has partnered with Nigerian filmmaker Mo Abudu to create new content from the West African nation. Abudu, who owns a production company, EbonyLife TV, will work with the teams at Netflix ...
A first time collaboration between an American TV production studio and Nollywood has been announced. Sony Pictures Television will co-develop three TV projects – including a series on a 19th ...
Olawale Adetula, the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of a production company, TNC Africa, has described a new series titled, ‘Ololade’, as a tribute to Nollywood TV classics. The ...
Canal+ currently offers Nollywood TV, a fiction channel dedicated to Nigerian movies to its subscribers in French-speaking Africa.
As the star of the popular early '90s television series, Checkmate, Boyo’s celebrity predated her success in the direct-to-video film industry that would come to be called Nollywood.
Nigeria's film industry is now equal to 1.4% of GDP, and is set to grow even bigger as online video brings it to international audiences.
As part of its plan to strengthen its position in Africa's movie market, French media giant, Canal+ Group, has acquired Nigerian production studio, ROK film studios from VOD company IROKO TV.