HIP TV ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF 24-HOUR DSTV CHANNEL
Tuesday, September 03, 2013Omoba
Smooth Promotions, the producers of Hip TV,
the urbane music and lifestyle show today announced a major development. The popular entertainment brand will launch as a
full-fledged 24-hour channel on the DSTV platform, broadcasting to
over 40 countries in Africa, according to founder and executive producer Ayo
Animashaun.
Hip TV was founded in 2007, as a broadcast platform
for HipHop World Magazine, the most respected music magazine on the continent. Animashaun, who set up the Hiphop World brand
in 1995 at 25, says the coming of Hip TV Channel is more than a dream come
true.
‘We’ve worked on this for years, many years’
he says. ‘And I’m humbled, grateful, excited, nervous, and fulfilled that we’re
finally going to deliver our own channel, a hundred percent Nigerian property
to the world. At Smooth Promotions, we have a mandate to deliver the best
possible content to our audiences on all platforms. Everyone knows our
magazine, which is our print platform. We’re present online with out websites
and weekly issues. We’re kicking off a 24-hour radio service called Street Hop.
And after six years, it’s gratifying to be able to say you will soon be able to
tune in to our own proudly Nigerian channel.’
He continues, “It means a lot of work and a lot
of responsibility to us. For many years, we have nurtured our own idea of how
entertainment, music and lifestyle programming should be. It's not time for so
much talk but time to walk the walk and we are very excited about the huge
opportunity to be in millions of homes, not only in Nigeria but across the
continent.
We are confident we will bring something refreshing to the table.”
Hip TV is expected to go live later this year,
after a launch event with details to be announced soon.
The channel, Animashaun says, will combine news,
trends and lifestyle reporting, with the regular programming Hip TV has come to
be known for. “We’re keeping all the regulars, all the segments like Dead
Curious, Hip TV Specials, I thought you knew, Caught Out there, and many others.
But we’re also working day and night to finish out new concepts that’ll
titillate.”
Hip TV studios will be located in Lagos and London,
with roving reporters and analysts around the world.
Hip TV is an urban contemporary music and lifestyle
channel that was borne out of the need to create rich, unusual content for
television viewers across Africa and beyond; something more than mere video
rotation. This need birthed a music and lifestyle package; created to educate
as well as inform the teeming music lovers who don’t want to miss a thing.
Six years later, Hip TV has grown to become by far
the number one music content producer in Nigeria boasting of over 600 hours of
programming per annum. Hip TV is also the first and only TV channel in Nigeria
to stream 24hour live content on its website.
The core target of the channel ranges from 16-40.
0 comments