Happy World Television Day 2019
The television was one of the most prominent inventions of the 20th Century. Invented in the 1920s, the television did not become mainstream until after the Second World War when black-and-while television broadcasting became commonplace in the United States and Britain. Since then, television has risen to become the primary medium for mass communication across […]
Netflix Acquires Another Nollywood Film: Up North
It has been an interesting year for Nollywood, and indeed Nigerian entertainment in general. Netflix seems to have some kind of strategy in place for a growing demand and is implementing it with an aggressive system of acquiring the most meaningful Nollywood films it can find. The massive media company began with claiming Lionheart as […]
Netflix Acquires Streaming Rights to 3 Nollywood Films
Filmone made an interesting announcement on its Instagram page two days ago. Film lovers who enjoyed watching King of Boys, The Wedding Party 2, and Merry Men in cinemas can now look forward to seeing all three movies on Netflix very soon. The news is hardly surprising. Since early 2015, Netflix has been adding to […]
Netflix Acquires Afolayan’s Mokalik
I wish to inform you that Netflix has acquired “Mokalik” and some other of my films. Kunle Afolayan American media services provider, Netflix, has acquired the “Mokalik (Mechanic)’’ movie from the stables of award-winning film director and producer, Kunle Afolayan. The news was disclosed by Afolayan during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
Uzo Aduba Stars In New Netflix Film “Beats”
Nigerian-American two-time Emmy winning actress, Uzo Aduba, is on her way to winning some more accolades with her role in the new Netflix film, “Beats”. Aduba plays the very protective mother of a teenage music prodigy, starring alongside Anthony Anderson, Khalil Everage, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Paul Walter Hauser, Dave East, Ashley Jackson, and Evan J. Simpson. […]
Chief Daddy on Netflix
Another Nollywood movie is coming to Netflix soon! The star-studded “Chief Daddy“, which premiered in December 2018, will be available on the streaming platform on March 15, 2019, exactly three months after its premiere in Nigeria and Ghana. The comedy film, which critics have referred to as “the perfect holiday movie”, is about the chaos […]
See The Trailer for Chiwetel Ejiofor’s ‘The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind’
Have you seen the trailer of Chiwetel Ejiofor‘s new movie? The Oscar Awards nominee is releasing his first film as a director, a Netflix Original titled, ‘The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind’. ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’ is an adaptation of a book by William Kamkwamba, who told his own story about saving his […]
Video Of The Week: Review Of “Lionheart”
The much-anticipated movie “Lionheart” by Genevieve Nnaji has finally premiered on Netflix making it an early new year’s gift for many excited Nigerians and the first Netflix Original by a Nigerian. The movie, which was produced and directed by Genevieve Nnaji, features some of Nollywood’s finest including the likes of Pete Edochie, Onyeka Onwenu, Nkem […]
‘Lionheart’ Movie Review
For most Nigerian youngsters, watching Nollywood movies is an ‘uncool’ thing to do. Considering the caliber of movies we watched growing up and comparing them with the standards we see in Hollywood, one cannot blame anyone for such feelings. In recent years however, there have been some improvements in the quality of movies produced and […]
Netflix Musical ‘Been So long’ Premiers In October
Netflix musical movie, Been So Long premiers in October. The movie stars British-Nigerian actor and playwright, Arinze Kene, and was screened at the Cannes Festival in France. The worldwide rights to the film were acquired by Netflix exactly one year ago, in what has been said to be the single biggest acquisition of a UK film […]
‘Lionheart’ Attracts Global Attention To Nollywood
The Toronto International Film Festival ended on Sunday 16th September 2018 with hundreds of films screened during the eleven days of the festival, from which films were voted for several awards. One of the films nominated for the grande prize, The Grolsch People’s Choice Award, was Lionheart, by Nigerian star actor/director Genevieve Nnaji. The Grolsch […]
Netflix Acquires Rights To The ‘Lionheart’ Movie
Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart movie is in the news again. This time, online movie streaming platform, Netflix has announced its acquisition of the worldwide rights to the movie. Netflix announced this on its website on 7th September, a day before its scheduled premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The implication of this is that the […]
App Of The Week: Iroko Tv (Netflix Of Africa)
Netflix and Chill If you’ve never heard the expression “Netflix and Chill” well, you’re pardoned; but after you read this article, you have no excuse. To define this catchy slang, “Netflix and Chill”: Netflix is the popular movie and TVs streaming service. Chill, in this context, means to relax. Together, they mean: relax and watch […]
Glo #UnfairAdvantage Data Plans For 2018
Glo data plans currently offer the largest data volumes at the cheapest rate available as far as Nigeria is concerned. With N2500, one could get up to 12.5GB of data for a month, which is more than 2X what other telcos are offering. However, there has been some revision to the Glo data plans for […]
Watch Your Favourite Movies Online with iflix
You must have heard of Netflix or used the slang ‘Netflix n Chill’, well now you can ‘iflix n Chill’ too. iflix is the latest offering in the video-on-demand subscription service sphere. The video streaming service was founded in 2014 by two companies – Catcha Group and Evolution Media Capital, and it focuses on developing […]
Netflix in Partnership with Spectranet Launches First Server in West Africa
Remember the joy that you felt when you found out you can now Netflix in Nigeria. Then when you started streaming videos, bad network and long buffering seemed to mess up your experience and kill your joy. Well, your experience is about getting better. In order to ensure a seamless streaming of Netflix videos and […]