Commented Alex
Okosi, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, VIMN Africa, “We
are excited about our 2015/16 slate of high quality content that will engage
our African viewers across multiple genres including stand-up comedy, music
specials, entertainment news, chart shows and awards properties.”
Other exciting plans
in the pipeline for 2015/16 include the creation of brand new themed events for
VIMN
Africa’s comedy, kids and general entertainment channels, including an international
comedy festival (Comedy Central), and a Nigerian version of family friendly
festival NickFest (Nickelodeon).
As always, the
network will continue to stage and broadcast its renowned annual international event
franchises from around the world including the MTV EMAs (MTV/MTV Base,
25 October 2015), the VMAs (MTV/MTV Base, August 2016), The
Movie Awards (MTV/MTV Base, April 2016), BET Honors (BET,
February 2016), The BET Awards (June
2015), BET Hip Hop Awards (October 2015), Black Girls Rock (BET,
April 2016) and The Nickelodeon KCAs (March 2016).
Key programme launches from September 2015
onwards include:
Channel
|
DStv channel number
|
Programme Title
|
Genre
|
Description
|
Launch Date
|
Comedy Central
|
122
|
“The
Daily Show with Trevor Noah”
|
Satire
|
South
African comedian Trevor Noah makes TV and comedy history by becoming the
first African host of the long-running satirical “fake news” franchise.
|
29 September 2015
|
Comedy Central
|
122
|
“Comedy
Central Presents Basketmouth, Lord of The Ribs”
|
Stand-up
comedy
|
Comedy
Central stages its first ever Nigerian content partnership with Nigerian
comic Basketmouth for acclaimed comedy show “Lord of the Ribs”.
|
December 2015
|
Comedy Central
|
122
|
“The
Comedy Central Roast of…”
|
Roast
|
Following
the comedic “Roasting” of musician Steve Hofmeyr and entrepreneur Kenny
Kunene, who’s next in the Roast hot seat for a grilling by their friends,
enemies and peers? Could it be a
Nigerian this time around?
|
2016
|
BET
|
129
|
“BET
Buzz”
|
Entertainment
news
|
For
who’s who and what’s what, check out BET’s sassy new daily entertainment news
bulletin, hosted by Altovise Lawrence and Tamarsha Khanyile (Gambushe).
|
Weekdays from
Tuesday 1 September 2015
|
BET
|
129
|
“Real
Husbands of Hollywood”
|
Spoof
reality/ comedy
|
Kevin
Hart and his gang of dysfunctional “husbands” bring the laughs in the fourth
series of this spoof reality series, undermining and lampooning all those
classic “housewives” series.
|
November 2015 (TBC)
|
BET
|
129
|
“The
Wendy Williams Show”
|
Talk
|
A
brand new series of the sassy chat show starring one woman phenomenon, Wendy
Williams.
|
Mid-September 2015
(TBC)
|
BET
|
129
|
“Top
Actor” Series 2
|
Reality
|
Series
2 of the dramatic reality series which aims to find and nurture undiscovered
acting talent.
|
Early 2016
|
MTV
|
130
|
“#YouGotGot”
|
Prank
show
|
A
hilarious new prank show in the spirit of legendary MTV series Pranked and
Punk’d. Recreating the craziest stunts
and pranks on the internet are host Tol A$$ Mo and his band of “Outlawz”.
|
Every Monday from 17
August
|
Nickelodeon
|
305
|
“Game
Shakers”
|
Multi-platform
live action /comedy sitcom
|
Two
12 year old girls start a multi-million dollar gaming company and take on rap
superstar Double G (played by former Nickelodeon child star Kel Mitchell).
|
October 2015
|
Nickelodeon
|
305
|
“Bella
& The Bulldogs”
|
Live
action/ comedy sitcom
|
Comedy
ensues after perky Texas teenage cheerleader Bella unexpectedly becomes the
quarterback for her school football team, The Bulldogs.
|
7 September 2015
|
NickToons
|
308
|
“Nickelodeon’s
Genius”
|
Educational
quiz show
|
A
fun and entertaining kids’ science and maths quiz for kids 9-13 encourages
boys and girls to learn more about these key subjects.
|
June 2016
|
MTV Base
|
322
|
“MTV
Shuga” Series 4
|
Edutainment/
drama
|
Compelling
edutainment drama is back for a fourth series. Shot in Nigeria, the six part series weaves
compelling messages about safe sex and public health into the lives of Femi,
Sophie, Leo, Nii, Princess, Tobi and more.
|
Weekly from Sunday
13 September 2015
|
MTV Base
|
322
|
“Real
Talk”
|
Celebrity
Interviews
|
Stars
hold nothing back in this candid one-on-one interview show in which fans
connect with their favourite celebrities.
|
Ongoing, every
Sunday at 20:30 WAT
|
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