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Isime Esene 8 years

The Media Blog: Complete Fashion has finally gone online, in a meaningful way

More on this later, but of course you know that since Franca Asindi left Complete Fashion (those long, long three years ago) it has been in the wilderness. Not that…

Isime Esene 8 years

Exclusive: The NBC has started giving terrestrial TV licenses again – starting from N100m

Low key, this one. A high-level source at the National Broadcasting Commission just confirmed to The Media Blog (TMB) that the federal government has quietly stared approving licenses for direct-to-home…

Isime Esene 8 years

The Media Blog: Jason Njoku is in a very, very, very good place

Man. the year I've had. #blessed — JasonNjoku (@JasonNjoku) October 18, 2016 The hashtag #blessed is generally for insecure teenagers trying to pretend their lives are fabulous. But, man, Jason…

Isime Esene 8 years

The Media Blog: Stop making noise on Twitter – see your mates making money

The Media Blog: Wow, Vogue just endorsed a candidate

It's like ThisDay Style endorsing a candidate. Even though, some of you won't be shocked by that - because Nigeria, and cash-and-carry. But this is a big deal for America.…

Isime Esene 8 years

The Film Blog: AFRIFF is finally here – with big news

It almost looked like it wasn’t gonna happen. That’s if you don’t know Chioma Ude. Because she will fight tooth nail, she will drag man and beast and she will…

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: ‘Linda Ikeji S’ is launching on November 1 – “That’s the something big,” she says

“When I said something big is coming, I didn’t mean this office, or all of this,” Linda Ikeji told one of us two weeks ago. “That’s just office space –…

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: We’re becoming mad fans of Africa Magic’s ‘Hustle’

You will remember the anticipation with which we welcomed Hustle (Weekdays, 9.30pm, Africa Magic Urban). And then the disappointment with its first cliché-ridden episode. But remember, also, what we told…

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: This is an actual headline, from an actual Nigerian newspaper

It 'thundered' so loud the cows died from all that noise making. Leadership newspaper, but why?

YWriter 8 years

Reading material: For those who work in media content (4)

Let's go! We were just talking about Twitter as a media company the other day. Read 2. Amazon has a new TV drama - that goes forward into the past. Read…

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: The late, great Chris Jeyibo was one of the most powerful people in Nigerian media

Chris Jeyibo passed on last week Friday in a car accident. It’s quite a frightening photo – his car crushed on Magodo Road, Lagos in a way that he couldn’t…

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: This WashPo headline shows how the world now sees Nigeria’s president

And at the end, for those who wondered, there is how the world's most powerful women reacted to the misogyny. "His remarks were made in front of German Chancellor Angela…

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: The Nigerian politicians who own media houses

We just thought: it would be fun to put up a list of some of the politicians in Nigeria who own major media houses. Not a long list. But interesting…

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: Orji Kalu has two media houses – but he still smells like a loser

You know the other day, we were just thinking about it – politicians in Nigeria buy media platforms in order to own power, to shape conversations, to control narratives, to…

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: Toke Makinwa had a very uncomfortable moment on ‘Moments’ talking about bleaching

One of our favourite people on television, Sika Osei (host of Studio 53 Xtra) was the guest on the Nigerian version of Moments, on EbonyLife TV yesterday. The topic was…

Isime Esene 8 years

The Media Blog: @FoluShaw is warning Linda not to publish his tweets – but that’s not the law is it?

So @FoluShaw got a lot of RTs for this thread. Pretty remarkable tale to be sure. Someone wonders if his job isn't at risk for it, and we say bleh…

Isime Esene 8 years

TMB Data: How many people watch Nigerian TV?

We had a very active National Broadcasting Commission under former director-general, Emeka Mba. Successive ministers of information saw and left him alone to keep moving. Under this particular minister? Well,…

YWriter 8 years

Reading material: For those who work in media content (3)

Let's go! Newspapers are dying, dying, dead, in America. Read Twitter’s woes show the perils of building platforms for ‘premium audiences’ alone Read. Hian. We agree Trump is…

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: Did you know that some StarTimes subscribers pay only N17 a day?

On August 1, iROKO chief executive, Jason Njoku shocked those who pay attention when he announced (it’s an impressive Jason trick to always announce big things with such striking -…

YWriter 8 years

The Film Blog: It’s just a fantastic time to be a Nigerian actor, we tell you

Think about it really. Look at all the New Nollywood projects that have come out this year: Arbitration, Okafor’s Law, It’s Her Day, Green White Green, Isoken, Surulere, for some.…

Isime Esene 8 years

The Media Blog: Thursday is the most valuable day on Nigerian television – and other bits and bobs we found out

This week, for a special project we have been working on, we have been playing around with data – with a focus on Nigerian television. What’s more interesting is how much people…

Isime Esene 8 years

The Film Blog: We are liking the trailer for Ojukokoro

Like the first commenter says: "Not bad. Not bad at all".

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: It’s not only DStv and StarTimes that Nigerians watch on Cable o

What’s the reason why many people are shocked – SHOCKED – by the huge success of platforms like Linda Ikeji Blog and Nairaland? It’s because these are the same people…

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: Because we serve a living God, Gidi Up Season 3 has FINALLY started shooting

What cows have not been sacrificed to get this particular show back on the road (Season 2's finale was in September 2014!)? We have waited for almost two years for…

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: Here’s a list of all the terrestrial TV stations in Nigeria today

So we'll just drop this here. Because we don't know who'll need it. These are the terrestrial (or DTT, if you want to impress someone) TV channels Nigeria has, today.…

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: Jason Njoku has completed the cycle from online TV to linear

To understand what’s happening here, you have to unpack anodyne press statements with enough corporate-speak to drown the smart and the cynical. There are many analogies between Shane Smith and…

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: They say ‘Your View’ on TVC is Nigeria’s most watched talk show today

According to confirmed rumour-mongers, ‘Your View’ on TVC is Nigeria’s most watched TV show. Some say it’s most watched talk show. But media planning agencies are certainly treated it as…

YWriter 8 years

The Media Blog: Cool FM is 18 years old

Wow. Has it been that long already? The "#1 hit music station" turned 18 four days ago. And that's actually a big deal. Because 96.9 Cool FM is a pionner…

Roqeebah 8 years

The Media Blog: The BBC and its army of monitors

So when you begin to wonder how 'oyinbo people' appear to know more about how we live our lives, even the cool random things that happen on the sidelines of our existence…

Isime Esene 8 years

The Media Blog: This is the reason it’s not so easy to “monetise!” in Nigeria’s media market

When we say Nigeria is not a rational market, we don't just mean oil prices messing up everything. We also mean, the consumer. We are not 'okay'. There is plenty…