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About a year ago in September 2017, Nigerians were introduced to the indigenous pay-TV service, TStv. Up until now, its decoders are still unavailable and even though the company just recently announced a comeback, there’s little reason to be optimistic
Nigeria has had its fair share of players entering and exiting the video on demand (VoD) market space. Yet, the sector remains one of the most interesting and promising ones, considering that Nigerians are on the push for more broadband penetration. Popular Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele used to have television series from her movie production outfit…
ere has been a gradual shift from Satellite TV in Nigeria to video on demand (VoD); proof that the online video streaming market in Nigeria has a very promising future
The stories of every superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe build up to Avengers: Infinity War. In order not to miss a thing in the movie, it is important to watch previous marvel movies in this order.
Six days ago, The Recording Academy released a list of nominees for the 59th annual Grammy Awards. In terms of ranking, the award is considered one of the grandest and most prestigious in recognizing musical achievement worldwide. Nigeria’s Wizkid received a nomination for his work as artist and producer on “One Dance” song a track in…
Just in case you’ve been living under a rock, Adele is back! The ‘Matron Saint of the Broken-hearted’ rewarmed her way into our hearts over the weekend with her new single, ‘Hello’. The single was released ahead of the November 20th launch of her upcoming third studio album dubbed ‘25‘. No surprises, the single became an instant…
Since Facebook made Messenger a standalone app, they’ve been pulling out all the stops to make the app as compelling as possible; from video calls to friend-to-friend payments. Well, clearly there is even more to come. Facebook is currently in talks with several developers to make games for the app. Facebook’s Messenger, which already has…
You guys already know my Friday morning ritual of scouring the web for the best movies showing closest to me. Well, today was a very special day, because I didn’t only find the best movie of the week, but most likely the best of the entire year. Mad Max: Fury Road currently has the best…
Nintendo aims to take the mobile gaming world by storm by rolling out Mario, Luigi and Link on your smartphones come 2017. Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata said the company would aim to have five games out by the end of March, the following year. He also pointed out that the games would not be mobile…
I had been anticipating Avengers: Age of Ultron pretty much since the first Avengers movies came out, and needless to say, I wasn’t even remotely disappointed. I mean, I was so excited I decided to do a little research on movies featuring (and made with) cutting edge tech that should have our attention in the…
Look, hiring by social media is upon us. First, It was Mark Essien’s genius quizzes; next we had Sim Shagaya asking people to go bug searching through the Konga iOS and Android app, and now we have Jason Njoku of IrokoTV announcing that IrokoTV is hiring and he would give N1 million to the highest…
The last Star Wars movie was released about 10 whole years ago, and with the reboot so close it might be a little difficult for fans of the franchise to fully remember details of that very vast universe. Well, Google just made it a whole lot easier to brush up on your Star Wars knowledge.…
I’m one of Jeremy Renner’s biggest fans, he is a very talented and often underrated actor (seriously, you should check the dude out in Hurt Locker and The Town), so I was pleasantly surprised to find out he also has quite the singing voice too. He treated fans to a piano-led tribute song to Hawkeye, his…
Was anyone here really surprised that Nigeria was Tidal’s first stop on its journey to being identified as a “global company”? Well, I certainly wasn’t. Anyone who has been paying any attention on social media knows that Nigerian publicity is good publicity. So since Jay Z claims he sent a representative to “discover new talent,” I’d totally hate…
Call of Duty fans, a great day is upon us, Activision just released the trailer for 2015’s new – and hopefully, the best – entry in the series, from developer Treyarch. The trailer is stacked with never before seen looks at the game’s vision of future warfare. The tone was hinted at last week when…
Shawn Carter [Jay Z] took to twitter last night – a move he only seems to make when he needs something from fans — to defend Tidal, and urge fans and critics alike to give the streaming service “a chance to grow and get better.” We are here for the long haul. Please give us…
As a seasoned cinephile, I woke up to my Friday morning ritual of checking the movies that are showing in the nearest Cinema (I do this before my morning prayers). I almost had a panic attack when I saw Avengers: Age of Ultron sitting pretty at the top of the list, I honestly thought Christmas…
Rapper, Jay Z might have found his 100th problem now, since his High Fidelity music streaming service, Tidal has not started the music streaming revolution that its A-lister panel had hoped, with early numbers for Jay Z’s app suggesting it’s flopping. Because as it turns out, people are not really willing to pay $20 a…
Nigeria’s online entertainment magazine, Nigerian Entertainment Today (NET) has launched ORIN, a music streaming service designed to allow users access exclusive Nigerian and African music content faster and help artists and labels reach new audiences. ORIN merges the best features of established streaming service providers with social functionality and data gathering and analytics functions. Boasting…
A few days ago, in this very brutal match that my club, Manchester City had against Manchester United; the very unfavourable scoreline at the end of the match read 4 – 2, in Manchester United’s favor. Very painful. But even worse was the general consensus on Twitter: You cannot even troll Manchester City, because they…