MINISTER LAUDS NIGERIAN TV,
FILM CONTENT PRODUCER
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he Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday hailed Nigerian TV and
film content producers for their impressive work in deepening the industry, but
challenged them to do more to tell the Nigerian story and do more of
co-production to enrich their content.
The Minister made the
commendation in Cannes, France, where he is at the head of the Nigerian
delegation to the ongoing 2017 MIPTV, the forum for TV and online content
producers in the world.
He said he was
impressed with the presence of such Nigerian content producers as Iroko,
Aforevo and Consolidated Media Associates Limited, owners of Soundcity and
ontv, SpiceTV, Access24 and on MAX, at the global forum, hence his decision to
personally visit their stands to encourage and support them.
On the importance of
the forum, Alhaji Mohammed described MIPTV as ‘’a shopping mall for content and
formats for channels,’’ adding: ‘’The idea of this MIPTV is to create a forum
for the media and the entertainment world, especially television and films, to
meet other stakeholders including content producers and channel owners in an
attempt to further deepen the industry.’’
The Minister said his
delegation, which include the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Information,
Senator Sulaiman Adokwe, and Director-General of the National Broadcasting
Commission, NBC, Mr. Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, will leverage on their attendance of
the forum to enrich the digitization of television broadcasting in Nigeria. READ MORE
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