EBONYLIFE TV MARKS FOURTH ANNIVERSARY WITH TV AND FILM FESTIVAL
In commemoration of its fourth anniversary, EbonyLife TV held a one-day TV & Film festival. Joining Mo Abudu---who has been on a one-woman mission to redefine the TV and film space in Nigeria---to mark this great landmark were celebrities like Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Sola Sobowale, Ireti Doyle, Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, O.C Ukeje, Innocent and Annie Idibia, Toke Makinwa, Ayo Makunwhile invited guests were treated to the new season premieres of hit TV series: On The Real, Sons of the Caliphate, The Governor and Life 101 and Fifty – the series.
Since its inception in 2013, over 4000 hours of original Pan African content has been created and produced by Ebonylife TV. The TV channel has expedited the process of production backed by a team of highly trained and qualified staff. Within this timeframe, TV series have been dished out to much critical acclaim. The first seasons of On the Real, Sons of the Caliphate, Dere and The Governor have been widely successful leading to an order of second seasons for the aforementioned.
In 2015, Ebonylife TV joined the fray of the movie scene with its first offering titled, Fifty. The movie went on to generate 400million return on investment shattering a litany of records in the process.
Dissatisfied by the status quo and unrelenting in the ruthless pursuit of excellence, another movie was released in 2016. The Wedding Party would go on to break even more records, some set by the initial offering. It grossed a whopping 450million from the box office alone earning it the number one spot on the highest grossing Nigerian movies of all time. Both movies have led to much anticipated spinoffs. A sequel to The Wedding Party is billed to be released December, 2017.