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Wale Adenuga Production
Wale Adenuga Productions Limited, (in abbreviation WAPL or WAP) is a Nigeria entertainment and magazine specializes in movie production and TV programs. The industry was the sponsored and owner of Super Story family, Papa Ajasco and Binta. The formations The industry was founded and established by Wale Adenuga in 1978. The idea of the formation came to existence when he graduated from University of Lagos in 1974, setting up his on affecting lives of other the natural artistic background he had in school and it is the birth to the popular TV series magazine Nigeria has ever had, the series known as Super Story and Binta having published and sold magazine in half million copies. It also produced popular drama series such as Papa Ajasco in 1983 and Binta My Daughter in 1995. However, it generated more revenue in the movie Papa Ajasco. The industry has partnership with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Society for Family Health, National Agency f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conglomerate Company
A conglomerate () is a multi-industry company – i.e., a combination of multiple business entities operating in entirely different industries under one corporate group, usually involving a parent company and many subsidiaries. Conglomerates are often large and multinational. United States The conglomerate fad of the 1960s During the 1960s, the United States was caught up in a "conglomerate fad" which turned out to be a form of speculative mania. Due to a combination of low interest rates and a repeating bear-bull market, conglomerates were able to buy smaller companies in leveraged buyouts (sometimes at temporarily deflated values). Famous examples from the 1960s include Ling-Temco-Vought,. ITT Corporation, Litton Industries, Textron, and Teledyne. The trick was to look for acquisition targets with solid earnings and much lower price–earnings ratios than the acquirer. The conglomerate would make a tender offer to the target's shareholders at a princely premium to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Story
''Super Story'' is a Nigerian anthology television drama series created by Wale Adenuga who published the magazine on which the programme is based. The series originally aired on Thursdays by 8 pm on NTA; currently, Super Story is shown on NTA and Wap TV every Thursday by 8 pm and airs on several other terrestrial and cable networks at a later time. List of series Awards It won the best television series at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards are presented annually to recognize excellence of professionals in the African/Nigerian broadcast Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass ... in 2016. References {{reflist Nigerian drama television series 2000s Nigerian television series 2010s Nigerian television series Television shows set in Nigeria Nigerian Television Authority original programming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
StarTimes
StarTimes is a Chinese electronics and media company with strong presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. StarTimes offers digital terrestrial television and satellite television services to consumers, and provides technologies to countries and broadcasters that are switching from analog to digital television. , StarTimes operates in 30 countries, serving 13 million DVB subscribers and 20 million OTT users. History StarTimes Group was founded in 1988 by Chinese engineer Pang Xinxing, who is also the company's current chairman. In 2002, StarTimes began to expand its business to Africa. In 2007, it became the first digital television operator licensed by Rwanda. Since then, StarTimes has established subsidiaries in 30 African countries. In 2009, StarTimes and the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation formed a joint venture to roll out digital migration. In February 2016, StarTimes was awarded a DTH license in Ivory Coast. Operations began in October 2016. On 23 November 2016, StarTimes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MYtv
MyTV (or My TV) may refer to these television brands: Africa *MYtv, a South African TV channel Asia *Television Broadcasts Limited's online service in Hong Kong *My TV (Bangladeshi TV channel) *MYTV Broadcasting, a Malaysian broadcaster *myTV (Indonesia), a Mayapada-owned Indonesian network *myTV (mobile service), a defunct mobile TV service; see Europe *My-Tv, an Italian internet television founded November 2000 *MYTV International, a digital entertainment media company *MYtv Ukraine, a provider of satellite pay-TV services throughout Ukraine *MyTV (British and Irish TV channel), formerly known as My Channel North America *MyTV (Arabic), an Arab-American provider of Arabic live channels and video on demand *MyNetworkTV, an American television network/syndication service *WWJE-DT (formerly ''WZMY'', marketed as "MyTV"), a television station serving Boston, Massachusetts See also * * *List of MyNetworkTV affiliates *Me TV (other) *MeTV *MYT (other) MYT may ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
StarSat
StarSat (formerly TopTV until 31 October 2013) is a South African direct broadcast satellite television service that began broadcasting on 1 May 2010. StarSat is operated by On Digital Media, who were granted a pay-TV license by ICASA in September 2007. On Digital Media is currently 20% owned by Luxembourgish satellite operator SES and 20% owned by Chinese company StarTimes. StarSat's service is aimed at the LSM 6-9 demographic, targeting middle class viewers. History On Digital Media (Pty) Ltd launched TopTV on 1 May 2010. On 30 April 2013, shareholders of On Digital Media voted to approve China-based company StarTimes taking over a 20% share of ODM. By doing so, StarTimes effectively acquired a 65% economic interest in ODM. The vote also included adoption of a business rescue plan. TopTV was officially rebranded as StarSat on 31 October 2013. The new packages and channels associated with the new brand were made available on 1 December 2013. Broadcast and Reception StarSat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAPTV
WapTV now Miniweb was the name given to the company which originated the WTVML (Worldwide TV Mark-up Language) as a content format for the delivery of Interactive TV applications using Internet Servers. The system is an Interactive television technology platform comprising a mobile browser, a markup language, and a significant collection of associated software tools and services. The mobile browser and mark-up language are both based upon the Open Mobile Alliance WML 1.3 specification. The WTVML mobile browser is currently available only as an OpenTV application, although an MHP version of the WapTV browser has been built for demonstration and proof of concept. An emulator exists, based on Craftwork's, STBe OpenTV middleware emulation. The WTVML markup language is a heavily extended superset of the WAP Forum WML 1.3 specification. WML content originally designed for wireless delivery to mobile phone handsets will work without modification on the WTVML platform, with the excepti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abuja
Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Planning Associates (IPA), a consortium of three American planning and architecture firms made up of Wallace, Roberts, McHarg & Todd (WRMT – a group of architects) as the lead, Archisystems International (a subsidiary of the Howard Hughes Corporation), and Planning Research Corporation. The Central Business District of Abuja was designed by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange. It replaced Lagos, the country's most populous city, as the capital on 12 December 1991. Abuja's geography is defined by Aso Rock, a monolith left by water erosion. The Presidential Complex, National Assembly, Supreme Court and much of the city extend to the south of the rock. Zuma Rock, a monolith, lies just north of the city on the expressway to Kaduna. At the 2006 ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards
Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards are presented annually to recognize excellence of professionals in the African/Nigerian broadcast Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began ... industry. The first edition of the awards was held on October 31, 2010. The pioneer award for the broadcasters was the idea of Omogbolahan Akinwumi, formerly known as Kazeem Popoola, the chief operating officer of the Reality Entertainment/Crystal Pearl Communications. References Broadcasting awards Nigerian awards {{award-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Lagos
The University of Lagos, popularly known as UNILAG, is a public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria and was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in the world in major education publications. The university presently has three campuses in the mainland of Lagos. Whereas two of its campuses are located at Yaba (the main campus in Akoka and the recently created campus at the former school of radiography), it's college of medicine is located at Idi-Araba, Surulere. Its main campus is largely surrounded by the Lagos lagoon and has 802 acres of land. The University of Lagos currently admits over 9,000 undergraduate students annually and enrolls over 57,000 students. A visitation panel, created to look into the affairs of the university between 2016 and 2020 detected cases of financial abuses from top officials and ordered the university to close accounts with commercial banks. On 7 October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papa Ajasco
''Papa Ajasco and Company'' (formerly ''The Ajasco Family'') is a Nigerian family television sitcom created by Wale Adenuga in 1996. The show is a spin-off of a feature film of the same title produced by Wale Adenuga in 1984, which in turn is based on the comic ''Ikebe Super''. The story revolves around the Ajasco family and their comedic interpretations to major societal issues. The main characters include womanising patriarch Papa Ajasco, his long-suffering wife Mama Ajasco, their mischievous son Bobo Ajasco, local playboy Boy Alinco, promiscuous gold-digger Miss Pepeiye, and illiterate ne'er-do-wells Pa James and Pa Jimoh. At its prime, ''Papa Ajasco'' was widely considered to be Nigeria's most watched comedy series, viewed weekly in twelve African countries. Background Adenuga released ''Papa Ajasco'' movie in 1983, which was one of Golden Age Nollywood productions. He stated in an interview that the title character was motivated from the lead role in ''Ikebe Super''. Aden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Story
''Super Story'' is a Nigerian anthology television drama series created by Wale Adenuga who published the magazine on which the programme is based. The series originally aired on Thursdays by 8 pm on NTA; currently, Super Story is shown on NTA and Wap TV every Thursday by 8 pm and airs on several other terrestrial and cable networks at a later time. List of series Awards It won the best television series at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards are presented annually to recognize excellence of professionals in the African/Nigerian broadcast Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass ... in 2016. References {{reflist Nigerian drama television series 2000s Nigerian television series 2010s Nigerian television series Television shows set in Nigeria Nigerian Television Authority original programming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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