MultiChoice rich menu of content earns global appeal
For years, the trend has been Africa viewers angling for blockbuster movies and similar entertainment content from the first world for viewers to quench their thirst.
With the advancement in creative skills and investment in the industry rising, the content produced in Africa is fast gaining appeal from viewers globally.
The line-up of movies is just as broad, with Glasshouse for instance being one of the latest outstanding examples. As thought-provoking as it is entertaining, Glasshouse exists in a dystopia unrooted by time and place; its themes of family and forgetting are provocative and universally relatable.
The paranormal drama, produced in 2020, has received glowing reviews at several entertainment festivals around the globe, including at Fantasia in Canada and at the New Zealand International Film Festival.
Kelsey Egan’s dystopian take on family, secrets, and survival was also released for veiwers in the UK on Sky, Amazon, Google X Box, iTunes, and Virgin Media, followed by releases in Australia and New Zealand.
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The interest in and demand for this film is well earned, and it has led to even more buyers taking an interest in MultiChoice’s growing catalogue of entertainment content.
Other titles in the MultiChoice’s world-class catalogue of series are the romantic comedy-drama, Entangled; the gripping human drama, Lioness; the haunting crime series Reyka; and the exciting political drama, The Republic, which showcases the very best scriptwriting, acting, and production talent that Africa has to offer.
Entertainment giant MultiChoice is the largest producer of original content in Africa and is now becoming the destination of choice for content buyers from around the world, too.
Established in 2013, MultiChoice Studios offers over 65,000 hours of content in a range of different formats and genres, showcasing African stories to the world.
MultiChoice has a long history of licensing titles to French premium television channel Canal+ and demand for its content in the markets the channel serves is growing.
