OK,
you guys, my whole week has been made. The commissioner for Tourism,
Arts & Culture for Lagos state, Steve Ayorinde has written a piece
for the newly launched Linda Ikeji TV and I'm chuffed. Read below and
please join in giving me and my team accolades. Lol.
The sky is
bright for local talents and content creators in Lagos State. With
Cartoon Network launching Africa Creative Lab and Multichoice doing same
with Talent Factory, more windows of opportunities are opening for the
young and talented in audio-visual industry.
More platforms by
reputable stakeholders are providing big opportunities at a time that
Lagos Grows Talent and Ibile Comedy Challenge talent hunt projects are
churning out many talented youths in various fields of performing arts.
Similarly,
quality online streaming services are emerging too, to create and
promote good contents. Lindaikeji.tv is one of such that draws interests
and deserves encouragement for its sheer audacity to make an impact
with its array of programming.
Late last year when I had a tour
of select online media houses in Lagos; I asked that Linda Ikeji be
included to see how Africa's No 1 blogger intended to take a leap of
faith into becoming Nigeria's answer to Netflix.
I was impressed by the set-up I saw at the Lekki-office of lindaikeji.tv; the promise that the contents being line up held as well as the commitments - financial and mental - of the team.
Being
generally self-funded by a lady with no prior experience in television
programming, I thought the dream was rather audacious.
But
several days after it was launched with subscription growing daily and
critical appraisals generally favourable, it looks to me like the
Nigerian Netflix is about to berth; and it's a Lagos brand.
I'm aware that lindaikeji.tv
is building apps for smart tvs as part of its growth strategy. But
those who say that the future of television is digital might be right;
however that future is right here and now.
This is the new
thing in content creation and digital economy. It's about talents, jobs,
entrepreneurship and more importantly the audacity to dream; a Lagos
dream!
Steve Ayorinde
Hon. Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & Culture
Lagos State
OMG!!! 'For content, for entrepreneurship...For Lagos' - Lagos Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Steve Ayorinde writes about Linda Ikeji TV
Thursday, 14 June 2018
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