Date Published: 02/04/10

BOBTV 2010 Holds in Abuja, offers N250million for Productions

BOBTV, Nigeria’s leading film and television programmes market has concluded plans with three multi-media platforms to reinvigorate the film and television programmes industry with the injection N250million.

Two of the multi-media companies collaborating with BOBTV will release their briefs pre-BOBTV and host the pitching and commissioning for the projects at BOBTV 2010.

The third company will release its own brief at BOBTV and hold its pitching and commissioning at a later date. Projects to be pitched for include films, television soap operas and series, television magazine programmes, documentaries and other audio-visual content, both in English and local languages.

According to BOBTV Festival Director, Amaka Igwe, “These are the types of collaborations I have been advocating for a long time. We need this at the moment, probably more than at any other time. We all know what situation the industry is in now, so I am really excited that this is happening”.

All interested content producers, marketers and individuals should contact the organisers for more information.

BOBTV provides a platform for acquisition and exchange of programmes and movies across Africa and valuable alliances for Television Stations and industry   professionals. BOBTV also presents a practical arena for new ideas and concepts in television and   programmes   development   and   for experiencing the theatrical, communications, business and policy realities of the Nigerian and African audiovisual content industries.