Akintunde Marihno and Olamide Yousuph
It’s always difficult to change the existing power structure, but like it or not, change is coming for the cable television industry, in form of Arcadia Premium Television on Startimes Channel 176. The companies that adapt and innovate will become the leaders of tomorrow and Arcadia Premium Television is poised to do just that.
In anticipation of the official launch of Arcadia Premium TV set to hold in June 2019, its founders, Olamide Yousuph and Akintunde Marinho hosted journalists to a roundtable on Tuesday, 9th April at The Radisson Blu Anchorage, Victoria Island.
The Media conference opened with a welcome address by Olamide Yousuph, Co-founder and COO, Arcadia Premium TV, followed by a brief introduction of Arcadia Premium TV and its services.
With the success of telling the African story through the Mobile TV platform, Arcadia was propelled to create premium entertainment on Cable TV for a wider and diverse audience producing content ranging from Music, Sports, Movies, Comedy, Fashion & Lifestyle, amongst other premium content.
Arcadia is changing the TV experience by creating engaging content, telling powerful stories whilst merging the digital and terrestrial world seamlessly. With a strong and varied catalogue of shows, the audience have variety of shows such as: Serious Banta, Kitchen Dash, My Hustle, Arcadia Live on The Red Carpet, Life Sex and relationship, a dating show ‘I’m available’, the DIY Slab and much more; programming that takes a fresh take on television as we know it.
“We are producing 19 original titles that you have not seen anywhere else before and this is something that is very new. We have international content partners like Sony, Universal, HBO that we are in contact with to help with international content. However, the drive is to develop an inventory of original content from Africa not just Nigeria. We are looking at content from South Africa, Ghana, Uganda and Kenya.” Akintunde Marinho, Co-Founder Arcadia Premium TV shared.
In a bid to create world class content, Arcadia Premium TV has been on an exciting process of working, re-working and executing effective strategies aimed at providing amazing entertainment without sacrificing on quality. One of which is, developing exclusive rights to some of the world’s most celebrated films.
“When it comes to collaborations, we are always open to it. There’s always going to be consistency in the quality of shows we air. Although we had to change the names of some of the shows we were airing on our web portal because they didn’t really fit television style, but the theme and quality remains.”. Olamide Yousuph Chief Operations Officer, added.
Akintunde Marihno and Olamide Yousuph
About Arcadia TV
Arcadia TV is an online and Cable TV platform that produces, distributes and transmits developed content for the purpose of advertisement, entertainment, publicity and even live event coverage.
Arcadia mobile TV and Arcadia TV is a privately-owned technology company in Lagos Nigeria that focuses on great user experience and content presentation. We currently have channels which include music, sports, movies, comedy, fashion & Lifestyle and many more.
Our diverse content is designed to suit the needs of every class of subscriber and audience, while ensuring the quality of our materials remain premium. Our livestreams, event coverage and excellently packaged films, series and shows guarantee that our audience is provided with a wholesome viewing experience that embodies the brand essence of delivering exceptional content.
The content we offer is primarily afro-centric and are designed to accentuate the true essence of being African without removing from our worldly exposure, thus promoting; to the world; the deserved prestige of the African people and continent.
We believe in equality at the work space and have a 20-man production team that is led by All-female producers.
In 2017, Arcadia Mobile TV received an award for being the Global, most innovative quality mobile web TV brand by the Global Quality Excellence Awards committee.
Connect with Arcadia on Social Media:
Instagram: @ArcadiatvAfrica
Twitter: @ArcadiatvAfrica
Facebook: @ArcadiatvAfrica
YouTube: @ArcadiatvAfrica
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$150 million necklace up for grabs at the Met Gala on the 17th of June happening at the Filmhouse cinema. Actually, we were referring to the movie Ocean’s 8 starring Sandra Bullock and Rihanna ready to pull the biggest heist ever and we really can’t contain our excitement for this amazing action chick flick! We know it’s football season, but the ladies are taking their own night on the town!
Anticipation is about to peak for the Lagos grand premiere of ‘Ocean’s 8’ MET ball gala.
With the MET Gala dress code for the extraordinary night, our VVIPs will be glammed up ready to strut the red carpet with all eyes on them at this exclusive invitation-only premiere.
The night will definitely be the most fashionable night of the year! Which is why one amazing stylist or fashion designer will win N500,000 for the most iconic red carpet look for the night courtesy Diamond bank.*
So, let your imagination go wild and floor us with your amazing designs to win big! #TakeYour8
A bit about Oceans 8
“Five years, eight months, 12 days and counting — that’s how long Debbie Ocean has been devising the biggest heist of her life. She knows what it’s going to take — a team of the best people in the field, starting with her partner-in-crime Lou Miller. Together, they recruit a crew of specialists, including jeweler Amita, street con Constance, suburban mom Tammy, hacker Nine Ball, and fashion designer Rose. Their target — a necklace that’s worth more than $150 million, and it all goes down at the Met Gala.”
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MAKE UP, MUSIC & MOSCATO was an intimate ladies night out boutique event introducing the latest products from HVS Beauty by Bukola Are. It was a night of regal beauty, authentic music, fine cuisine and everything girl’s love.
The night was hosted by renowned Nollywood actress, Shaffy Bello, HVS Beauty creative director Bukola Are and Louisa Kinoshi of Beauty Revolution Studios, featuring performances from AfroSoul singer, Aramide and Singer /Songwriters Ms.Jaie and Myoa.
Guests were treated to an array of exquisite bites by Wendy’s funnel cakes which was elegantly paired with the finest French and California wines on the market provided by Avalon Wines.
The Pop-up shop added extra spice to the event, showcasing the various HVS makeup palettes and other items under the HVS Beauty brand name. The shop also featured a For Queens build your own box station where guests were allowed to select a number of beautiful accessories for a bargain price. There were also lots of free gifts at the event for all the ladies, most especially the winners of the raffle draw.
We are not forgetting the free neck massages provided by LevanderGora Home Massage Services as well as the free makeovers provided by make-up artist, Stephanie Ani, official MUA of the Mose Store in Lekki phase 1.
Guests in attendance included a good mix of friends, family, beauty influencers, beauty store owners, makeup artists and of-course media personalities. The event hosted the likes of: Omawumi, Sisi Yemmie, Sharon Ojong, Dimma Umeh, Tuke Morgan, Anita Jones, Omogemura, Valerie Egbuniwe, Diddynaze, Adella Makeup, Colours by Ray, Tints Makeup, Faaribysisiope, Preciousbeautie and Joyce Jacob, amongst others.
Music, Makeup and Moscato is proudly supported by Guardian Life, Ndani Lifestyle, Pulse Nigeria, Lost in Lagos, Fuze NG, Kamdora, Beauty box, Woman like the Wind, Arcadia Mobile TV, Exquisite Magazine, The Beauty Reports, Galaxy TV, The BF Collective and Wendys Funnel Cakes.
ABOUT HVS BEAUTY A limited edition line of must have beauty products inspired by the brands creative director’s love for classic, regal and natural beauty looks.
FOR MORE HVS BEAUTY www.hvsdeluxe.com
Follow @hvsdeluxe on Instagram for more footage from the event.
Event Production: Purple Fire
PR: So.Me Solutions
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