Nigerian creative content and entertainment company Vortex Corp has signed a production deal with Los Angeles-based production outfit Emagine Content.

Former Endemol Shine Africa CEO Sivan Pillay has been appointed boss of the newly formed Trace Studios in South Africa.

Pay TV company MultiChoice has launched two new channels for viewers in Angola and Mozambique.

The judges for the upcoming seventh season of music reality competition show Nigerian Idol have been revealed.

Pay TV operator DStv is set to premiere a new reality show featuring Big Brother Naija S3 housemates Tope Adenibuyan and Oluwabamike Bambam Olawunmi, also known as Teddy A and Bambam.

Ndani TV’s talkshow Ndani Real Talk is coming back for a fifth season, with the new episodes debuting on the Nigerian webcaster’s YouTube channel this week.

MultiChoice-owned African pay TV network M-Net has revealed the new judges for the upcoming cooking competition reality series MasterChef South Africa, which is returning for a fourth season after five years off-air.

Award-winning Nigerian-British actor Cynthia Erivo, Nigerian feature film Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) and Kenyan kids’ series Super Sema have been nominated for NAACP Image Awards.

African pay TV company MultiChoice has appointed Atinuke Ngozi Babatunde as the new academy director at its talent incubator, the MultiChoice Talent Factory.