On May 5, 2022, Netflix debuted ‘Blood Sisters’, a series with a few firsts for the streamer. The Ebonylife Studio’s face-saver is the streamer’s first Nigerian original series and definitely, its first worthwhile local production. Between Netflix’s latest subscriber slump and EbonyLife’s catastrophic ‘Chief Daddy 2’, the Biyi Bandele and …
Read More »Are streaming platforms turning to reality TV shows to remain afloat? [Pulse Editor’s Opinion]
During the quarantine, Reelgood, a U.S. movie and TV search engine collected data from 2 million-plus monthly active users to discover which streaming platform’s reality shows have consumers devoured the most and Netflix emerged top with its ‘Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness’. Netflix’s foray into reality show production have …
Read More »Is MSG performance the crowning moment of Burna Boy’s career so far? [Pulse Editor’s Opinion]
Before said show, he has sold out Nigeria’s first arena show of this era at Hollywood Bowl, where he sold out 17,000 tickets. After that, he performed different arena shows in Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Ireland and more. The days when Burna Boy grinded hard at club shows and theaters, while …
Read More »Flavour’s Amazon Prime deal shows how Afrobeats success can inform Nollywood’s [Pulse Editor’s Opinion]
Apple’s year got off to a great start but the same cannot be said for Netflix as the streamer announced a major loss of 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2022 and an expected loss of a further two million by Q2. In 2020, Netflix announced an accelerated growth …
Read More »How video-sharing platforms are supporting the ‘Afrobeats to the world’ movement [Pulse Editor’s Opinion]
Africa is now at the epicenter of the global economy. Her music, movies, and culture have captured the world’s attention, and technology has emerged as the leading evangelist. An estimated 60% of the world’s population is now online according to Statista. The internet controls a large portion of the global …
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