CANAL+ GROUP and
iROKO are launching a Nollywood app, the iroko+ SVOD service to target over 250
million French-speakers in Africa.
The Android app will be available across all
of French Speaking Africa, bringing 1,500 hours of affordable, premium
Nollywood & Télénovelas content to millions of Francophone entertainment
fans.
A statement by the
organisation said: “The app is available now on the GooglePlay store and is
free until June 1, 2016, where users will be able to download movies and TV
series as part of their subscription package.
“The brand new
Nollywood and Télénovelas app will showcase the very best movies & TV
series from Nollywood TV, Novelas TV and A+, becoming the world’s largest
homegrown content catalogue for French Speaking Africa.
“Titles currently
available on iroko+ include Folie, Triangle Amoureux, Qui sera la femme idéale?,
and much loved Télénovelas such as La Patrona, Le Corps du Désir, and the best
content from French Speaking Africa including Dinama Nekh and Chroniques
Africaines. All content has been dubbed into French, much of it for the very
first time.
“iroko+ has been designed to optimize data
consumption and the service will be aimed at building a new mobile-only
subscriber base across Francophone Africa.
“With over 250
million French-speakers across 30 countries in Africa, and as mobile Internet
penetration continues to spread across the continent, the iroko+ Android app
will cater for a significant growth market, with 165 million smartphones
estimated to be in circulation before 2020,” she said.
Hope added that while CANAL+ OVERSEAS
handles CANAL+ Group’s international pay-TV operations, distributing more than
300 channels worldwide and producing over 30 channels for international
markets, iROKO is the world’s largest online distributor of local
Nollywood content and Africa’s largest Internet TV operator.