Thursday, 3 July 2014

Online African UK TV Acquire Right To ‘Half Of A Yellow Sun Movie’

PanaTV has signed an exclusive deal with Soda Pictures, acquiring the rights to the subscription of VOD for one of the most acclaimed films from Africa this year, Half of a Yellow Sun. PanaTV is the pioneer of African online television service with diverse pan-African content, offering over 8,000 hours of quality entertainment videos that span films, music, series, sports, kids and lifestyle genres.
The deal makes PanaTV.com the first online television service to stream the film exclusively on its platform in the UK. And in a deal concluded with monterey media, PanaTV has secured non-exclusive rights to stream Half of a Yellow Sun in the US along with a limited shared exclusive pre-window.

The movie will be available for VOD in the US from June 29th and in the UK from August 2014.Says Mandy Roger, PanaTV’s Head of Content: “This demonstrates that we seek out high quality films for our viewers; expect to see more of such quality films and content on PanaTV this year.” “We are delighted that Half of a Yellow Sun will be streaming on PanaTV, and believe it is a great home for the film to connect with audiences,” says Louise Rae, Head of Home Entertainment at Soda Pictures.

The 2013 Nigerian drama film written and produced by the prolific Nigerian playwright, novelist and screenwriter, Biyi Bandele, and adapted from the international best-selling Orange Prize-winning novel written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, stars Academy Award-nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (Twelve Years a Slave), BAFTA award winner Thandie Newton (Crash), Anika Noni Rose (The Princess and the Frog), John Boyega, Onyeka Onwenu, Joseph Mawle, Genevieve Nnaji and O.C. Ukeje.The London premiere interviews and trailer are now available to view on www.panatv.com

1 comment:

  1. have been looking out for it shame on Nigeria for refusing to show

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