Fashion One Network Heads to Nigeria’s CONSAT

NEW YORK: F.O., Fashion One’s international channel for fashion, entertainment and lifestyle, is now available on the Nigerian pay-TV platform Continental Satellite Limited (CONSAT) as part of the Style Bouquet package.

F.O. is targeted at fashionable and stylish female viewers, with programming focused on the latest in fashion, entertainment, lifestyle news and events. The network covers all the major fashion weeks from around the globe. Its catalogue contains a variety of original productions, including reality shows and documentaries. African designers, stylists and models are featured in some of the content.

F.O. premieres with three new specials: Spring 2015 Trends, presenting this season’s looks; Red Carpet’s Best & Worst, which reviews who did and did not impress on the red carpet; and Fashion Petsonalities, about celebrity pets. This month will also feature Designers Weekend Specials, which look back on the successful collections of Chanel, Michael Kors and Tory Burch, among others.

“CONSAT remains passionate about providing the best in quality information and entertainment for our subscribers,” noted Odun Ogunbiyi, CONSAT’s head of marketing. “Our viewers have come to expect diversity and great content, and this is why we are excited about partnering with Fashion One to bring this fashion-forward, world-class channel to their TV screens.”

“We are excited about reaching an agreement, and are looking forward [to] building the market hand in hand with CONSAT,” added Fashion One’s head of marketing, Gorden Li. “With Africa being one of the rising destinations for lifestyle, fashion and travel, the channel will be bringing in world-class quality content to the region’s discerning audience, and [we] are looking forward to future collaborations with the local fashion and entertainment industry.”