{"id":1420,"date":"2014-08-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/2014\/08\/25\/ott-service-featuring-hollywood-movies-tv-shows-launches-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2014-08-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T00:00:00","slug":"ott-service-featuring-hollywood-movies-tv-shows-launches-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/ott-service-featuring-hollywood-movies-tv-shows-launches-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"OTT Service Featuring Hollywood Movies &amp; TV Shows Launches in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tSAN FRANCISCO: SmartVOD by Vonetize has launched the first-ever OTT Hollywood premium service in Africa, branded Aflix by SmartVOD.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe new offering has more than 2,000 hours of content at launch, including new releases from Hollywood studios, TV series, kids&#039; content, sports, lifestyle, nature and science, music, Bollywood, telenovelas and more. Content includes Disney, Warner Bros., MGM and Miramax titles. Series offerings include <em>Mad Men<\/em>, <em>Weeds<\/em> and <em>Anger Management<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSmartVOD, in collaboration with its Nigerian partner, plans to expand across Africa during 2015, with LG, Toshiba and Samsung smart TVs as well as set-top-boxes.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNoam Josephides, the CEO of Vonetize, owner of the SmartVOD brand, said: &ldquo;Africa is on the verge of booming with new and exciting content offerings, based on a growing penetration of broadband and wireless connectivity. SmartVOD brings to Africa a top-notch content service, reasonably priced and available on any device, anywhere.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO: SmartVOD by Vonetize has launched the first-ever OTT Hollywood premium service in Africa, branded Aflix by SmartVOD. 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