{"id":1789,"date":"2017-09-14T11:56:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T15:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/bbc-worldwide-content-lands-kwese-tv\/"},"modified":"2017-09-14T13:10:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T17:10:03","slug":"bbc-worldwide-content-lands-on-kwese-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/bbc-worldwide-content-lands-on-kwese-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Worldwide Content Lands on Kwes\u00e8 TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Worldwide has signed its first content sales agreement with the new pan-African pay-TV broadcaster Kwes\u00e8 TV, which is a subsidiary of Econet Media.<\/p>\n<p>The mixed-genre package includes more than 50 hours of programming. Content will air across 17 African markets on the Kwes\u00e8-branded channels Kwes\u00e8 Know, a factual-edutainment platform; Kwes\u00e8 Family, a general-entertainment network; Kwes\u00e8 Inc., which offers entrepreneurial stories; and Kwes\u00e8 Kids, featuring children\u2019s entertainment.\u00a0Among the titles available are <em>Peter Jones\u2014How We Made Our Millions<\/em> (Kwes\u00e9 Inc.), <em>Million Dollar Intern<\/em> (Kwes\u00e9 Inc.), <em>In Your Ear<\/em> (Kwes\u00e9 Know), <em>The Life Swap Adventure<\/em> (Kwes\u00e9 Know) and <em>World\u2019s End<\/em> (Kwes\u00e9 Know).<\/p>\n<p>Joel Churcher, the VP and general manager for Africa at BBC Worldwide, stated: \u201cI\u2019m delighted that new audiences across Africa will be able to discover a raft of our fantastic factual, entertainment and children\u2019s programming for the first time through our partnership with Kwes\u00e8 TV. The depth of the BBC\u2019s programming catalog means that we can provide platform providers with a large range of premium programming to meet the increasing demand and expectation from the African viewer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Hundah, Econet Media&#8217;s president and group CEO, added: \u201cOur content partnership with BBC Worldwide affirms our commitment to providing fresh, enriching and entertaining programming to our audiences. The growth of our owned channel program offering ensures viewers receive the very best in local and international entertainment content through Kwes\u00e9 TV, which is something we are immensely proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Worldwide has signed its first content sales agreement with the new pan-African pay-TV broadcaster Kwes\u00e8 TV, which is a subsidiary of Econet Media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":1790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[160,206,245],"class_list":["post-1789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-worldwide","tag-econet-media","tag-kwese-tv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Worldwide Content Lands on Kwes\u00e8 TV - 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