{"id":2148,"date":"2021-12-01T11:07:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T16:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/bbc-studios-signs-biggest-partnership-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2021-12-01T11:13:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T16:13:34","slug":"bbc-studios-signs-biggest-partnership-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/bbc-studios-signs-biggest-partnership-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Studios Signs Partnership in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios has secured a content package deal with Nigerian streaming platform ARISEPlay to bring over 200 hours of British content to its service.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian viewers can now stream British dramas such as the crime series <em>Luther<\/em>, starring Idris Elba, and Steve McQueen&#8217;s anthology <em>Small Axe<\/em>. Comedies such as the sketch show <em>Famalam<\/em> and <em>The First Team<\/em> are available on the platform as well.<\/p>\n<p>A variety of impactful documentaries are also available to Nigerian subscribers, including <em>Reggie in China<\/em>, <em>Reggie Yates: Searching for Grenfell&#8217;s Lost Lives<\/em> and <em>Africa and Britain: A Forgotten History<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For younger audiences, the preschool series <em>Hey Duggee<\/em> is available to stream, as will <em>JoJo &amp; Gran Gran<\/em>, the U.K.&#8217;s first preschool animated series featuring a Black British family.<\/p>\n<p>Pierre Cloete, commercial director for Africa at BBC Studios, said: \u201cThis deal marks the first with ARISEPlay and also our biggest partnership in Nigeria to date. With an extensive catalog of the best of British storytelling, I can\u2019t wait for audiences of all ages in Nigeria to explore our shows on ARISEPlay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judita DaSilva, content manager of acquisitions and programming at ARISEPlay, commented: \u201cEstablishing a partnership with BBC Studios was an easy process because, from the start, they believed in our vision to craft digital entertainment on demand in Nigeria in a unique way via our streaming platform ARISEPlay. So now, as Britain and Nigeria join on the journey to entertain viewers across our African territory, we at ARISEPlay are truly excited for what the future holds.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios has secured a content package deal with Nigerian streaming platform ARISEPlay to bring over 200 hours of British content to its service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":2149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[525,390],"class_list":["post-2148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-ariseplay","tag-bbc-studios"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Studios Signs Partnership in Nigeria - TVMEA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BBC Studios has secured a content package deal with Nigerian streaming platform ARISEPlay to bring over 200 hours of British content to its service.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/bbc-studios-signs-biggest-partnership-in-nigeria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Studios Signs Partnership in Nigeria - 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