StarTimes Launches Premium Nollywood Channel

In line with its commitment to offer premium content, Star Times, has collaborated with notable Nollywood production company, Big Idea Media Works to launch PBO TV,a 24-hour entertainment channel dedicated to top rated Nollywood movies, series, sitcoms, music and late night comedy shows.
PBO TV is on basic bouquet on Channel 184 and smart bouquet on Channel 017,the same bouquets housing recently launched Hollywood movie channel, TNT Africa. PBO TV went on air on October 1, 2020. The channel promises to be explosive with top rated Nollywood stars on display.
Among the movies showing this October are June, featuring Uche Jumbo, Vector Tha Viper, Chinyere Wilfred,Empress Njama; Mad About You, featuring: Blossom Chukwujekwu,Linda Osifo and Annie Macaulay Idibia, Being Annabel, featuring Oma Amadi,Ken Erics and Desmond Elliott and Drama series including Tough Love, featuring Nkem Owoh, Sola Sobowale, Damini Egbuson and Sharon Ooja, Life Of A Single Mom,a series featuring Mofe Duncan, Gregory Ojefua and Mercy Macjoe,among others.
PBO TV celebrates the rich diversity of African culture with original and exclusive content, Gabriel Nworah, CEO of the Big Idea Media Works Limited, said. According to Tunde Aina ,CEO, Star Times, in July, when we commenced the adjustment of our bouquet prices due to persistent Naira fall, we assured our subscribers that as a business, we would continue to make it a priority to broaden our content offerings to meet the variety of our interests without compromising affordability.
“ Since then, we have continued to delight our subscribers with more value at the best price in the pay TV market. At first, we launched top Hollywood animation channel, Dream Works, followed by Spanish Football league, La Liga,the FA Community Shield, the exclusive broadcasting rights for Bob Arum’s top rank boxing events whose current stable of champions include Tyson Fury,Vasily Lomachenko,Terence Crawford, Oscar Valdez, Gilberto Ramirez, Hollywood movie channel, TNT Africa, the recent season of popular sitcom, Jenifer’s Dairy and the latest edition of PBO TV, a channel dedicated to premium entertainment, more is coming’,he said.