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Joan Semanda Kizza, the MultiChoice Uganda PR and Communications Manager.

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Multichoice Uganda, a leading Pay TV provider, has extended their promotion in which customers enjoy a wider content offering at no extra cost when they renew their subscription.

Starting this Monday, April 20th, DStv and GOtv customers who are fully paid up on their subscriptions will automatically get upgraded to the next higher package at no extra cost, which is almost a 40% discount in subscription pricing.

The promotion comes amid the global Coronavirus pandemic which has seen the country go into lockdown, meaning more people are turning to television for entertainment.

According to Joan Semanda Kizza, the MultiChoice Uganda PR and Communications Manager, this offer is a way of thanking their customers for their loyalty.

“It is our priority to put customers at the heart of everything we do, and in line with our mission to make great entertainment available, even during the most trying of times, we wanted to gift our valued customers by giving them a chance to experience a wider range of the quality content we carry on our other packages. This is our token of appreciation for their continued support.” She said.

For DStv customers, the promo offer will apply to all active and disconnected Access, Family, Compact and Compact Plus customers who renew their subscription packages.

With this offer, DStv Access customers will gain access to FOX, VUZU  and Discovery Family while DStv Family customers will now enjoy M-Net Movies Action, BET, FOX and TNT. Customers on the Compact package will be opened to 1 Magic, E! Entertainment, Comedy Central and M-Net Movies Binge, and those on Compact Plus will gain access to M-Net and M-Net Movies Premier.

For GOtv customers, the offer is available to Lite, Value and Plus customers. The Lite customers will gain access to E! Entertainment and Disney Junior; Value customers will enjoy Telemundo, Zee World and Nat Geo Wild; and GOtv Plus customers will gain access to BET, CBS Reality and Cartoon Network.

The campaign has been running since January 2020.

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Local musicians pose for a photo with a team from Azam TV during the launch of their new channel held at their offices in Kololo.

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Azam TV, a sub-Saharan Pay TV service provider, has launched a new TV channel aimed at promoting Ugandan content. Dubbed “Channel U”, the new channel will be entertainment-focused and will be showing content from music to movies to dramas among others.

Speaking to media during a press conference held at their offices in Kololo on Thursday, Dennis Kalikwani, the Sales & Marketing Manager at Azam Media Uganda revealed that the new channel was created in response to a growing demand from their customers for more Ugandan content.

“Our motto has always been that despite being a sub-Saharan company we still can cater for the needs and interests of our viewers in the individual regions,” Dennis Kalikwani told media. “In this regard, we have delivered on the request from our Ugandan customers for more local content with Channel U and hope to continue to exceed our viewers’ expectations by providing them with the best entertainment experience.” 

Channel “U” serves as a home for majorly Ugandan content aimed at exporting Ugandan culture and talent to the rest of the world and will be airing an array of content ranging from music, Luganda dubbed series, and entertainment shows.

“We want to redefine entertainment with Channel U by providing something localized for everyone to enjoy with content that resonates with what happens in their day-to-day life.” Kalikwani added.

Channel U will also be showcasing and highlighting the region’s best talent and rising stars. It will be broadcasting on channel 362 and is available to all Azamtv subscribers across all its packages.

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Like the prodigal son, Raymond Mujuni has been welcomed back to NTV Uganda.

The investigative journalist who had left the Serena-based station in late 2017 to join the investigations desk for rival Kamwokya-based station, NBS TV confirmed his return to NTV on Tuesday.

“Glad to rejoin the Nation Media Group,” Mujuni confirmed on a social media. “I look forward to engaging, improving and growing the content on its platforms to reflect the needs of our audiences.”

According to word on the grapevine, Mujuni resigned from NBS TV over salary-related issues. Sources also revealed that the station failed to deliver on their promise for more resources to support his investigative work.

During his two years at NBS, Mujuni was directly involved in 11 investigative reports.

He returns to NTV Uganda in an editorial role.

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They are rich and famous, but the love of their life somehow continues to elude them. That’s a story that is all too familiar. We have seen way too many celebrities struggle with love. And, often, their tumultuous relationships are displayed for all to see in the tabloids making fodder for idle street talk.

That is what to expect in new TV series, Loving Tyra, that is now showing on Pearl Magic. Tyra is a successful musician with everything she can possibly need in her life; the money, the houses, the fame, the cars, the talent, all except LOVE.

However, in a twist of fortune, she unsuspectingly gets entangled with a fugitive and conman who is out hunting for his next victim. With her weak emotions and pressure from her fans and media, she ends up opening up to him.

She soon finds herself trapped in a web of love, music and mending old friendships, all that will challenge her beliefs and turn her life upside down.

The TV series stars Vivian Gold Kaitesi in the leading role as Tyra. Kaitesi has featured in several hit films and TV productions including Pretending To Be Fine (2014), Damage (2016), Hustle (2017), The Game TV Series (2017), to mention but a few.

The drama unfolds in a 13-part series that airs every Thursday at 7.30pm on Pearl Magic, available on all DStv packages, and available up to GOtv Value.