Fox Life Launches On Dstv And Gotv With African Content

Considered one of the world’s leading destinations for scripted and unscripted entertainment, FOX Life, will from today, 3^rd October 2016, be available on DStv Channel 126 and GOtv channel 20.

The bold and entertaining Pan-African channel will be tailored for Africa and will offer fresh local content along with an eclectic and exciting mix of US dramas, comedies and unscripted programming

As part of the new channel, an additional 954 hours of fresh new programming will be added to the schedule over the coming months, focused on localised storytelling, created specifically for African viewers.

FOX Life will have the best of Hollywood in the form of Pitch and Atlanta, Turkish and Brazilian Telenovelas, scripted and unscripted local content as well as dramas. Some of the lifestyle and drama shows will be coming from across the African continent like Maliposa, a Zambian drama and Wrath from Nigeria. There is also an exciting show on young Nigerian-born DJ Cuppy (Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola) who goes on an ambitious tour of eight countries across Africa. In a male dominated field – DJ Cuppy has made inroads and describes her sound as “Neo Afrobeats”!

Read: Fox Life To Launch On Dstv And Gotv In October

“FOX Life is core to our global entertainment portfolio and its entry into this market signals FNG’S continued investment in Africa,” says Gary Alfonso, GM, Fox Networks Group Africa. “From hit U.S. programming, to 954 hours of brand new, locally developed and produced content, our new channel portfolio reflects the best in entertainment, factual and sports.”

The new channel, available to GOtv Plus and DStv Premium, Compact Plus, Compact, Family and Access customers. The channel will also sit alongside an extensive FNG portfolio of channels in Africa, which includes FOX, National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo Wild.

For more information visit www.dstv.com or www.gotvafrica.com