21st April, 2016
MTV Base is set to unveil a content catalogue with a number of fresh programmes targeting young urban African viewers set to be launched in the coming few days.
The programming campaign tagged “My Life, My Base” will include a fresh new on-air look, image campaign and a slate of new content and initiatives that reflect the tastes and attitudes of Nigerian viewers.
Speaking Tuesday at the launch in Lagos, Nigeria, Alex Okosi, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, VIMN Africa, said the brand’s new shows and content is gear to drive greater audience interactivity and participation while celebrating superstar music talent, and a wider variety of creatives from different disciplines.
“We are evolving the MTV Base brand positioning to put our audiences at centre stage. The brand has been a key catalyst to elevating the contemporary African music scene, and, while music will remain a key part of the MTV Base offering, we also want to reflect the amazing lives of our consumers by providing them with the opportunity to shape our content and initiatives,” said Okosi.
He added, “The “My Life, My Base” campaign will enable us to highlight a wider array of content and experiences that speak to the hearts and souls of our audiences across our colourful continent.”
The launch of the new-look channel will be marked with a number of big mall activations, meet-and-greets and club tours in Lagos, Enugu and Abuja alongside celebrities hosting the new TV programmes.
MTV Base viewers will be entertained by explosive new entertainment, which kicks off with the return of the flagship magazine show, now dubbed “The Bigger Friday Show” hosted by Falz The Bahd Guy. ‘The Bigger FridayShow’ will premiere at 6.00pm on 29 April.
On Saturday 30 April at 6.00pm, the heavily anticipated reality series‘Lip Sync Battle Africa’, hosted by D’Banj and South African actress Pearl Thusi will make its debut on the channel. The weekend will be rounded off with the MTV Base News Roundup, featuring four high profile influencers as panelists. The show will take a critical look at the hottest local and global news relevant to Nigerian audiences, with strong opinionated commentary from the panelists.
As a way of encouraging audience interaction, MTV Base will also launch a number of user-generated campaigns around its “My Life, My Base” campaign.
Viewers can currently participate in two social media challenges –#LSBChallenge and #BFSChallenge – by sending in videos of themselves for the opportunity to be featured on the channel and win spectacular prizes. The channel will also invite viewers to contribute other content that celebrates their lives and passions, to be featured both on TV and online.
Further, MTV Base is taking the opportunity to showcase and develop talented young Nigerians and content developers via new short-form content on the channels such as “Baselaffs” and “I Dare You”.
The channel will also be launching the MTV Base VJ Search campaign later this year, providing the opportunity for additional on-air talent to join VJ Ehiz, the host of “Naija Top 10” and “Word on the Street”, who triumphed in the last MTV Base VJ Search back in 2013.
Ehiz will also be the host of all-African video clip programme Ridiculousness Africa, commenting on crazy Internet antics.