Nollywood calls for bundled broadband, local content Principal players in the nation’s entertainment space, Nollywood, have intensified calls for government to make bundled broadband internet service widely available in its quest to diversify the economy and boost the emergence of local digital content. Speaking at the Nollywood Economic Outlook 2019 organaised by the Nollywood Mandate Group, NMG, in Lagos, participants tasked the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, to work closely with entertainment practitioners to boost local digital content. The chairman of the occasion, Dr. Chris Uwaje, former President of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, ISPON, noted that Nollywood has done well for itself but to get to the next level, it needs to quickly overcome the challenge of distribution. He said: “It is time for Nollywood to leapfrog the distribution of its content using the rapidly emerging digital technology.” Pioneer Nollywood producer, Zeb Ejiro, ca...
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