Churchill Show Live Recording at Carnivore

Award-winning Kenyan TV show Churchill Live is back, and the first show of the season will have its live recording on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at the Carnivore Restaurant.

As usual, Classic 105's Daniel 'Churchill' Ndambuki will host the show that has helped launch the careers of many comedians including that of Eric Omondi, MC Jesee, Ayeiya -poa poa and JB Masanduku.

7 Nominations for Kenya at Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards

A screen shot from The XYZ Show  

Kenya has 7 nominees in the inaugural Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards (AMVCAs) set for Lagos, Nigeria from March 8th to 9th.

Nigeria and South Africa lead the pack with majority of the slots, while Kenya is represented with KTN TV drama series Lies that Bind, The XYZ Show, Makutano Junction and Thesis Film Yellow Fever.

The awards sponsored by MultiChoice and headline sponsor Amstel Malta received 110 Nominees from 43 different countries.

Here are the Kenyan Nominees:

K24's Jeff Koinage Destined for Arise Television Network

Jeff Koinage(rt) interviews Nairobi County Aspiring Governor Evans Kidero
 photo courtesy of @KoinageJeff

Host of the popular TV talk show 'Capital Talk' and K24 TV's chief anchor, Jeff Koinage is on his way out.

Jeff who is behind the trademark slogan, 'All Kenyan, All the Time' is said to be headed to South Africa for a top anchor and reporter position with Arise Television Network, an off-shoot of Arise Magazine. The new network, will broadcast live news and features on the African continent to viewers in major global cities.

Edi Gathegi to Co-Star in US Primetime TV Show

Edi Gathegi 

United States-based Kenyan actor, Edi Gathegi is set to co-star in a new comedy dubbed 'Family Tools'. The show was among those announced by ABC this week in the mid-season programming and will premiere on Wednesday, May 1 at 8:30 pm.

JSO@7 with John Sibi-Okumu Premiers, Monday on Kiss TV

‘Mwenye Sikio’

Actor, thespian, and renowned journalist John Sibi Okumu will be premiering his new show Monday, 3^rd December on Radio Africa’s Kiss TV at 7:00pm. Dubbed ‘JSO@7’, the one-hour show will have latest news updates across the country as well as exclusives interviews.

Nairobi to Start in Kenya’s Digital Transition

Kenya’s digital migration will begin with Nairobi where all analog signals will be switched off by 31^st December as a trial test before being rolled out to the other towns in the country.

The Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) has urged Kenyans living in Nairobi to buy a set top box before the end of the year in order to enjoy television programming.

The digital migration in the country is targeted at four million analogue viewers.

CCK has licensed over 20 players of digital decoders to sell decoders, which are currently retailing between Sh. 2,000 and Sh. 5,000. Local channels are also ready for switch with over 20 currently being available on the digital TV platform, free of charge.

The Kenya Broadcasting Corporation’s signet service offers free to air service with 18 new channels while 8 others are expected to be activated this December. Some of these channels are airing in vernacular.

It’s expected by June 2013 the whole country will have shifted to digital broadcasting, ahead of the global deadline of 2015.

Some of the advantages of Digital TV over its Analogue counterpart include, capability to send twice as much information in the same amount of bandwidth as analogue TV, resulting in a high quality picture and sound; and better reception as Digital TV are not subjective to weather patterns such as rain or cloudy skies.

Zuku acquires Ligue 1 Rights in Kenya

East Africa’s leading Pay TV provider Zuku has secured the Kenyan broadcast rights to French top division, Ligue 1 for the next three seasons.  

Through its customized Zuku Sports, five live matches and five games will be broadcasted on short-delay from each of Ligue’s 1 38 rounds. The Zuku coverage also comes with weekly previews and highlights shows.

Wananchi Group programming managing director Hannelie Bekker confirmed the Zuku acquisition last week.

Zuku, which is owned by Wananchi Group Holdings, also offers other customized programmes that include Zuku Africa and Zuku Life.

The acquisition hopes to give the firm an edge in the competitive Pay TV market dominated by South Africa’s DSTV (English Premier League exclusive right holders) and latest entrant Chinese StarTimes.

Apart from being a Pay TV service provider, Zuku Kenya provides broadband internet connectivity with speeds as high as 20Mbps including a VoIP telephony service to residential areas and offices through fibre-optic cables.   

For more on Zuku and its innovative and affordable Zuku Triple Play packages (TV + Internet + VoIP) visit www.zuku.co.ke

‘Tales from The Bushlarder’ airs on Zuku Africa

During the launch of 'Tales from The Bushlarder'
Photo courtesy of eatout.co.ke  

Zuku recently launched an exciting cooking show titled ‘Tales from the Bushlarder’. The show takes viewers to a culinary tour of Kenya and her unusual and unknown gastronomic delights.   

The show, which is hosted by Chef Kiran Jethwa airs on Zuku Africa Ch. 100 and Zuku.

Catch Chef Kiran every Thursday at 8:30pm as he searches for ingredients in the ‘bush larder’.   

Chef Kiran is the owner of Nairobi’s Seven Seafood & Grill.