VIACOM, VUZU AMP: Turn up in Mauritius

African entertainers, journalists and television executives joined in, and celebrated the very best of African entertainment during the week long MultiChoice Content Extravaganza held in Mauritius last week. The festivities coincided with, Vuzu AMP, DStv’s premier youth brand’s first year anniversary with the Vuzu Amp team putting up a party like no other. Complete with fireworks, dancers in cages and cocktails, the Vuzu Amp birthday celebrations was fitting for one of Africa’s most vibrant youth channels. Hosted by one of Africa’s most sought after television personality, Lungile Radu, the party featured performances by Diamond with Dj Spinall and Neptune on the decks. Vuzu Amp recently acquired a number of leading crime, action and comedy series to keep our viewers entertained from spring, well into the holiday season and beyond. On the back of international hits, Vuzu AMP has secured major deals with leading studios like: HBO, Starz, NBC, Disney and ABC. With Vuzu AMP, this summer is sure to be a sizzler. Vuzu Amp wasn’t the only branding taking Mauritius by storm, Viacom’s dynamic bouquet of quality channels came to life on the Indian Ocean Island when journalists battled it out for fantastic prizes at a ‘Viacombat’ event. Hosted by Basketmouth and MTV VJ, Nomuzi Mabena, the assembled media representatives from across the continent played a series of games, based on programming from Viacom channels MTV Base, Nickelodeon, MTV, BET and Comedy Central with an MTV MAMA award up for grabs – though the most-anticipated prize of the evening was a chance to dump the famous Nickelodeon Green Slime over a guest of each of the winning team’s members’ choice. With DJ Vigilante presidin?g over the decks, the groups attempted to best each other in games including the Nickelodeon Genius Impossible Quiz, ‘Guess The Tight End’ with BET’s The Wendy Williams Show, MTV Base’s Break The Beat Down, MTV Ridiculousness Epic or Fail and Comedy Central South Park Celeb. Even MultiChoice Africa CEO Tim Jacobs and the General Manager of Corporate Affairs, Caroline Creasy, got in on the act with a special Lip Sync Battle to Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake It Off’. Nickelodeon Marketing Manager Lindi Davids was delighted at the fierce competition amongst the assembled journalists, who really got into the spirit of the channel-based games. “All of our channels are all about fun, creativity and quality programming – and that’s exactly what our media representatives experienced tonight,” she said. “Viacom will be premiering loads of fresh new content across all our channels on the DStv and GOtv platforms in the coming months and we can’t wait for Africa to see it.” The MultiChoice Africa Content Showcase is a dynamic 5-day content extravaganza, which sees a host of DStv’s biggest channels, including Sony, SuperSport, Zee World, A+E, Disney, MTV Base, BET, Comedy Central, BBC and M-Net previewing their latest and greatest content, soon to be seen across the video entertainment services provider’s platforms. To keep track of happenings at the MultiChoice Africa Content Showcase, follow @multichoice_africa on Instagram, @mcashowcase on Twitter, or via #OnlyTheBest.