Airtel Adds AMC Movies, Nolly Africa to Airtel TV

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By Modupe Gbadeyanka

Lovers of Nigerian movies fondly called Nollywood and other African movies can now enjoy unlimited access to premium content as Nigeria’s leading Video on Demand and live TV streaming platform, Airtel TV.

This is because Airtel has expanded its robust catalogue with popular channels, African Movie Channel (AMC Movies), AMC Series and Nolly Africa.

AMC Movies is undoubtedly one of Africa’s most recognized and most popular entertainment channels, offering 24-hour access to a selection of Africa’s most successful and critically acclaimed movies to a diverse and wide-ranging audience across sub-Saharan Africa.

For enthusiasts of talk shows, magazine shows, and TV series, AMC Series will be one of the fan-favourites on the Airtel TV platform, as the channel showcases some of the best and award-winning TV soaps, comedy and drama series Nollywood has to offer, including exclusive movies from African Movie Channel’s very own production division, AMCOP – AMC Original Productions.

AMC Series also shows high-quality urban content from all over Africa, giving viewers non-stop entertainment with content cutting across magazine shows, reality productions and a slate of exclusive movies.

On its part, Nolly Africa is popular for its focus on showing carefully curated classic and premium English and non-English language Nollywood movies and series to viewers across sub-Saharan Africa. The channel is also known for showcasing the cultural and aesthetic significance of Nollywood.

According to Airtel, these three channels serve as exciting additions to the extensive Airtel TV catalogue, where Airtel customers have thousands of top-quality entertainment content to choose from, across various channels, including Hollywood blockbusters, music videos, sports, among others.

To enjoy Airtel TV, customers can download the app on Google Play Store and Apple Store then launch and click Register.

Once registration is complete, customers can browse through the catalogue and stream any content or channel of choice.

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