ROK shut London down
with the biggest Nollywood gala event to ever hit the city of London on the 1st
of October 2016.
Rok on Sky held a
huge launch party at 8 Northumberland Ave, in celebration of the new channel
that launched on Sky channel 344.
The award-winning
Nollywood film studio, headed up by actress and producer Mary Njoku, is now
live and kicking on Sky Channel 344.
Nollywood
glitterati, included Mercy Aigbe-Gentry, Yvonne Jegede, Patience Ozokwor,
Desmond Elliot, Alexx Ekubo, John Dumelo, Jackie Appiah, Rukky Sanda, Emem
Isong, Mike Godson, Queen Nwokoye, Oge Okoye, Bolanle Ninalowo, Mbong Amata,
Uche Odoputa, Ebube Nwagbo, Uduak Isong, Mary Lazarus, Padita Agu, Jennifer
Eliogu, Bobby Obodo,Kelechi Ogbonna, Agu Emeka Ejikeme, Biodun Stephen and many
more.
On the red carpet,
the Nollywood stars mingled with their UK-based colleagues and influential
Nigerians, as well as many Rok fans.
Also in attendance
were DJ Cuppy, Smade, DJ Abass, Shope Olajide, Femi Oyeniran, Alex Amosu, Grace
Ajilore, Victoria Inyama, Theodora Ibekwe Oyebade and many more.
The night did not
stop there, the after party took place in Cirque du Lagos, where the stars and
VIP guests partied the night away.
Rok is a brand new
channel that will be programmed with thousands of hours of Rok Studios-produced
TV shows and movies, 24 hours a day, seven days a week and will be available to
all Sky subscribers on channel 344.
The free-to-view
channel will be fully programmed, produced and developed in-house, by Rok teams
in Lagos and London.
The channel launches
with blockbuster titles such as Husbands of Lagos, Desperate Housegirls, Losing
Control and Cougars, and going forward, Rok viewers will be the first to watch
new and exclusive homegrown Rok content, before it goes anywhere else.
Here are some of the
pictures from the event
Rok media partners include Bella Naija, Battabox, Pulse.ng, The Voice, New African Woman, The Beat London 103.6 and Voxafrica.
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