Tube Afrique, organisers of the Tube Awards, is now accepting submissions for television content broadcast between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021.
The announcement was made at a recent grand unveiling of the television awards ceremony.
The award show, which positions itself as an accelerator for innovation and growth in the television space, listed 27 categories to honour film creatives and professionals.
The organisers also noted that all programmes are expected to meet the requirements of being via cable, terrestrial, or digital platforms. Compulsorily, entries must have been developed, filmed, and broadcast in one of the regions in Africa.
The Tube Afrique also announced that the award ceremony is scheduled to hold in December 2022.
Niran Adedokun, an entertainment journalist who birthed the idea 20 years ago, explained the strong influence television broadcasting plays in shaping lifestyles and the need to celebrate TV’s finest contributors.
“Ultimately, what we watch on TV affects us,”
In his welcome address, he said: “When television has transcended from that tube in a box which we return to every night into tablets and phones that we hold in our palm, we must then be concerned about the medium that it feeds us. If we are concerned about the content that we consume from television, we must also consider the people who produce that content for us.”
