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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were pictured arriving in New York City on Monday, Dec. 5, ahead of the release of their Netflix docuseries, “Harry & Meghan.”
The Duke ad Duchess of Sussex stepped off their private jet and were greeted by a group of friends on the tarmac.
Harry, 38, wore a white button-down and black slacks while Meghan Markle, 41, opted for an all-black ensemble.
The couple soon got into a black SUV to head into the city.
The Federal Government says it plans to regulate streaming and online content providers such as Netflix, expressing worry that they can be exploited to “cause chaos” and undermine Nigeria’s democratic processes.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed made the disclosure at a two-day conference, adding that the popularity and demand of streaming services in Nigeria has grown with the COVID-19 pandemic, “hence its regulation.”
Federal government and industry stakeholders discussed “the implication of Nigeria censorship laws and regulatory framework for Over-The-Top (OTT) streaming services and content providers in Nigeria.”
Mohammed who was represented by Director, Information and Technology in the ministry, Comfort Ajiboye, reiterated his position that social media and streaming services can be used “to cause chaos and undermine democratic processes.”
The conference was organised by the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) on Wednesday in Lagos, along with practitioners and stakeholders in the entertainment and creative industry.
In his opening address, Executive Director and CEO of the NFVCB, Adedayo Thomassaid the conference was to brainstorm on creating policies to regulate streamers and content providers in Nigeria.
With over 50 per cent internet penetration, it has become imperative to convene this conference to bring together stakeholders and legislators in a conversation so as to come up with crystal policies on the regulation of streamers and content providers,” Thomas said.
The NFVCB boss said streaming service providers were unable to self-regulate, reason why their operations were now being discussed at the conference with the theme, “Nigeria Digital Content Regulation”.
Thomas, however, pledged that, “the goal of regulation is not to stifle creativity but to create sanity and encourage healthy competition for socio-economic gains.”
At the conference as a panelist was Netflix Director of Public Policy, Sub-Saharan Africa, Shola Sanni.
Participants include members of the various Guilds in Nollywood which included the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) and Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN).
Others are the Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Theatre and Movie Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN), among others.
Korean movie director and playwright, Hwang Dong-Hyuk, revealed on Tuesday the movie streaming platform, Netflix, rejected the blockbuster series, Squid Game, 12 years ago.
Dong-Hyuk told the Korean Times that the series was written in 2008 and submitted for production in 2009.
He added that the script was rejected and turned down by numerous production companies, including Netflix.
“After about 12 years, the world has changed into a place where such peculiar, violent survival stories are actually welcomed,” the playwright said.
Originally titled: “Round Six,” the project got the streaming platform’s greenlight in 2019.
The nine-episode series was premiered in September.
Netflix have again commended Nigerian comic skit-makers, Ikorodu Bois for the ingenuity with which they execute their craft.
The talented child actors recently recreated the trailer of a Netflix produced movie; Army Of The Dead, and it got the attention of the American content and production company.
Army of the dead is a post-apocalyptic Hollywood movie which shows how a group of mercenaries fight to survive in a world taken over by Zombies.
Ikorodu Bois remade the trailer with spot on spot details and it impressed the movie production company.
Netflix shared a side by side video of the original trailer and the Instagram skit-making kids version with the caption;
”The level of detail and creativity in the Ikorodu Bois’ (@IkoroduB) remake of the ARMY OF THE DEAD trailer is simply out of this world.”
Watch the video below:
