by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this interview, Debra Odutuyo of MTA Productions talks about her new TV comedy show with T Boy (@dontjealousme), which takes the YouTube comedy star from Meet The Adebanjos and makes him the focus of a new show, The Adventures of T Boy.
Odutuyo discusses who T Boy is, as well as:
- how the TV show came to be made;
- the story set-up of the show;
- an update of the second season of Meet The Adebanjos;
- the success of Meet The Adebanjos on SABC in South Africa;
- and the distribution plans for T Boy which will launch on the Evening Standard’s new TV channel London Live.
Russell Southwood is the founder of Balancing Act and the web TV channel Smart Monkey TV, and has been an analyst in telecoms, internet and broadcast in Africa for the last 14 years. Smart Monkey TV aims to capture the energy at the crossroads between African culture and technology. MarkLives is syndicating content from Smart Monkey TV on a weekly basis for the column “Smart Africa TV”.
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