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Who owns Rok Studios?

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Jan 29, 2024
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Rok Studios is a Nigerian film production company. Its production studios is based in Anthony Village, Lagos Nigeria.

  • Location: Nigeria
  • founder: Mary Njoku
  • Year: August 2013
  • Content: entertainment/ Nollywood show

In August 2013, Njoku founded ROK Studios. Since its launch in 2013, ROK has produced over 540 films and 25 original TV series, including Festac Town, Single Ladies, Body language, Losing Control and Husbands of Lagos.

In 2016, Njoku launched ROK on Sky, a network airing across the UK. To celebrate the launch, some of her Nollywood colleagues attended the launch gala which took place at the Nigerian High Commission in the UK.

Njoku also launched ROK on DSTV, a network airing across Africa, in the same year. In April 2018, ROK Studios launched two new channels, ROK2 and ROK3, to meet growing demand of ROK on DSTV.

ROK2 delivers content showcasing the origins of Nollywood, while ROK3 showcases a variety of Ghanaian talent, and has a music channel feature in addition to the 24hr movie and series selection.

In July 2019, ROK was acquired by Canal+ Group. Mary Njoku stays on as director general of ROK under the Canal+ acquisition. this become the largest international deal to-date for a Nollywood brand.

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