Hip TV set to launch on DStv Friday 18 October

Nigerian music and lifestyle station, Hip TV, is set to launch its new 24-hour channel on (DStv 324) and (GOtv 74) on Friday, October 18 in Lagos.

According to the producers, a live event to mark the news and lifestyle channel will hold at Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

They add that the channel will offer rich contents on news, events, documentaries, rotations, red carpet events, features, interviews and many more. Hip TV, which launched in 2007, is the broadcast arm of Smooth Promotions, parent company of Hip Hop World magazine and awards show, The Headies, as well as Street Hop  and Veterans’ Nite.

The station  rolled out its own 24 hour channel on cable platform HiTV in June 2011, but later folded up four months later.