FEVA TV is a Canadian English language exempt Category B specialty channel that launched on August 28, 2014. The channel's name is an acronym for First Entertainment Voice of Africa, and a Caribbean English spelling of the word "fever." It was founded by Robert Onianwah and Dr. Idahosa Wells Okunbo, and is owned by Wells Multimedia Entertainment Inc.
 FEVA TV logo | |
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | National |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Wells Multimedia Entertainment |
| Key people | Wells Idahosa Okunbo (chairman) Robert Onianwah (president/CEO) |
| History | |
| Launched | August 28, 2014, 10 years ago |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
FEVA TV is the first-ever television channel aimed at Black Canadians. It primarily airs general entertainment programming, including movies, music, comedies, dramas, documentaries, and talk shows.
History
editFEVA originated as an Internet-based video service in September 2013.[1] Shortly after FEVA's launch, the owners began talks with television service providers to launch the service as a television channel. FEVA TV would officially launch as a television channel on August 28, 2014.[2]
The following year, FEVA reached distribution agreements with Flow, which rolled out the channel in Summer 2015 to the Caribbean; including Antigua, Barbados, Curaçao, Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent & the Grenadines.[3]
In September 2016, FEVA launched in the United States as a digital sub-channel of WDFL-LD channel 18; a low-powered television station in Miami, Florida.[4]
In Summer 2021, FEVA reached its first African distribution agreement with Azam TV, launching on its system in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, and Malawi.[5]
In February 2022, FEVA would go to Jamaica to shoot two episodes We Outside, an original series produced for the planned launch of FEVA Music.[6] That same year, the Comcast/NBCUniversal-backed AfroLandTV partnered with Fast Channels TV and FEVA to launch a FEVA-branded FAST channel.[7]
In August 2024, FreeCast announced it would distribute FEVA TV in the United States as a FAST channel.[8]
References
edit- ^ FEVA TV: New WebTV Channel Brings African and Caribbean Entertainment to Canada PRWeb.com 10-15-13
- ^ FEVA TV HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN LAUNCHED! Nollywood Access 08-29-14; archived on December 20, 2016
- ^ Flow Catches the FEVA… CWC press release 07 17 15
- ^ FEVA TV - WELCOME TO MIAMI FEVA TV Tumblr blog 09-23-16
- ^ LinkedIn post, retrieved 2021-12-10
- ^ Jamaican artistes get spotlight on FEVA’s ‘We Outside’ Jamaica Gleaner February 21, 2022; retrieved August 4, 2024
- ^ [1] Advanced Television, November 23, 2022; retrieved August 4, 2024
- ^ African Entertainment Channel FEVA TV Comes to FreeCast Batonrouge News Reporter, August 19, 2024; retrieved September 30, 2024
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