Soul of the South Network – launched in May 2013 – has signed a content distribution agreement with Arise TV. The agreement states that Arise TV will supply five and a half hours of co-branded daily news to the network.
Soul of the South Network operates TV stations and provides programming for more than two-dozen affiliates aimed at African-Americans. Most of the stations operated by Soul of the South are in the southern United States and in large northern cities with a significant African-American population.
On 29 September, Soul of the South announced that it had added WMDE in Washington, D.C. as its latest affiliate, beginning 1 October 2014.
Arise TV has offices in London, New York, Johannesburg and Lagos, and is an emerging 24-hour news and entertainment channel aimed at promoting all that is African and Afropolitan across all continents.
According to The Hollywood Reporter Doug McHenry, CEO of Soul of the South commented, “This deal further solidifies our commitment to news and information programming…We will broadcast five and a half hours of news daily, along with our original programs and syndicated product.”
“This deal provides us with a vitally important presence in the US broadcast market, and gives Soul of the South viewers a never before available perspective on the news beyond their own borders,” Nduka Obaigbena, chairman and founder of Arise TV, said in a statement.
