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George Quaye Explains Why Charterhouse Has Parted Ways With GhOne TV

Head of Communication at Charter House, George Quaye says contrary to what Ghanaians are speculating, the organization didn’t part ways with GhOne TV due to any ‘beef’.

Few days ago, Chatterhouse announced that it had signed a new partnership agreement with Media General, owners of TV3.

This agreement, gives them the right as media partners for this year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.

However, until the news, GhOne has over the years been the media partners for the awards scheme.

As usual, Ghanaians sensed some kind of ‘beef’ and descended heavily on Chatterhouse.

This has therefore prompted the explanation from the organization’s Head of Communication.

According to Mr. Quaye, Charter House does not have problems with GHOne TV.

Mr. Quaye was speaking in an interview on Zylofon Media.

He indicated that they had embraced change and that they have no problem with Gh One TV.

He noted that over the years, they had been approached by several other media outlets for the coverage. Hence they decided to embrace change this year which is why they had a different media partner.

Mr. Quaye urged the media should always learn to embrace change because that is what growth means.

He advised the media to desist from tagging negativity to any news they come across.

 

2017 Was A Difficult Year For Ghana’s Showbiz, Nigeria Posed Great Threat – George Quaye

George Quaye, an entertainment critic, says 2017 was a difficult year for Ghana’s entertainment industry especially in the area of movies and outdoor events.

According to him, event organizers could not stand on their own strengths. He also added that they had to rely on corporate sponsorship which was not easy to attract due to several limitations.

George Quaye was speaking to Nana Hemaa, co-host of Abusua Mmr3, the mid-morning entertainment show on Abusua FM in Kumasi.

George Quaye Speaks

‘with our music, I think we did fairly well as and it was great. New artists were introduced into the industry and they also performed creditably well,’ he said.

‘Artists such as The Kidi, Kwame Eugene, B4Bona, Ebony…I mean you name them, they all did very well and made us proud.

‘Shatta, Samini, Sarkodie, Stonebwoy all released great tunes and it added to their old achievements. I mean these are guys that are already celebrated in the industry,’ he observed.

Responding to why Ghanaian artists couldn’t make an impact on the international stage in terms of awards and recognition, he said it is one of the major challenges that needs to be highlighted.

‘Nigerian artists have always beaten their Ghanaian counterparts to awards and recognition. And I am sure until we do something differently in terms of investments and others, we will hardly catch up.

‘We can never compare ourselves to the Nigerian acts because they do more collaborations with artists from other countries to get recognized and our people here don’t do that,’ Quaye revealed.

He has therefore called on Ghanaian artists to re-brand themselves well and do more collaborations as well.