The First African-American TV Network w/ 6 Channels Launch on March 24 at the Houston Museum of African American Culture

For Immediate Release

Houston, Texas - March 14, 2011 - TelAfric Television Network is North America's first African American owned Television Network featuring six channels with content programming in film, music, sports, news, talk shows, soaps and more from around the global African Diaspora. The Houston Museum of African American Culture will host the official launch event of TelAfric Television Network on March 24, 2011. The evening will be filled with live performances, guest speakers including; Dr. Chido Nwangwu (Founder/Publisher of first African-owned US-based Online newspaper), representatives from the National United Black Front's Houston Chapter, the Honorary Counsel General of Barbados; Mr. L. Browne, and more. The launch will be hosted by Radio One/ H TV's young and talented personality Kwame Hall (Da Boi Genius).The TelAfric Television Network Launch takes place on March 24, 2011 at the Houston Museum of African American Culture, located at 4807 Caroline Street., Houston, TX 77004. Doors open at 6 P.M. and event ends at 9 P.M. The event is free, with hors d'oeuvres available. The public can rsvp by emailing: rsvp@fordpublicity.com or calling (647) 297-3148 

TelAfric Television Network provides 24/7 access to prime ethnic focused television channels and programmes that cater to the viewing tastes of peoples of African descent from around the world.
The mission of TelAfric Television Network is to complement the extremely limited number of broadcast channels available to the African Diaspora population in North America. The channels being offered by TelAfric Television are BEN TV, Original Black Entertainment TV (OBE TV), HiTV, Shakes Entertainment TV (SETV), Kairos Afro-Gospel Channel, African Diaspora Channel (ADTV), and 2 pay per-view channels offering movies. Our channels provide the best in sports, news, talk shows, soaps, movies, documentaries and entertainment. For more information please visit: www.telafrictv.com 

About the Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC)
The mission of HMAAC is to collect, conserve, explore, interpret, and exhibit the material and intellectual culture of Africans and African Americans in Houston, the state of Texas, the southwest and the African Diaspora for current and future generations.  While our focus is the African American experience, our story in Texas informs and includes not only people of colour, but people of all colours.  As a result, the stories and exhibitions that HMAAC will bring to Texas are about the indisputable fact that while our experience is a unique one, it has been impacted by numerous races, genders and ethnicities. Visit: www.hmaac.org 

Interview requests with the owners of TelAfric Television Network are available upon request.


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Tiffany Ford
Ford Publicity
Email: tiffany@fordpublicity.com
Phone: (647) 297-3148