Vuvu AMP turns up this Summer with 5 hot Television series

Vuzu AMP, DStv’s premier youth brand is turning up the heat on content across Africa this summer. The channel has recently acquired a number of leading crime, action and comedy series to keep our viewers entertained from spring, well into the holiday season and beyond. On the back of international hits, Vuzu AMP has secured major deals with leading studios like: HBO, Starz, NBC, Disney and ABC. With Vuzu AMP, this summer is sure to be a sizzler.

Power

Studio: Starz

Series premieres: 31 October 2015

A bold look into the New York world of clubs, drugs, and the struggle for absolute power. A crime drama with Omari Hardwick in the lead, alongside Curtis Jackson ‘50 Cent’ and Naturi Naughton, best known for her performance as ‘Lil Kim’ in Fox Searchlight’s film Notorious.

NOTE: Executive produced by Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson Power is now Starz’s most popular original series on record.

Survivor’s Remorse

Studio: Starz

Series premieres: 31 August 2015

New comedy series, Survivor’s Remorse follows Cam Calloway, a basketball wonder in his early 20s who is suddenly thrust into the limelight after signing a multi-million dollar contract with a professional basketball team in Atlanta. Cam, and an unforgettable group of characters, wrestle with the rewards and pitfalls of newfound stardom, love, and loyalty.

“As much a smart, character-driven drama as it is a comedy” – San Fransisco Chronicles

“One of the funnier half-hours on television” – The New York Times

Quantico

Studio: Disney

Series premieres: 28 September 2015

An express from the US look at the lives of young FBI recruits training at the Quantico base in Virginia. This fresh action thriller features Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra, and Aunjanue Ellis of The Help, alongside action star Jake McLaughlin of Warrior and Safe House.

TEASER: Soon into the season, things get very complicated when the series’ protagonist is Alex Parrish (Priyanka Chopra), an FBI trainee has an affair with another recruit.

How to Get Away With Murder

Studio: ABC

Series premieres: 11 January 2016

A group of ambitious law students and their influential criminal defense professor become entwined in a twisted murder plot. The intrigue intensifies as a number of lives are drawn into the web of deceit and danger.

Starring veteran actress Viola Davis, Billy Brown and Alfred Enoch.

Heroes Reborn

Studio: NBC

Series premieres: 29 September 2015

A sci-fi drama series based in Odessa, Texas as a continuation of NBC’s successful serial drama series Heroes. Blamed for a recent terrorist attack, citizens with extraordinary abilities are in hiding from their malicious neighbours.

Starring screen veteran Jack Coleman of Heroes, Ryan Guzman of Step Up All In and teen star Gatlin Green.