Movie producer Ola Michael believes that the launch and operation of Agya Koo TV platform, is a total waste of time and energy.
Though the industry player notes that no huge amount of money was needed for the project, he stated that the platform has not benefited the industry in any way.
Two years ago, the NPP government, through the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture, in collaboration with 2C digital media, launched the Agya Koo TV platform.
“we are in the business of placing Ghanaian content at the disposal of viewers worldwide and the artistes are signed on to produce popular content, including already existing content, that will run as a series in the name of the artistes and it is already showing on most of the mobile phones”, Catherine Afeku, the then Tourism Minister stated at the launch.
Despite this initial goal, Ola Michael believes Agya Koo TV was just a political move by the NPP to reward Agya Koo for campaigning for the incumbent government.
He stated that government could have invested in a stand-alone app like Netflix, where movie producers would put their content and make some revenue.
“Government could have invested in a stand-alone app like a Ghana Movie app, where people pay and watch like the Netflix app, that would have been a more beneficial and profitable and a wise decision to have taken than doing it because Agya Koo is an NPP person and he campaigned for you”, he said.
Ola Michael has urged President Akufo-Addo to support the movie industry with capital to save it from collapse.
