Soundcity Explains Why They Don’t Play P- Sqaure Videos

P-Square vs
Soundcity
Popular music station Soundcity TV have
explained why they don’t air P-Square
videos anymore.
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The whole brouhaha began after a fan
noticed that the channel hadn’t played
any of the duo’s videos in a while.
Been a while soundcity played
any of psquare’s videos, hmm
— FISH MOONEY (@Tygaresss1)
July 9, 2015
Peter Okoye responded to the fan, telling
fans not to “waste their time” and
“ignore” Soundcity.
Don’t waste ur time dear… They
will not play them … Pls keep
watching Trace TV, Mtvbase
HipTv n Afropop. Thanks https://
t.co/6sZu8lJTsg
— Peter Okoye (@PeterPsquare)
September 10, 2015
Ignore that channel pls and keep
watching us on great channels
like Mtvbase,Tracetv,HipTv and
Afropop thanks https://t.co/
xqwsskHU10 — Peter Okoye
(@PeterPsquare) September 10,
2015
Dear fans, we see your complains
about the absence of our videos
on @SOUNDCITYtv , just to clear
the air they refuse to play us. —
Peter Okoye (@PeterPsquare)
September 10, 2015
Pls keep watching us on other
reliable channel like Mtvbase,
HipTv, Tracetv, Afropop and other
terrestrial channels. Thanks for
the love.
— Peter Okoye (@PeterPsquare)
September 10, 2015
Soundcity released a statement shortly
after, explaining their side of the deal.
Their statement read:
We have assisted the #PSquare brand,
toured with them over Africa at our
expense. Gave them ad-spots for their
events / projects. Gave them prime time
slots for their videos and included them in
our array of Programmes / programming.
We invited #PSquare to one of our annual
events last December 2014 and they
insisted we pay a certain amount of
money. We reasonably asked, what is the
least we can offer?; this was us foregoing
the fact that we had invested a lot in
#PSquare’s career as music talents /
artistes & entertainers.
The feedback was, “WHAT HAS
SOUNDCITY EVER DONE FOR PSQUARE?
TELL ME ONE THING SOUNDCITY HAS
EVER DONE FOR PSQUARE” (Jude Okoye,
Manager). While we understand that this
is business, there is also room for special
consideration.
Saying our TV brand has never done
anything for #PSquare was quite
damning. Clearly, there was no need to
argue with their decision and reasoning.
We decided to stop ‘doing anything’ with/
for #PSquare, since our 10years of
supporting the group meant nothing to
them. We assumed our relationship was a
mutually beneficial one, but clearly one-
sided.