Hectic Nine-9

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Hectic Nine-9
GenreInteractive Magazine and Entertainment Teen
Created byOkuhle Media
Country of originSouth Africa
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationsCape Town, South Africa
Production companyOkuhle Media
Original release
Network SABC 2
Release1 October 2007 (2007-10-01)

Hectic Nine-9 is a South African teen television live interactive magazine show produced by Okuhle Media [1] for SABC 2. It is South Africa's Flagship Youth Entertainment Show [2] and the second longest running youth program on SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation). The program focuses on the latest local and international celebrity news and gossip, trending topics, games, music, and fashion. [3] [4]

Contents

Content

Hectic Nine-9 generates a wide variety of theme based content covering local and international news and topics. Weekdays are broken down into specific themes such as:

Specials and Sub Shows

Hectic Nine-9 has given rise to many specials, sub shows, and spin off series.

FIFA World Cup Animation Series

A 32-part animation series developed for the 2010 FIFA World Cup highlighting each country playing in the 2010 FIFA world Cup hosted in South Africa. The series focused on the significance of particular national and cultural elements for each country as a means of educating South Africa's youth on the cultures of the people who would be visiting South Africa during the tournament. Countries covered included: South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England, Australia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Honduras, Mexico, United States, New Zealand, Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Denmark, France, Greece, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland.

RAWkus

A musically based talent series where participants auditioned their musical talents through multiple judging and elimination rounds. Successful participants worked their way through to the final round where a winner was selected by popular viewership vote. Each round participants received feedback from judges who were leaders in the South African music industry.

Survive It

Participants engaged in survival style challenges over a 48hr period to be crowned the ultimate Hectic Nine-9 survivor.

Signal High

A local teen drama filmed in Cape Town, Signal High began as a mini series on Hectic Nine-9, earning its own time slot on SABC 2 in 2018.

Hectic Takeover

A campaign that harnessed fans’ enthusiasm for the show into practical industry training. For a total of three weeks interns were mentored by the show's production team as they learned the ropes of live television. At the end of the three weeks the production team handed over the show for one full episode to the interns. Hectic Takeover was a national success.

Concept

Hectic Nine-9 is a teen television program produced by Okuhle Media that airs every weekday from 4:30-5pm on SABC2.

Based on the concept of ‘smart, connected viewing’, Hectic Nine-9 (HN9 for short) offers a variety of content that appeals to a primary target audience of 13-18years old. Hectic Nine-9 (HN9) adapts their content to viewer feedback using their extensive following on social media platforms.

HN9 is a Broadcast Commission under the SABC Children's Department, and has recently been included under the SABC Education Department. Hectic Nine-9 aligns their content to teen viewing aimed at empowering the youth of South Africa. [5]

Presenters

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References

  1. ↑ "Okuhle Media". Okuhle Media.
  2. ↑ "HN9 | SABC2 | Youth Entertainment Show | South Africa | Home". www.hn9.co.za. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. ↑ "Hectic Nine-9". SABC 2.
  4. ↑ "Spotlight On: Hectic Nine-9 | Tashi's TV | TVSA". www.tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  5. ↑ "Hectic Nine-9 Expands Bouquet of Teen Viewing". SABC Education.
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