Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) As part of its plan to strengthen its position in Africa's movie market, French media giant, Canal+ Group, has acquired Nigerian production studio, ROK film studios from VOD company IROKO TV.

Canal+ Group has been quietly making moves in Nollywood, one of the world's largest film industries, and is now looking to create more African original content.

According to a statement released by ROK on Monday, the studio, launched in 2013 by actor and producer, Mary Njoku, is Nigeria's largest production house with more than 500 movies and 25 TV shows.

The organization currently produce Ghanaian and Nigerian movies, reaching 15 million subscribers across DSTV and GOTV platforms, the statement said.

Njoku says that Canal+ is working with ROK because the studio has the ability to create Nollywood content at scale.

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