Caribbean woman in vibrant headwrap and beaded jewelry
Stream Launch · Jan 2027

Where Culture
Lives.

From Kingston to Kinshasa. Accra to Antigua. Lagos to London. Brooklyn to Brixton. KULCHA is where the 1.4-billion-person diaspora lives, streams, and pays its creators.

Live Jan 2027 Streaming Worldwide
Portrait — diaspora storytelling
A Cultural Movement, Not a Niche Channel

One platform. One culture.
Many shores.

KULCHA is the streaming home for Caribbean, African, and Black diaspora culture — music, fashion, food, travel, talk, news, sports, scripted storytelling, documentaries, kids programming, and the world’s biggest live cultural events.

No major platform owns the intersection of Caribbean × African × African-American cultural entertainment. KULCHA does. Built for the diaspora, by the diaspora — on infrastructure that scales globally from day one.

1.4B
Global Diaspora
$1.6T
U.S. Black Buying Power
44M+
Caribbean Diaspora · US/UK
The Slate

Five anchor originals.
One always-on pillar.

Premium scripted, live carnivals, late-night culture, daily news, business, sports, and the conversation the diaspora is already having — finally produced.

Bandi — Caribbean crime drama
Anchor No. 01 · Scripted

Bandi

The Wire meets Top Boy — set in the Caribbean

Carnival House — luxury villa
Anchor No. 02 · Reality

Carnival House

Real World meets Spring Bling · Big Six + Toronto + Miami

The Yard — late-night culture talk
Anchor No. 03 · Talk

The Yard

Dialogue for the Culture

Island Table — culinary travel
Anchor No. 04 · Culinary

Island Table

Culinary travel · Caribbean nations + African capitals

Roots & Rhythm — music doc series
Anchor No. 05 · Music Docs

Roots & Rhythm

Afrobeats · Amapiano · Dancehall · Soca · Compas · Hip-Hop

Always-On · News · Talk · Sports
KULCHA Capital — Charmaine Hayden
No. 06 · Business

KULCHA Capital

Founders, deals & the business of culture · Hosted by Charmaine Hayden

KULCHA Kids — children's programming
No. 07 · Kids

KULCHA Kids

Animated stories, music & learning for the next generation

The Line-Up — Chiney Ogwumike
No. 08 · Sports

The Line-Up

Chiney Ogwumike · Aliyah Boston

Chat Bout — Dale Elliott Jr.
No. 09 · Podcast

Chat Bout

Roundtable · music, sports, culture · Hosted by Dale Elliott Jr.

Netflix dabbles. BET dilutes. KULCHA unifies.
— Why Now
Live Events · The Big Six

We own the
cultural calendar.

Live carnival coverage, premium concert capture, and tentpole events streamed straight from the islands and across the diaspora.

No. 01
Trinidad & Tobago
The mothership of Caribbean carnival
Feb / Mar
No. 02
Crop Over
Barbados
Jul / Aug
No. 03
Junkanoo
The Bahamas
Dec / Jan
No. 04
Jamaica Carnival
Kingston
Apr
No. 05
Vincy Mas
St. Vincent
Jun / Jul
No. 06
Spicemas
Grenada
Aug

Plus the diaspora circuit: Mardi Gras (New Orleans), Notting Hill (London), Caribana (Toronto), West Indian Day (Brooklyn), Miami, DC, Atlanta, and Houston.

ARRI: The Queen of Carnival
The KULCHA Film Slate · In Development

ARRI
The Queen of Carnival.

An animated feature. The Caribbean's defining animated film, and the first in a six-film franchise built around the islands' folklore, music, and color.

Written by Yohance Henley. Designed for theatrical release, KULCHA early-window, and global franchise extension — toys, music, fashion, theme experiences.

Moana Coco Princess and the Frog
The Founding Partnership

Atlanta development.
Caribbean execution.

On-screen credibility, multi-platinum music dominance, and the only diaspora streamer with insider production access across every Caribbean territory.

Partner No. 01

John P. Wheatley

Founder & CEO

USVI-born, award-winning director/producer. Credits with Netflix, Revolt, VIACOM CBS, YouTube Studios, and Jesse Collins Entertainment. Producer of the highest-grossing Carnival DVD in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Laughter in Paradise comedy festival. Co-founder of Oswald Avenue.

Partner No. 02

Nikki Barnes Miller

Co-Founder · President of Film & TV Production

Founder of Antillean Entertainment Group — "The Gatekeepers To The Caribbean." Insider access across every territory: fixers, casting, permits, customs, location scouting. Credits with NBC, NASCAR, TV One, TLC, VH1, WE tv, A&E. Atlanta partnership with PC&E.

Partner No. 03

Theron Thomas

Co-Founder · President of Music Division

Multi-platinum songwriter with 16 billion+ song streams. Writing credits with Beyoncé, Rihanna, Usher, Cardi B, Lizzo, Nicki Minaj, Ciara, Chloe Bailey, and Latto. Recent label venture with Warner Music Group. Co-founder of Oswald Avenue.

Oswald Avenue × Antillean Entertainment Group — the structural advantage no other diaspora streamer has.

Founding Cultural Advisory Board

The voices
shaping KULCHA.

A founding cohort of Caribbean and African-heritage talent — shaping the slate, the brand, and the cultural standard from day one.

Winston Duke
Tobago
Rihanna
Barbados
Nia Long
Trinidad
Janelle James
USVI
Jubril Agoro
United Kingdom
Machel Montano
Trinidad
Diana Tejada
Dominican Republic
Mozart La Para
Dominican Republic
Charmaine Hayden
Grenada · Nigeria
Chiney Ogwumike
Nigeria
Aliyah Boston
USVI
Camila Coelho
Brazil

The whole
of the culture.

01
Music
Concerts, docs, premieres, artist interviews.
02
Travel
Diaspora travel guides, expat life.
03
Food
Island Table & indie chef shorts.
04
Fashion & Art
Lagos to Paris runway, designer features.
05
Wellness
Bush medicine, mental wellness, meditation.
06
Fitness
Diaspora trainers, dance fitness, soca aerobics.
07
Kids & Education
KULCHA Kids & ARRI spinoffs.
08
Spirituality & Roots
Faith, Rastafari, Yoruba, gospel, ancestral practice.
09
Talk & News
The Yard · Chat Bout · KULCHA Capital.
10
Business
KULCHA Capital & founder docs.
11
Sports
The Line-Up, creator network, live events.
12
Scripted & Film
Bandi, ARRI, indie acquisitions.
The Platform

Enterprise-grade
streaming on day one.

We launch on best-in-class OTT infrastructure that powers thousands of premium creators worldwide — so we ship content, not engineering tickets.

Every device
Web · iOS · Android · Roku · Apple TV · Fire TV · Chromecast · Samsung & LG TVs.
Global delivery
Adaptive HD/4K · global CDN · DRM-protected · geo-controls.
Four revenue models
SVOD subscriptions · AVOD ad tiers · TVOD rentals · live PPV events.
Native live streaming
Built-in live infrastructure for carnivals, concerts, and tentpole PPV.
Audience

Who we're
built for.

Primary

Diaspora Adults 18–54

Caribbean, African, and African-American adults across the U.S., Caribbean basin, U.K., Canada, and continental Africa.

Secondary

Multicultural Gen Z & Millennials

Globally connected viewers who follow Black culture, music, fashion, and food — wherever they live.

Tertiary

Families & Elders

Households seeking culturally affirming kids content, and elders seeking music, faith, and nostalgia programming.

Sponsor & Brand Partner Targets

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Join the Founding Class

Be there from the
very first stream.

Founding members get early access to the slate, locked launch pricing, a digital founder card, and a vote on what KULCHA programs next.