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- 7 Feb 2013
BBC Sport Launches Free International iPhone, iPod Touch App
BBC Sport has released a free mobile application for iPhone and iPod touch devices for international users. The customisable app provides football transfer news, along with live text coverage of many…
- 17 Jul 2012
BBC Launches Olympics App for Smartphones
The BBC has launched a London 2012 Olympics app for Android and iOS smartphones. The app will provide up to 24 streams of live coverage, detailed schedule and results pages, and daily news stories.…
- 15 Aug 2014
StarTimes’ StarSat Begins Operation
StarTimes has launched it new digital television service StarSat, a digital satellite TV brand, offering a multitude of channels available in simple package choices for subscribers. As Nigeria…
- 7 Feb 2015
More Winners Emerge In StarTimes Jolly Promo
Subscribers, who emerged winners in the second draw of the StarTimes Christmas promo were on Thursday presented with prizes at the StarTimes Iju Ishaga office, Lagos. Some of the winners, who…
- 9 Dec 2016
BBC to Simulcast African Footballer of the Year Live on DStv
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Brit will simulcast the live announcement of African Footballer of the Year from BBC World News for the first time on Monday, 12 December 2016 at 6:30pm.‎…
- 23 Dec 2016
BBC, ITV Locked in £.5m War over Oduba, Nigerian Broadcaster
Television bosses in the UK are reportedly locked in a £500,000 bidding war over British-Nigerian Strictly Come Dancing champion, Ore Oduba, according to the Sun BBC chiefs are worried that the…
- 13 May 2021
Premier League Inks £5Bn TV Broadcast Deal Extension with Partners
Premier League has secured approval in principle for a three-year renewal of its £5 billion TV broadcast rights deal with partners in the United Kingdom. The deal with Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon…
- 4 Dec 2023
Premier League Agrees Record-Breaking £6.7Bn Deal with Sky Sports
Sky Sports will air a minimum of 215 Premier League matches a season as part of a new domestic rights agreement which is worth a record £6.7billion. The broadcaster secured four of the five packages…
- 31 Mar 2016
Windows 10 Now Runs On 270m Active Devices
Microsoft's flagship, Windows 10 innovations, deliver more personal computing and opportunities for developers as it now runs on 270 million active devices. Windows 10 was designed to deliver…
- 29 Aug 2016
GOtv’s Milestones, New Identity @ 5
GOTV, a pay-tv service provider in Nigeria, prides itself as the home of African television that is committed to delivering family entertainment. GOtv’s Launch in Nigeria & Brand…
- 26 Jun 2017
Emirates Unveils Exclusive Offer for Passengers on Economy Class
Emirates Airlines as a firm believer in the popular saying “nothing endears passengers than an exhilarating experience on board flight”, has launched an exclusive offer the class of customers. Truly,…
- 27 Dec 2015
Cc-Hub Discloses Plans for BBC News Labs 2016
‎BBC Connected Studio, the World Service and BBC News Labs are holding a collaborative ideas workshop in Lagos on 18 January 2016 in partnership with Co-Creation Hub. ‎ The aim of the event,…
- 4 Dec 2013
StarTimes Launches Android Mobile TV Phone
StarTimes, the only licensed Digital Terrestrial Television and multiple Award winners for best Digital Pay TV Provider in Nigeria is living to its Vision of providing every family with total…
- 31 Jan 2013
StarTimes Unveils New M50 Mobile TV Phone
StarTimes, one of the leading pay digital TV providers in Nigeria, has unveiled StarTimes M50 Mobile TV Phone and the launch of its free door-to-door service, as part of the activities put in place…
- 13 Oct 2016
Nuvu: Ericsson Signs Major Content Deals
Ericsson on Thursday announced the signing of deals with leading content distributors for its subscription video on demand (VOD) service, Nuvu. Through the deals, Ericsson has acquired more than…
- 16 Jan 2017
Ericsson Inks Exclusive Deal with 20th Century Fox TV Distribution
Ericsson has entered into exclusive, multi-year feature film deal with leading international content distributor 20th Century Fox Television Distribution, for its subscription video on demand (VOD)…
- 26 Nov 2016
Nuvu: Ericsson, 20th Century Fox Television Distribution Ink Film Licensing Deal
Ericsson on Friday announced an exclusive, multi-year feature film deal with leading international content distributor, 20th Century Fox Television Distribution, for its subscription video on demand…
- 20 Sept 2020
Extreme E Partners StarTimes to Broadcast Series across Africa
Electric off-road motor racing series Extreme E has signed a three-year agreement with digital TV operator StarTimes to broadcast the series live across the African continent. The deal will see…
- 25 Jun 2020
BBC World Service Partners MTN to Curb Spread of Fake News
BBC World Service has partnered with MTN Nigeria to deliver BBC News Minute bulletins which will be free of charge to subscribers of the MyMTN App in English, Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin and Yoruba. This is…
- 28 Dec 2019
Airtel Launches TV Platform, Inks Partnership with Trace Africa
Airtel Nigeria, has taken steps to redefine the television viewing experience for its customers with the unveiling of Airtel TV, a one stop platform for everything entertainment – live TV, music…
- 7 Jul 2008
HiTV’s "Nigeria Reality Show " Gets Starcomms Backing
Starcomms, Nigeria’s 4 th largest telecommunications operator and leading "triple-play" (mobile, fixed wireless voice, wireless broadband) provider has emerged the lead sponsor of…
- 6 Dec 2019
Emanuella, Aiyetoro and UEFA most watched on YouTube by Nigerians in 2019
YouTube has released YouTube Rewind, which celebrates the biggest moments on YouTube from 2019. The top trending videos in Nigeria for 2019 reflect the nation’s love of sport and entertainment. The…
- 11 Jun 2012
BBC Focuses On Africa
After its first broadcast to Africa more than 80 years ago, BBC has announced its first-ever dedicated daily TV news programme in English for African audiences. The new programme, BBC Focus on…
- 7 Dec 2021
MultiChoice Partners Udemy, Global Online Learning Platform
MultiChoice, Africa’s leading entertainment provider, is partnering with Udemy, a global leader in online learning, to provide access to thousands of high-quality courses to enable DStv and GOtv…
- 18 Apr 2016
Over 20 NEW Channels to Launch on ‘DStv Now’
DStv Now, the online service that brings you all the shows you want to watch and when you want to watch them, has been made it even bigger and better with the addition of over 20 new channels. This…
- 20 Oct 2016
DStv Compact Plus: Gets Bigger, Better with 11 new channels
In a major revamp of DStv Compact Plus, customers will enjoy more fantastic channels with buzzworthy original series plus hilarious local sitcoms, riveting talk shows and thought-provoking…
- 29 Mar 2014
Easter Comes Early as StarTimes Dangles Gift @ Open Week
StarTimes, only licensed Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) pay TV operator in Nigeria is offering its customers an early Easter gift through its Open Week that will run from April 7 to 13, when…
- 9 Nov 2019
DStv Offers Premium Subscribers Mouthwatering Content This Festive Season
Scrolling through the regular channels on your television package, trying to find the best movies and new series to watch might be as frustrating as navigating through the traffic. Hectic, yeah? With…
- 27 Jun 2012
Lerato Mbele to Present New BBC Radio Show for African Audiences
The BBC has announced today that it is to launch a new flagship radio programme Newsday on the BBC World Service aimed largely at the breakfast audience in Africa. Lerato Mbele, previously a star of…
- 1 Mar 2020
DStv Boosts the Step Up Offer with Higher Reward
With the recently concluded DStv’s February Pay and get Upgraded Step Up offer, DStv customers need not fret because the deals keep coming! From Monday 1 March 2020, active Access, Family, Compact,…