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- 8 Jan 2014
Channels TV Wins Best Nigerian TV Award for the 8th Time
Channels TV, the award-winning independent Nigerian broadcaster, is delighted to announce that The Federal Republic of Nigeria's Media Merit Award Trust has recently awarded it the prestigious "Best…
- 20 Nov 2017
Kwesé TV Adds Hip TV to its Channel Line-Up
Kwesé TV has added Hip TV, an urbane contemporary music and lifestyle channel for a youthful audience, to its channel line-up. Available on channel 610, the channel is known and respected for…
- 31 Jul 2013
Mo Abudu’s EbonyLife TV Toasts New TV Channel
Mo Abudu, Nigerian media personality and entrepreneur said that she is delighted to have created EbonyLife TV- a channel that appeals to Africa's most important demographic and one that can sit…
- 2 Feb 2024
Youtube Deletes TB Joshua’s Emmanuel TV Channel
Youtube has deleted TB Joshua’s Emmanuel TV Channel on it’s platform. Emmanuel TV which had over 800,000 followers on YouTube and over 100 million views was run by the late founder of the Synagogue…
- 27 Apr 2021
NBC Says Channels TV Apologised for Breach of Broadcasting Code
Channels Television has apologised over its infraction of the broadcasting code, according to Mrs Franca Aiyetan, director of Public Affairs, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Aiyetan, in an…
- 17 May 2018
Channels TV Reporter Dies in Yobe
Jonathan Gopep, Channels TV reporter in Yobe state, is dead. He died after a brief illness at Yobe State Specialist Hospital, Damaturu on Thursday. Aged 47 years, the late Gopep was a graduate…
- 4 Nov 2019
Pineapple TV Launches on Startimes Network Channel 129
Pineapple TV is Africa’s first dedicated Children’s and Family TV Channel, has launched on Startimes Network Channel 129 Pineapple TV, delivers safe, fun, and quality ‘Afro - Centric…
- 10 Dec 2013
StarTimes Bags Most Outstanding Digital Pay TV Channel
StarTimes, fastest growing pay TV in Nigeria, has been adjudged as the most outstanding digital pay TV Channel in Nigeria for the year 2013. This award was given by the Nigeria Broadcaster Merit…
- 5 Jun 2020
OurTv Cancels Monthly Subscription, Offers 18 Free TV Channels
OurTv, the recently launched digital television service is offering 18 unique and exciting channels absolutely free. At just N11, 900 for the decoder otherwise set top box, a subscriber can enjoy a…
- 27 May 2019
NIGCOMSAT Partners NextTV to Launch Satellite TV with 140 Channels
Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) has launched channels satellite TV on the Direct-To-Home (DTH) platform in collaboration with NextTV. The satellite TV service with 140 channels is a…
- 7 Mar 2014
StarTimes Bags Digital Pay TV Channel of the Year Award
StarTimes, fastest growing Pay TV in Nigeria, has been awarded a certificate of Merit as the Digital pay TV Channel of the year 2014 by the Center for Leadership and Excellence in recognition of its…
- 10 Mar 2019
Channels TV, NTA, Others in Trouble over Election Broadcast
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Channels TV, NTA, and 43 other television and radio stations, N500, 000 each for infractions made in their broadcast during the campaigns for the just…
- 4 Nov 2020
#EndSARS: Group Asks NBC to Revoke Licenses of Channels Tv, Others
Coalition of Civil Societies for Police Reform and National Unity has threatened to take legal action against Arise News TV, Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Channels Television if the…
- 24 Aug 2015
Channels TV, UN Pen MoU on News Coverage
Channels Television has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations on news coverage. “It is a great pleasure for me to deliver a very important project which has been discussed and…
- 26 Apr 2021
SERAP to Sue FG over Suspension of Channels TV’s Politics Today
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to sue the Federal Government over suspension of Channels TV’s Politics Today . The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) had…
- 15 Apr 2021
TB Joshua’s TV Channel Suspended on YouTube over Alleged Hate Speech
YouTube has suspended Emmanuel TV, popular Christian television channel, owned by Pastor TB Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations. The suspension was announced by Pastor TB Joshua, the…
- 9 Apr 2023
SERAP Sue Buhari Over N5m Fine on Channels TV for Interview with Datti Baba-Ahmed
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over the N5 million fine…
- 10 Nov 2013
StarTimes Bags Best Pay Digital TV Channel Award
StarTimes, the fastest growing pay TV in Nigeria, has been adjudged as the best pay digital channel provider in Nigeria for the year 2013. This award was given by the P-126 Media Limited for the…
- 10 May 2021
Multichoice Scraps M-Net +1 TV Channel 5 Years after Launch
Multichoice, Africa's leading entertainment company, has announced the axing of one of its DSTV premium channels, M-Net +1, starting from 16 May 2021. This comes five years after the channel launched…
- 20 Aug 2020
Airtel TV Adds More African Movie Channels
Airtel TV has added popular channels, African Movie Channel (AMC Movies), AMC Series and Nolly Africa to its robust catalogue. This is good news for lovers of Nollywood and other African movies who…
- 7 Mar 2015
Channels TV CEO to Deliver Maiden UMCAA Lecture
The University of Lagos Mass Communication Alumni Association (UMCAA) has announced that John Momoh, chairman/CEO of Channels TV, will deliver the maiden edition of Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)…
- 30 Mar 2023
Obi-Datti: Tinubu Petitions NBC, Wants Channels TV Sanctioned
Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, President-Elect, has petitioned the National Broadcasting Commission NBC, urging it to sanction Channels Television for allegedly breaching the Nigerian Broadcasting Code.…
- 28 May 2015
Channels TV Brings African News to UK Viewers
Channels Television, one of Africa’s leading television broadcasters, has officially launched its news and current affairs station, Channels 24, in the UK. Viewers can find the new station on Sky…
- 18 Jul 2015
Channels TV, Deutch Welle Ink Content Sharing Arrangement
Channels Television and a German-based international Television Station, Deutch Welle (DW) on Friday signed an agreement to facilitate and enhance content sharing and transmission…
- 16 Feb 2009
Weekend Sunrise Thrills Viewers on Channels TV
Weekend Sunrise, dripping with entertainment and information, is a highly interactive breakfast magazine programme, which provides information and enlightenment basically on top issues in local and…
- 20 Apr 2021
How 'Gay Curing' Claims Led to Shutdown of TB Joshua’s TV Channel
T.B. Joshua, a popular Nigerian televangelist has urged his followers to "pray for YouTube" for shutting down his account after he posted videos on his channel claiming to 'cure' gay members of his…
- 30 Jan 2019
NBC Sanctions NTA, Channels Tv, Others for Hate Speech
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned four major television stations in the country over hate speech. The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), African Independent Television…
- 26 Apr 2021
NBC Suspends Channels TV for Speaking with IPOB
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC has suspended Channels Television with a fine of N5 million for breaching the broadcast code. In a letter to the Managing Director of Channels Television…
- 21 May 2019
New Access to Premium Local TV Channels Enabled via Satellite Debuts
Nigeria’s latest free-to-air (FTA) local channel bouquet, “PREMIUM.FREE”, has enabled local television broadcast audiences access to 13 new premium channels which are custom-made for African viewers.…
- 26 Oct 2020
SERAP Kicks as NBC Slams Fines on Channels, AIT, Arise TV
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), leading Nigerian rights group, has given the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) 48 hours to cancel the fines imposed on three TV channels…