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- 10 Aug 2016
StarTimes Redefines Pay TV with 2-in-1 Combo Decoder
StarTimes, foremost digital television company, has unveiled the first of its kind 2-in-1 combo decoder in Nigeria, in an unprecedented move to change the Pay TV landscape in Africa and offer surplus…
- 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…
- 20 Sept 2016
SES, CCNL Collaborate to Train Installers on Digital Switchover
AS the Federal Government intensify efforts for smooth digital switchover from analogue to digital terrestrial television a satellite operating firm, SES in collaboration with Cable Channels Nigeria…
- 19 Feb 2015
StarTimes Launches Nova Bouquet, Slashes Subscription to N17/Day
StarTimes, foremost cable TV service provider, on Wednesday announced the launch of its newest and most affordable bouquet called Nova ahead of the digital switch over deadline in 2015, in a bold…
- 2 Mar 2017
Mastercard, MultiChoice Simplify Payment Process for DStv Customers
Mastercard has unveiled a new solution for South African MultiChoice customers to quickly and conveniently pay their digital satellite television accounts using Masterpass, the global digital payment…
- 16 Jun 2026
Stakeholders Endorse Hybrid Model for Nigeria’s Digital Switch
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s broadcasting industry have endorsed a hybrid digital broadcasting model that combines Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite services, and…
- 7 Jun 2019
Sky Yanks Off NTA from UK Cable Platform
Sky Limited, the largest digital satellite television service platform in Europe, has removed The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) from its cable platform. A visit to Sky’s website showed…
- 25 Apr 2014
Multichoice Goes Local with BoxOffice in Nigeria
Multichoice has officially launched its BoxOffice offering in the country to provide digital satellite television (DSTV) subscribers with the ultimate in home television entertainment. BoxOffice is a…
- 23 Apr 2021
House of Reps Advances on Bill to Allow NBC Fix Prices of Pay Tv
House of Representatives is amending National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act to enable pay-as-you-go services for digital satellite television, according to Idem Unyime, deputy chairman, committee…
- 12 Nov 2024
Economic Hardship Forces 243,000 Nigerians to Drop DStv, GOtv Subscriptions
The South African pay-TV operator MultiChoice Group disclosed that its Nigerian unit, MultiChoice Nigeria, lost 243,000 subscribers on its Digital Satellite Television (DStv) and General…
- 22 Oct 2014
Reps to Break Multichoice “Monopoly” of DSTV Space
House of Representatives yesterday moved to contain the “arbitrary” subscription rates charged by Multichoice for its Digital Satellite Television services in the country. The House observed that…
- 17 Mar 2020
Reps Ask DSTV, Others to Introduce Pay As You Go Tariff
The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to interface with Mutichoice Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) and other service providers to introduce the Pay as You Go…
- 25 Nov 2016
StarTimes Unveils Integrated Digital TV Set
StarTimes Nigeria, a foremost pay-tv and technology company has unveiled its newest innovation and smart option for Nigerians - the integrated HD digital TV set. The new television product…
- 8 Aug 2014
SES, CWG Launch Maiden Digital TV Platform for West Africa
SES, a global satellite company, in cooperation with Computer Warehouse Group Plc (CWG), a leading pan-African ICT company, launched a new digital television platform, on SES’s ASTRA 2F satellite, at…
- 24 Mar 2022
NANS Gives MultiChoice 7-Day Ultimatum to Reduce Prices of GOtv, DStv Subscriptions
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Zone D (South West) has given a 7-day ultimatum to MultiChoice Nigeria Limited to reverse the prices of its DStv and GOtv packages or risk having all…
- 21 Dec 2009
Hundah, Multichice Boss, Happy BBA 4 Show
Mr. Joseph Hundah, managing director, Multichoice, owners of Digital Satellite Television (DStv) has said that the just concluded Big Brother Africa reality TV show had positive comments and that the…
- 29 May 2020
Coalition of Nigeria Consumers Kick against Multichoice over Proposed Price Hike
A Coalition of Nigeria Consumers has expressed concerns over the recent announcement by Multichoice Nigeria Limited, providers of Digital Satellite Television services on (DStv and GOtv) platforms,…
- 20 Nov 2018
DSTV Subscribers Ask for Pay-as-You-View Billing System
Digital Satellite Television (DStv) service subscribers in Nigeria are grumbling over the continued payment for services not rendered by MultiChoice, the major distance-to-home service provider in…
- 4 Feb 2021
TStv Now in All States in Nigeria -MD
TStv, homegrown digital satellite television service operator, has said it has expanded its service to all the states of the federation. Bright Echefu, managing director of the company, attributed…
- 9 Apr 2015
Court Restrains DStv from Tariff Hikes
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained Multi- Choice Nigeria Limited, operators of Digital Satellite Television, popularly known as DStv, from implementing its new rates and increase in…
- 28 May 2015
Court Okays DStv’s 20 % Hike
A Federal High Court, Lagos, on Thursday said that Digital Satellite Television (DStv), operated by MultiChoice Nigeria Ltd, had the right to increase its subscription rate as it did last…
- 30 Mar 2015
Angst over MultiChoice Tariff Hike, NBC Calms Nerves
Nigerians have reacted angrily to the planned tariff hike by MultiChoice Africa’ Digital Satellite Television (DStv) and warned they may be compelled to ditch the pay-tv platform if it goes ahead…
- 21 Feb 2016
CPC Orders DStv to Compensate Subscribers, Provide Toll-free Lines
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has ordered MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, provider of Digital Satellite Broadcast Television (DStv) service to compensate and provide toll-free lines to its…
- 28 Oct 2020
TStv Launches PPV Model as Low as N3 Per Day
Telcom Satellite Tv (TStv), digital service television in Nigeria, has created a Pay Per View model for subscribers to pay as low as N3 per day, according to Dr Bright Echefu, managing director.…
- 25 Apr 2016
SES, StarTimes Conduct Satellite Installer Training in Nigeria
Global satellite operator SES S.A., in collaboration with Digital TV giant StarTimes, announced the successful wrap-up of a training workshop specially designed to offer superior after-sales services…
- 12 Feb 2018
Quit Notice: DStv, Gotv Fight to Remain in Nigeria
MultiChoice has released a statement concerning reports that DSTV and GOtv will shut down in 2019; pointing it is doing all to ensure its operating licences are renewed by the broadcasting agency in…
- 9 Sept 2018
NCC Accuses 2 TV Stations of Piracy, Theft
Nigerian Copyrights Commission (NCC) said it may shut down ABG Communications and QQTV Digital Satellite Station for piracy and illegal broadcast of foreign television contents, after a surveillance…
- 27 Apr 2016
StarTimes Emerges Best Pay TV Operator at BoICT 2016
Africa’s frontline digital television platform, StarTimes continues its winning streak by clinching the Best Pay TV Operator in Nigeria award at the coveted Beacon of Information and Communication…
- 26 May 2008
Hitv Commends NCC on Piracy War
As the Nigeria Copyrights Commission (NCC) opens a new front in the war against piracy with the recent raiding of Metro-Digital Cable Television, leading Nigerian pay-television platform, HITV, has…
- 10 May 2024
NAN, SLTV to Partner on Local TV Content Promotion
Malam Ali Muhammad Ali, managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has assured that the agency will work to promote SLTV, indigenous satellite television, in the country. Ali gave the…