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- 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…
- 18 Jan 2021
StarTimes to Outpace Competition by 2026 in Digital TV Penetration – Report
The African pay-TV market is set to reach 51 million subscribers by 2026, according to a report by London-based Digital TV Research Ltd. Almost 17 million pay-TV subscribers would be added between…
- 1 Sept 2019
Pinnacle, GatesAir Ink Pact on Expanded Digital TV Switch Over
Pinnacle Communications, Nigeria's leading digital broadcast technology company has signed an agreement with GatesAir, top American firm, to continue the digital TV build-out across the nation.…
- 29 Jun 2018
StarTimes Holds 8th African digital TV Development Seminar in Beijing
The annual African Digital TV Development Seminar, a strategic think-tank for stakeholders in the African broadcasting industry organized by StarTimes Group has held the 8th edition in Beijing.…
- 17 Jun 2015
Deadline Reached for Digital TV Switchover for 119 Countries in Europe, MEA, Central Asia
The deadline for the switchover from analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), set at 00:01 UTC on June 17, heralded the development of ‘all-digital’ terrestrial broadcast…
- 1 Jun 2015
ITU to Mark Switchover from Analogue to Digital TV with Symposium
The deadline for the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting, set for 17 June 2015, is applicable for all countries belonging to ITU Region-1 (Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Central…
- 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…
- 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…
- 26 Jun 2017
ECWA to Inaugurate Digital TV July
The Evangelical Church Wining All (ECWA) says it will inaugurate its digital TV in July. Pastor Gideon Titus of ECWA Goodnews, Gonin Gora, made this known in Kaduna on Sunday at a thanksgiving…
- 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…
- 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…
- 17 Nov 2015
NBC Selects Paywizard for Nigeria Digital TV Switchover
Paywizard, the specialist in subscriber management for pay-TV, said that it has been selected by Inview, the broadcast and OTT software and services specialist, and the National Broadcasting…
- 24 Jul 2014
SES Launches New Digital TV Platform for W/Africa
SES in cooperation with service provider Computer Warehouse Group (CWG), yesterday announced the launch of a new digital TV platform for West Africa on SES’s ASTRA 2F satellite at 28.2 degrees East.…
- 4 Nov 2014
The Coming Digital TV Revolution
Except something unexpected happens, by July 31 next year, all analogue TV transmission in Nigeria will cease. Essentially all our existing TV stations - Channels, NTA, State TV stations and several…
- 21 Jul 2020
StarTimes Strengthens Digital-TV Migration Drive with Pay-As-You-Go Bundle
StarTimes Nigeria, affordable pay-television platform says it has brought access to those that were excluded from enjoying the beauty of pay-TV through its pay-as-you-go bundle. This is even as the…
- 14 Dec 2009
NBC, Kemilinks Join Forces on Digital TV Transition
Mr. Shola Taylor, chief executive officer, Kemilinks International has called on major stakeholders in ICT on the African continent to pull their resources together to tap into the continent’s…
- 20 Dec 2017
FG says Digital TV will Generate N100bn for Nollywood
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, says that Digital Television will generate N100bn annually for Nollywood through FreeTV distribution network. The minister made this known on…
- 20 Apr 2015
Startimes Introduces New Channels to Boost Digital TV Access
StarTimes has introduced additional channels to its television bouquet, designed to further enrich its content, and enhance access for the delight of television viewers. This was highlighted when the…
- 30 Apr 2026
Nigeria Finally Moves Closer to Digital TV as 100 Channels Go Free-to-Air
More than 100 channels have signed on to broadcast free-to-air digital content under Nigeria’s Digital Switchover (DSO) programme, marking a major milestone in the country’s transition to digital…
- 11 Feb 2016
ABL to Partner Trace for Tv Broadcast, Digital Initiatives
The African Basketball League (ABL), has secured a ground breaking partnership deal with TRACE as the official TV and digital partner for the league which tips off on the 4th of March 2016. With this…
- 19 Jul 2021
Verimatrix to Offer Scalability and Affordability for Digital TV Switchover Initiative in Nigeria
Verimatrix, the leader in powering the modern connected world with people-centered security, has announced that Renmore Partners, which was granted a license to offer an alternative, scalable set top…
- 20 Sept 2015
NBC to Improve Access to Digital TV
Emeka Mba, director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has said that about 22million households in the country does not have access to digital television as the country look…
- 26 May 2016
MTN Launches Nigeria’s 1st Converged Digital TV, OTT-VOD Service
Nigeria takes a bold step into the era of Telecommunications, Broadcasting and Media convergence as MTN Nigeria launches the pilot of its digital television broadcasting service in Jos, Plateau…
- 26 May 2026
Transition to Digital TV to Unlock N605Bn New Revenue Streams – NBC
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said that its planned Digital Switch-Over (DSO) project will create access to Nigeria’s N605.2 billion advertising market for broadcasters and content…
- 30 Nov 2009
MultiChoice, SchoolNet, Deploys Digital TV for Learning
MultiChoice, in partnership with SchoolNet (a non-profit organisation of stakeholders in education), have deployed the use of digital television set as a learning tool in public schools. This is in…
- 13 May 2026
FG to Launch Nationwide Free Digital TV Platform June 17
Federal government, yesterday, said that it will now launch the so-called FreeTV, with over 100 channels for news, sports, education, entertainment and children’s programming in multiple Nigerian…
- 10 May 2015
Nigeria and June 30 Deadline for TV Digital Switchover
Barring any last minute miracles, Nigeria is bound to miss the June 30, 2015 deadline set by the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) for a global cut-over of television signals from…
- 9 Dec 2016
Kano Achieves 90% Digitalization of TV Stations
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has said due to the importance of the broadcast industry, the state government has completed over 90 per cent of digitalizing of the state radio and television…
- 18 Dec 2017
NBC to Switch-on Digital Terrestrial Tv in Ilorin, Kaduna
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) will on Wednesday December 20, 2017 and Friday December 22, 2017 switch Kwara and Kaduna States from Analogue transmission to Digital Terrestrial Television…
- 27 Dec 2016
FG to Create Digital Access Fund From TV Licence Fees
Malam Is'haq Modibbo Kawu, director general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has said his agency will create a Digital Access Fund where N1000 annual TV licence fee paid by each TV…