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- 10 Jul 2012
Stations Brace Up for New Digitization Deadline
Federal, state and private broadcast stations are intensifying efforts to meet up with the newly set deadline by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to migrate from analogue to digital…
- 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…
- 10 Apr 2012
Laws, Poor Facilities Hamper Nigeria's Digitization
Several inhibiting factors including lack of enabling laws, poor infrastructure and a general lack of preparedness on the part of operators, have forced Nigeria to make a volte-face on its scheduled…
- 11 Aug 2016
FEC Tasks MDAs on 2017 Digital Broadcasting Deadline
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday directed relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to collaborate effectively to ensure Nigeria meets the June 2017 global deadline for…
- 4 Mar 2016
FG Commits to 2017 Deadline for Digital Switch Over
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has assured of the Federal Government's commitment to meeting the June 2017 deadline for the country's Digital Switch Over (DSO) in…
- 30 Jun 2008
Nigeria and Digitisation of Broadcast
It is a new dawn and that of digital broadcasting. Nigeria like all other countries of the world is digitizing and is moving from the traditional over-the-air broadcasts that is analogue to digital…
- 13 Nov 2025
FCCPC Sets Deadline for Digital Lending Regulatory Compliance
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has announced Monday, January 5, 2026, as the final deadline for full compliance with the Digital, Electronic, Online, and…
- 19 May 2013
Zinox Gets New Digital Assembly Plant
Zinox Technologies Group, Africa’s most integrated ICT group has completed the installation of its state-of the-art PC/Phones assembly plant in Lagos and is now poised to roll out high quality ICT…
- 20 Aug 2014
NBC Says ITU’s Deadline on Digital Television is Sacrosanct
With 10 months left for the deadline set by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for television stations in Africa to migrate from analogue broadcasting to digital terrestrial television…
- 22 Apr 2026
Deadline Extended! MTN Nigeria Offers More Time for Media Innovation Programme
The application deadline for the fifth edition of the MTN Media Innovation Programme (MIP) has been extended to April 25, 2026, organisers have announced. MTN Nigeria Media Innovation Programme The…
- 25 May 2026
NBC Sets 2028 Deadline for Full Digital Switch-Over
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has unveiled a new “Big Picture” strategy aimed at achieving full nationwide Digital Switch-Over (DSO) by December 31, 2028. DSOis designed to provide Nigerians…
- 14 Dec 2015
Digital Broadcasting Migration is Nigeria’s Hope to Fight Content Piracy
Prelude to June 2017 digital broadcasting migration and with an estimated 26 million households in Nigeria in need of set-top boxes to connect to the envisaged digital broadcasting, National…
- 24 Sept 2015
FG Eyes N330Bn from Digitisation
The federal government can generate as much as N330 billion yearly from digital broadcasting, should Nigeria achieve the new date of June 20, 2017 for the country's Digital Switchover (DSO),…
- 28 Oct 2014
StarTimes Targets 36 States by December, Unveils 9 New Channels
Joshua Wang, Nigeria executive officer, of pay-tv provider StarTimes, has disclosed the network’s plans to reach 36 States of the federation before the end of the year. The plan is coming on the…
- 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…
- 14 Mar 2016
Lai Mohammed Restates Importance of Digitisation to Nigeria
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture as again underscored the importance of the nation joining other countries of the world to maximixe the importance of digitization to the…
- 21 Nov 2013
StarTimes Unwraps Extra Goodie Promo for Xmas
NTA Star TV Network-StarTimes, triple award winner for best Pay-TV channel for 2013 and leading digital terrestrial technology Pay TV service provider in Nigeria, is offering exciting new contents…
- 8 Jun 2026
NRS Accredits Afri Invoice as Access Point Provider to Drive Nigeria’s Mandatory e-invoicing
Ahead of the July deadline, the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) has accredited Afri Invoice as an official Access Point Provider (APP) in a major move for digital tax compliance across Nigeria. This…
- 29 Jan 2015
StarTimes Says Digital Migration Will Replicate GSM Success Stories
StarTimes, a licensed Digital Terrestrial Television and multiple Award winners for best Digital Pay TV Provider in Nigeria, has likened the digital broadcasting switchover as would replicate…
- 7 May 2014
StarTimes Unveils ExtraTime Promo
StarTimes with over 1.8 million subscribers in Nigeria has unveiled its ExtraTime Promo, as every customer stands the chance of winning a brand new 2014 Toyota Yaris Car or a 32’ LED Digital…
- 31 May 2015
Digital Migration: Border Towns Risk Frequency Interference
Nigerian towns sharing boundaries with some countries may experience frequency interferences from June following inability of Nigeria to meet next month’s deadline for all analogue broadcast to…
- 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…
- 31 Dec 2012
FG Inaugurates Digiteam, Sticks to January 1, 2015 SwitchOver
The federal government has inaugurated the Digiteam, a digital committee which will drive the process of transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television transmission in Nigeria. At the…
- 17 Dec 2013
No More TV Licensing Till 2015-NBC
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said new broadcasting licenses, especially television stations would have to wait till 2015 when the country must have migrated from analogue to digital…
- 22 Aug 2012
NBC Points at Roadblocks to Digitization
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has pointed to a litany of problems hampering Nigeria's transition from analogue to digital broadcasting and urged government to provide incentives that will…
- 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…
- 24 Mar 2015
StarTimes Has Invested Over N20Bn in Nigeria - Bolaji
StarTimes NTA-Star TV Network Limited has avowed continued collaborations with the relevant government agencies for the Digital TV switchover In Nigeria, even as its investment in the country exceeds…
- 4 Nov 2014
StarTimes Fetes Subscriber with 7-day Free Viewing
StarTimes has declared a 7- day free viewing opportunity for its customers to enjoy the eight recently launched channels on its DTT pay-tv service. The channels would be available for all…
- 17 Nov 2009
Digitisation: Broadcasters Rue Fund, Manpower
Bellows of financial palliatives are resonating at every corner in the broadcast industry as radio and television owners dash back and forth to meet the federal government’s June 17, 2012…
- 1 May 2016
Expert says Nigeria will be Largest Free TV Platform Globally
Mr Mohammadu Bawa, deputy chairman of Cable Channels Nigeria, has projected Nigeria to be the largest free digital television platform globally with estimated 30 million TV households by the…