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- 8 Aug 2018
Subscribers Urge DStv to Introduce Pay-Per-View Package
Some DStv subscribers have advocated a pay-per-view method of subscription following the recent hike in the cable television bouquet rates. Pay-per-view is a cable television system in which…
- 14 Jul 2021
Reps in Fresh Moves to Force Paytv Operators to Implement Pay-per-View
The House of Representatives has considered the pay-per-view, pay-as-you-go and price reduction for DSTV and other cable satellite operators in the country. Pay-per-view is a type of pay television…
- 23 Sept 2022
MultiChoice, Others Reject Senate’s Pay-Per-View DSTV Subscription Model
MultiChoice Nigeria and major stakeholders in the pay television broadcasting industry in the country have rejected a pay-per-view model advocated by the Senate. Major cable television providers in…
- 25 Sept 2017
MultiChoice Refutes Launch of Pay-Per-View Report
By Chike Onwuegbuchi Pay-TV service provider, MultiChoice Nigeria, has dismissed fresh reports saying it is about to make its services available via the Pay-Per-View model. In a statement issued in…
- 2 May 2014
Pay TV Subscribers Call for Pay Per View Technology
Pay TV subscribers in Nigeria have appealed to the relevant regulatory bodies in the nation’s broadcast industry to compel Pay TV operators in the country to introduce the Pay As You View option to…
- 28 Sept 2020
FG Offers to Support TStv to Relaunch with Pay per View Model
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has pledged to give necessary support to TStv Africa as the indigenous digital satellite TV service begins full operation with pay per view model on October 1,…
- 3 Oct 2017
Pay-Per-View: Cases For, Against DStv & Multichoice
By peter oluka Multichoice has received a lot of tongue-lashing from the Nigerian subscribers, chiefly for DStv and GOtv’s inability to offer per-pay-view subscription to them over the years. The…
- 13 Mar 2024
NBC Considering Pay-Per-View Options- DG
Charles Ebuebu, director general and chief executive officer, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has discoed that the commission would consider the call by Nigerian pay satellite television…
- 31 Jan 2017
Kwese TV, Africa's Newest Satellite Network Begins ‘Pay-Per-View’ Broadcast
Kwesé TV, the brainchild of Econet and Africa’s newest satellite network has launched. The Kwesé Network’s Pay-TV satellite service started broadcasting on Monday, beaming Kwesé’s full suite of…
- 10 Jul 2020
Pay-as-You-Go not Applicable to Pay TV – FCCPC
Mr. Babatunde Irukera,chief executive, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has stated that the pay-as-you-go billing model in telecommunications is not necessarily…
- 25 Jul 2024
Netflix Hikes Subscription Fee by 40 Percent, Nigerians now to Pay N7,000 Per Month
Nigerians will now be paying N7,000 per month, as video streaming platform, Netflix, has once again increased its subscription prices with its Premium Plan going up by 40 per cent to N7,000 from…
- 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.…
- 30 Mar 2022
Senate Asks Pay-TV Providers to Slash Tariff
The Senate has asked all cable television service providers to immediately review their bouquet prices downwards, in tandem with the prevailing reality of the economic situation in Nigeria. Ahmad…
- 29 Sept 2020
TStv Lures Subscribers with N5 Daily Subscription
TStv, a local satellite television network, has said that it will on October 1, roll out pay-per-view services in 18 states to mark the country’s independence on October 1. Dr. Bright Echefu,…
- 5 Dec 2016
DStv Subscribers Plan Boycott over Price, Other Issues
Subscribers to DStv service in Nigeria have asked Multichoice, owners of DStv and GoTV, to reduce its monthly subscription in the country by 15 per cent as leading Pay-tv operator has done in many…
- 7 May 2018
Telcos Pocketed Majority of Profit from SMS Votes on BBNaija- Ugbe, Multichoice Boss
John Ugbe, managing director, Multichoice Nigeria, in an interview with journalists on the sidelines of Digital Dialogue conference in Dubai, talked about the recently-concluded Big Brother Naija,…
- 2 Oct 2017
FG grants TSTV Tax Relief
The Federal Government has granted a 3-year tax relief to the newly inaugurated Pay TV operator in the country, TStv Africa, as well as tax free dividends to all investors in the company. The…
- 4 Nov 2023
Subscribers Push for Boycott of Multichoice Services over Fresh Tariff Hikes
Some Nigerians have urged subscribers of Multichoice Nigeria, operators of DStv and GOtv, to boycott the firm while petitioning the federal government, regulatory agencies, and the National Assembly…
- 18 Jan 2019
Why DStv, Others Cannot Implement Pay-as-You-Consume System
There is a widespread belief that pay-television services are too expensive, particularly when operators increase prices for their services. And it is rightly so. Added to that, subscribers…
- 1 Aug 2021
TStv Gives Customers 1 Month Free Viewing
TStv Africa, Nigerian direct to home pay TV operator, has announced zero naira viewing for users in the month of August. Mr. Demola Olarewaju, head, Corporate Affairs, TStv, made this known in a…
- 26 Nov 2012
Multichoice Mute on Threat of Law Suit, Toasts Subscribers
Multichoice, operators of DSTV, the Pay TV service said it cannot immediately comment on threat by some of its aggrieved subscribers to institute a class action suit against it for allegedly…
- 7 Mar 2024
FG Unveils SLTV, New Pay TV to Give Nigerians Value for Money
Federal Government has unveiled a new satellite pay television which will serve as an alternative to existing ones and satisfy the yearnings of Nigerians by giving them value for their money. From…
- 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…
- 14 Dec 2016
Reps to Investigate GOTV License Status
The House of Representatives yesterday mandated its Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values to investigate the license status of GOTV in the provision of Digital Terrestrial…
- 19 Dec 2023
Event Goldmine: Strategies for a Lucrative 2023 Celebration Circuit
By Reuben Kalu As the world embarks on a new year, the enthusiasm for in-person events is palpable. After facing limitations and uncertainties, people are eager to reconnect, learn, and celebrate…
- 1 Jul 2020
Harassment of Multichoice Spells Trouble for Other Investors
Nigeria is gradually turning from a market darling to a risky land in the eyes of many investors. Policies somersaults; regulatory instability; large scale distractions from lawmakers as well as…
- 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…
- 18 Aug 2008
Hitv Exceeds 100,000 Subscriber Base
Hitv has recorded over 100,000 people on its subscription base with a further promise to give customers value for money through compelling content and technical quality. Owned by Entertainment…
- 15 Jul 2021
Reps Blame NigComSat Poor Utilisation of for High Price of Pay TV
The House of Representatives has blamed the underutilisation of NigComSat was responsible for the high prices of cable television subscriptions in Nigeria. The assertion of the lawmakers at the…
- 23 Jun 2019
DStv Unscathed by Attacks on Many Fronts
Multichoice, owners of DStv and GOtv is being attacked on all fronts as the pay-tv operator grows stronger with better content and constant evolution. From the home country to Nigeria; to the…