30 results
- 25 Nov 2021
AVO TV Disrupts Nigeria’s PayTv Market, Gifts Subscribers 100 Free Channels
AVO TV, new free streaming app has said that it has come to disrupt the paytv structure in Nigeria and give the people the needed democracy to watch what they want on television, without breaking the…
- 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…
- 10 Aug 2026
Affordable, Flexible Streaming Platforms May Kill PAYtv - Report
Nigeria’s pay-TV industry is facing one of its toughest periods in years as consumers increasingly migrate from conventional antenna and decoder-based television services to cheaper, more flexible…
- 18 Jun 2024
DStv, GOtv Bouquet Prices Remain Unchanged- Multichoice Nigeria
Multichoice Nigeria, owners of DStv and GOtv has refuted reports circulating online that the company has reduced the subscription prices for users in Nigeria. The paytv provider however said that…
- 1 Apr 2021
DSO: FG Directs GoTv, Startimes to Migrate to FreeTV platform
Federal government has said that it directed GOtv and Startimes –two PayTv platforms to migrate their signals from self-carrying to any of the two licensed FreeTv signal distributors. Lai Mohammed,…
- 17 Mar 2022
Echefu, TStv Boss Decries Power Outage, Fuel Scarcity
Bright Echefu, managing director, TStv Africa PayTV, has called on the Federal Government and power sector to improve on the electricity supply to safeguard businesses in the country. Echefu made the…
- 6 Feb 2012
MultiChoice Here to Stay– John Ugbe
John Ugbe, managing director and chief executive of Nigeria’s leading payTV provider, MultiChoice believes the country has the market to take in as many providers as possible. Having served…
- 23 Dec 2013
StarTimes Hits 1.5m Subscribers
StarTimes, the famous Paytv station of NTA-Star Tv Networks Limited, has commended the enthusiasm shown by both the government and Nigerians to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting. Mr.…
- 29 Nov 2017
CTL Loses Millions in an Inferno
Communication Trends Limited (CTL), a terrestrial PayTv service provider, in Umuahia, the Abia State capital on Wednesday lost property worth millions of naira as a mysterious fire gutted their…
- 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…
- 17 Jun 2020
Angst as NBC Defends Controversial Broadcasting Code
Operators and experts are expressing anger and frustration over the provisions of the 6th edition of the Broadcasting Code Amendment as issued by National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), that…
- 9 Aug 2020
NBC Says no Going Back on New Broadcasting Code
Armstrong Idachaba, director-general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), says the commission is not backing down on the controversial amendment to the country’s broadcasting code. Idachaba…
- 18 Apr 2021
Lagos Pledges Support for DSO in the State
Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State governor, has said that his administration will support the Digital Switch Over (DSO) being embarked by the country, saying it would enhanced job creation and…
- 27 Sept 2017
Cabals Move to Frustrate TSTV Launch
TSTV has alerted the public of a fake twitter account posing as TSTV just as some agents are working in some quarters to frustrate the October launch date set by the comapy. TSTv via its…
- 16 Jun 2020
Group Decries NBC New Code, Says Its Inimical to Local Content Development
Paradigm Initiative, a Pan-African social enterprise working to advance digital rights and inclusion in Africa has joined voices with public spirited individuals, innovators and internet broadcast…
- 29 Oct 2015
StarTimes Unveils ‘Papilo’ as Brand Ambassador
StarTimes Africa, a digital TV entertainment platform, has appointed world football icon, Kanu Nwankwo as its new brand ambassador. The 3-year partnership deal indicates that the former…
- 10 Mar 2021
Free to Air TV Decoders will be Affordable- NBC
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has assured that the decoders for the Digital Switch over (DSO) Free Tv, otherwise known as Set Top Boxes (STB) will be affordable. Prof. Armstrong Idachaba,…
- 30 Apr 2024
Bamgbose, BON Boss Faults FCCPC’sDdecision to Review DStv, GOtv Rates
Yemisi Bamgbose, executive secretary of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), has faulted the decision of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to review DStv…
- 25 Feb 2025
Price Hike: DSTV, GOtv Subscribers Threaten Boycott as FCCPC Summons Multichoice
Subscribers in Nigeria have threatened to boycott the services of Multichoice Nigeria, the parent company of satellite television, DSTV and GOtv after a shocking review of their tariff plans by over…
- 6 Mar 2020
Dragon Ball Super debuts on Cartoon Network Africa
Dragon Ball Super, debuts on the #1 kids channel on the continent, Cartoon Network, from Tuesday, 16 March 2020. So if you are obsessed with Dragon Ball series? Well, Son Goku’s adventure from the…
- 24 Jul 2014
GOtv Launchs Get Up & GO Initiative Receives Praises
Digital terrestrial pay-TV, GOtv has continued to innovate value-laden, people-oriented services. The latest is the launch of a new entrepreneurial scheme, called Get Up and GO. Similarly, Cross…
- 27 Apr 2016
Data Saving ‘KairosWebTv’ Launches in Nigeria, to Stream Rio2016 Live
KairosWebTV, a next-generation premier online TV platform for emerging and aspiring entrepreneurs, start-ups, news and insights, technology trends, edutainment, skits, events & online digital…
- 1 May 2016
GuardianTv, KarioswebTv Revolutionise Nigeria’s Online TV Space
The Guardian, Nigeria’s most trusted newspaper, launched an online TV platform, Guardian TV, a day after KarioswebTv was launched. Essentially, ‎Guardian TV will provide exclusive video…
- 16 Dec 2016
Oviosu, Paga Boss Makes #100 Most Influential Nigerians in 2016
Tayo Oviosu of Paga has been listed alongside other distinguished individuals as most influential people in Nigeria by Nigeria’s leading Online News media, YNaija to its annual list of the 100 most…
- 10 Aug 2017
KairoswebTV Transforms to OnlineTV Solutions Provider
Like most tech giants, KairoswebTV-www.kairosweb.tv, is undergoing a significant transformation in its business as it moves to disrupt itself, becoming the predominantly digital onlineTV Solution…
- 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…
- 21 Oct 2017
Nigerians Ask NBC to Compel TSTV to Come Clean
Some Nigerians have asked National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), to compel the management of new pay-television, TSTV, to come clean on its business plan for the country. Daily Post reported…
- 3 Dec 2017
StarTimes Slashes Prices of Antenna, Decoder
StarTimes Pay TV company, has announced a price reduction on its Digital terrestrial television DTT Antenna and Standard definition, SD decoder respectively. Speaking on the price reduction,…
- 30 Apr 2019
How Digital Payment is Disrupting Traditional Payment System
By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke, Digital payment is no doubt the future as more and more Nigerians embrace it. This is because whether we like it or not, the era of carrying or paying cash will soon come to an…
- 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…