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- 1 Nov 2015
Why We are Setting Up N197Bn Set-Top Box Plant- MCI Bioss
Media Concepts International (MCI), a Set Top Box (STB) manufacturer licenced by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said it decided to go into local production of STBs for digital…
- 25 Apr 2017
DSO: Set Top Boxes Users Risk Blackout after April 30
Users of set top boxes of the pilot switch-over from analogue to digital transmission in Plateau, risk blackout after April 30, according to Alhaji Nazif Mohammed, the Commissioner of Information.…
- 7 Jun 2016
Plateau Govt to subsidize Cost of Set-Top Boxes for Citizens
The Plateau State Government is to subsidize the cost of Set-Top Boxes for its citizens as the Digital Switch Over (DSO) in broadcasting spreads from the state capital, Jos, to the entire state.…
- 2 Feb 2017
Facebook Develops App for TV Set-top Boxes
Facebook is creating an app for television set-top boxes, including Apple's Apple TV. The world's biggest online social network is also in discussions with media companies to license long-form,…
- 18 Apr 2016
200,000 TV Households to Get Free Set-Top Boxes for Digital Switch
About 200,000 television households in Jos will receive free Set-Top Boxes (STBs) for the Pilot Scheme of the Digital Switch Over (DSO) on April 30, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information…
- 24 Oct 2016
Innoson Secures $300m Credit for Set-Top Boxes from Chinese Investors
Innoson Group has secured financial foreign investment credit facility of $300million USD for local production and supply of a minimum five to eight Million (5-8million) Set-Top Boxes to support the…
- 12 Apr 2017
Osun Based Firm Secures Broadcast Set-Top Boxes Contract
One of the emerging industrial concerns in Osun, the RLG/Adulawo Technology Company has secured a multi-billion Naira contract for the production of terrestrial broadcast set top boxes from the…
- 6 Oct 2017
Lai Mohammed Asks Set Top Box Manufacturers to Give Nigerians Multi-Purpose TV
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture has challenged the manufacturers of Set Top Boxes/Decoders in the country to produce a multi-purpose television set that will help in…
- 20 Apr 2018
Ericsson MediaFirst TV Platform Available on Amlogic's Set top Box Chipset
Next-generation TV operators can cost-effectively take their customers to new levels of personalized consumer experience satisfaction as a result of collaboration between Ericsson Media Solutions and…
- 20 Mar 2015
NBC Appoints UK Firm for Common Set-Up-Box System
National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC) has appointed Inview Technologies Limited, a UK based software company for the provision of a national Common Set-Top-Box system. The appointment was followed…
- 26 Apr 2018
NBC to Withdraw Idle STB Manufacturing Licenses
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has asked all the Set Top Box (STB) manufacturers to deliver or risk punitive sanctions. STB manufacturer makes set top box- a hardware device that…
- 13 May 2021
DSO: GDT Pledges to Meet Consumers’ Demands
Godfrey Ohuabunwa, group managing director, Gospell Digital Technology (GDT), has said that the company and other producers are ready to meet consumers’ demands for Set Top Boxes. Following the…
- 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…
- 4 Apr 2018
Funding, Politics, Others Hobble DSO Projects
Inadequate funding, set-top boxes, political and economic considerations have been identified as some of the threats to speedy roll out of Digital Switch Over (DSO) projects across the country.…
- 4 Jun 2025
DSO: STBMAN Accuses NBC of Contempt, Seeks Presidential Intervention
Association of Set-Top Box Manufacturers of Nigeria (STBMAN) has accused the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of sidelining indigenous manufacturers and flouting a subsisting court order in its…
- 19 Mar 2021
FG Shops for 40m Decoders for DSO
Federal government is shopping for over 40 million set-top-boxes (decoders) required for actual transmission of Digital Switch Over (DSO), according to Edward Amana, chairman Digiteam. Digiteam is…
- 3 Nov 2008
Africast Tasks Nigeria on Digitisation
“For this historic change to be achieved on the African continent, all segments of the African society from Broadcasters, Political/Policy Leaders, Manufacturers, Program producers, and the…
- 4 Mar 2016
NBC Scam: EFCC Recovers N10Bn, to Prosecute Mba, Udotai, Others
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered NN10,061,172,600 from the National Broadcasting Commission(NBC) being alleged inflation of collateral funds meant for Digital Set-Top…
- 6 Mar 2017
EFCC v. Emeka Mba: The Puzzles and Contradictions
The continued prosecution of Emeka Mba, erstwhile director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), by the Federal Government through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),…
- 3 Sept 2016
FG to Roll out Digital Switchover in October – Minister
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has said that the Federal Government will roll out digital switchover in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in October. Mohammed gave the…
- 21 May 2026
STBMAN Warns of "Broadcasting Crisis", Urges Tinubu to Halt NBC’s DSO
Association of Licensed Set-Top Box Manufacturers of Nigeria (STBMAN) has warned that the unilateral implementation transition from analogue to digital broadcasting, could trigger confusion, legal…
- 28 Aug 2020
FG Says No More Subsidies on DSO
Federal Government has said there will be no more subsidies, either of set top boxes or signal carriage as it plans to resume the rollout of Digital Switch Over (DSO), a transition from analogue to…
- 10 Apr 2026
STBMAN, NBC Bicker over Alleged Due Process Breaches
Association of Licensed Set-Top Box Manufacturers of Nigeria (STBMAN) has waxed worriedly over the National Broadcasting Commission’s (NBC) repeated violations of due process in managing the…
- 18 Jun 2015
Digital Switchover: Why Nigeria Still Operates Analogue – NBC
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has apologised to Nigerians for its inability to switchover from analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) on the June 17 international deadline. This is…
- 5 Jun 2017
Mixed Reactions as DSO Month Arrives
Palpable anxiety has gripped the industry over the ability or otherwise of the country to meet with its set deadline of migrating from analogue broadcasting to digital as June 2017 date is here.…
- 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…
- 17 Jun 2017
NBC Misses DSO Deadline, Says Nigeria Needs 32m STBs
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has has failed again in its bid to get terrestrial television stations in the country switch over to digital broadcasting but said that it will cover 12 states…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 5 Jun 2020
OurTv Cancels Monthly Subscription, Offers 18 Free TV Channels
OurTv, the recently launched digital television service is offering 18 unique and exciting channels absolutely free. At just N11, 900 for the decoder otherwise set top box, a subscriber can enjoy a…