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- 12 Apr 2017
StarTimes Acquires Media Rights to 2018 FIFA World Cup
Africa’s leading pay TV operator StarTimes has acquired media rights to 2018 FIFA World Cup as FIFA officially granted media rights to all 2017-2018 FIFA events in Sub-Saharan Africa on Thursday.…
- 27 Apr 2021
AFC Inks Media Rights Deal in Africa with StarTimes
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced StarTimes as their new media partner in Sub-Saharan Africa for 2021 to broadcast the AFC’s national team and club competitions including the AFC…
- 16 Nov 2018
StarTimes Secures 3-year Exclusive Media Rights for Coppa Italia
Africa’s leading digital TV operator StarTimes and Lega Serie A reached a 3 years deal for the exclusive all media rights to Coppa Italia & Supercoppa Italiana in the region of Sub-Saharan…
- 1 Mar 2021
StarTimes Denies Winding-Up Order over $11m Debt
StarTimes, Chinese electronics and media company with strong presence in Sub-Saharan Africa, has said that it is not subject to any winding-up court order, following a petition filed in a Hong Kong…
- 22 Jul 2022
StarTimes Launches Business in Senegal
The multinational media company and digital TV provider StarTimes Group officially launched business in Senegal with an opening ceremony of its main agency. Created in 1988, now StarTimes have…
- 21 Jun 2024
Icasa Orders Shutdown of StarSat, StarTimes SA Arm over License Controversy
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has declined to renew the license of On Digital Media, the operator behind StarSat, the South African branch of StarTimes Media. The…
- 16 May 2018
StarTimes, SOS Children's Villages Join Forces to Empower African Youth
Digital Television Company StarTimes Media and SOS Children’s Villages International have signed in Nairobi (Kenya) a Memorandum of Understanding (‘MOU’) that will see the two organizations partner…
- 21 Jun 2016
Minister Visits StarTimes HQ, Commends Partnership with NTA
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has commended the partnership between the Chinese media group StarTimes and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), saying the partnership…
- 19 Jul 2014
RAVE TV Opening Soon on CONSAT & StarTimes
RAVE Television, a sister company to Inside Out Media Limited the producers of “Inside-out with Agatha” and will also be viewed on CONSAT and StarTimes. RAVE TV is coming prior to the 17th…
- 11 Jun 2018
StarTimes Pledges to Empower Nigerian Youths Through UN SDGs
Mr. William Masy, Overseas Public Relations Director, Brand and Market Department, StarTimes Group, has disclosed that StarTimes is closely working with the Nigerian government to attain economic…
- 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…
- 30 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.…
- 5 Aug 2020
StarTimes, NBCUniversal Networks Launch DreamWorks in Sub-Saharan Africa
StarTimes, Africa’s leading pay-TV operator and NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN) have announced the launch of DreamWorks – the 24-hour channel dedicated to kids and family entertainment –…
- 11 Aug 2016
UNAIDS, StarTimes Set to Collaborate on Anti-AIDS TV Content in Africa
UNAIDS and StarTimes are in extensive discussions over a robust collaboration roadmap targeted at delivering anti-HIV/AIDS TV content for increased awareness and positive reorientation to Africans…
- 8 Mar 2020
StarTimes Inks Deal to Broadcast Euro 2020
StarTimes, digital pay-TV, has promised football lovers of the live broadcast of the UEFA Euro 2020 across the continent through its TV network and its streaming mobile app, StarTimes ON. StarTimes…
- 13 Jul 2020
StarTimes Blames Forex for Tariff Hike
StarTimes, has ascribed its decision to embark on price review, from August 1, this year, to the continued downward slide of the nation’s currency, against other foreign currencies, especially…
- 23 Jan 2019
UNILAG TV Goes Live
University of Lagos Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, has launched the first campus television station, expected to deepen campus journalism. Its broadcast is not only restricted to Nigeria, but across West…
- 18 Jun 2026
Court Deals Fresh Blow to NBC, Throws Out Appeal over Broadcast Fines
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) challenging a Federal High Court judgment that restrained the commission from imposing fines…
- 3 Aug 2026
NBC Files Fresh Appeal against Judgment Barring it from Imposing Fines on Broadcast Stations
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has filed an application seeking the permission of the court of appeal to file a fresh appeal against the judgement of the federal high court in Abuja barring…
- 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…
- 9 May 2019
StarTimes’ Nigeria Investment Hits $220m-CEO
StarTimes, digital terrestrial TV company, has said its investment in Nigeria has reached over $220m. David Zhang, company’s new CEO of StarTimes Nigeria, who disclosed this yesterday at a…
- 17 Jul 2019
French Media Giant Acquires Nigeria’s ROK Studios
Canal+ Group, French media giant, has acquired Nigerian production studio, ROK film studios from VOD company IROKO TV, as part of the French company’s plan to strengthen its position in Africa's…
- 7 Feb 2015
More Winners Emerge In StarTimes Jolly Promo
Subscribers, who emerged winners in the second draw of the StarTimes Christmas promo were on Thursday presented with prizes at the StarTimes Iju Ishaga office, Lagos. Some of the winners, who…
- 27 Apr 2016
StarTimes Emerges Best Pay TV Operator at BoICT 2016
Africa’s frontline digital television platform, StarTimes continues its winning streak by clinching the Best Pay TV Operator in Nigeria award at the coveted Beacon of Information and Communication…
- 28 Aug 2017
Caritas Communications Appoints Onyia, Bolaji as Directors
Caritas Communications Limited, Africa’s leading reputation management consultancy has announced the appointment of two new management directors as part of the company’s effort to assure improved…
- 11 Feb 2019
Startimes Says it Has 3m Nigerian Subscribers
William Masy, StarTimes Overseas Public Relations director has disclosed that about 3 million Nigerians are subscribed to the organisation’s products and services across the country’s six…
- 8 Jun 2018
StarTimes Puts Nigerian Subscribers @ 3 Million
Mr. William Masy, StarTimes Overseas Public Relations Director has disclosed that about three million Nigerians are subscribed to the organisation’s products and services across the country’s six…
- 28 Dec 2016
StarTimes Says Dubbed Chinese Films won’t Erode Nigerian Culture
The management of pay TV StarTimes, has said that dubbing Chinese films into Yoruba and other indigenous languages, as the company is currently doing, will not erode Nigerian culture. It said this in…
- 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…
- 12 Jun 2019
StarTimes, WildAid Partner to Raise Awareness on Wildlife Conservation
StarTimes digital TV operator and WildAid an NGO formally established partnership with signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Beijing. The illegal wildlife trade is a multi-billion dollar…