GDT’ll saturate Nigeria with DSO decoders soon—Ohuabunwa
The Group Managing Director of Gospell Digital Technology (GDT) Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly Company, Calabar, Sir Godfrey Ohuabunwa has assured that the company will satisfy the needs of Nigerians in the delivery of quality Set-Top-Boxes (STBs) used in the drive…
Buhari’ll watch World Cup in Daura on DSO powered STB next year—NBC DG
The Director General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mallam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, has assured that President Muhammadu Buhari who watched Nigeria Vs. Cameroon World Cup qualifier on a foreign Pay TV in his home town, Daura, katsina State, will be…
Scarcity of STBs frustrating digital switch on of Ilorin, Kaduna, others—NBC
…reviewing applications for Radio licence renewals All logistics and needed infrastructure settings are on ground to the effective Digital Switch Over (DSO) of Ilorin in Kwara State and Kaduna state, but for the scarcity of Set Top Boxes (STBs), popularly…
StarTimes struggling for DSO market share, introduces Digital TV sets
Pioneer Digital Switch Over (DSO) driver in Nigeria, StarTimes has introduced digital television sets at a lower price to wrestle slipping market share from peers The pay TV Company said it is committed to new innovations and technologies that enhance…
Current DSO’s operating business model not attractive to investors—ITS boss, Rotimi
Fresh reason on why more investors are still flat-footed in venturing into the Digital Switch over (DSO) driven by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has been revealed. Speaking recently in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital during the tour of transmission…
Telecom Satellite TV unveils Direct-to-Home Pay TV platform to boost DSO
The much awaited foreign direct investments (FDIs) that will follow Nigeria’s successful activation of Digital Switch Over (DSO) have started making inroad to the economy. In Abuja, on Tuesday, new investor, Telecom Satellite TV (TSTV) has partnered with a Europe-based…
About 7 local STB companies producing in Nigeria to deepen DSO—Amana
Contrary to speculations that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is only serious in empowering the Signal Distributors to install transmission infrastructure for the regional rollout of Digital Switch Over (DSO) without plans for availability of Set Top Boxes (STBs), the…
Revealed: Why NBC through Minister’s directive paid Pinnacle group N2.5bn
A clear indication has emerged showing that the rollout of Digital Switch Over (DSO) that took place in Abuja on December 22, 2016 was on the insistence of the federal government and not on the readiness of the Signal Distributor,…
Like Nigeria, Ghana fails to meet its 2017 DSO deadline, shifts to next year
The Minister of Communication in Ghana, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has announced that it is no longer feasible for Ghana to carry out Digital Switch over (DSO) come September this year but next year. Explaining the miss at a two-day National…
Disquiet at NBC over alleged secret allocation of N2.5bn to signal distributor
Though details are still sketchy as at Wednesday’s evening, tension is gathering momentum over an allegation that contrary to laid down terms and conditions for the bidding of signal distributorship in the Digital Switch Over (DSO), the National Broadcasting Commission…
