Non-compliance with DSO rules may shut DStv, GOtv out of business in 2019
In line with how the ongoing Digital Switch Over (DSO) scheme is Nigeria is programmed, after June 2019, the Pay DTT operators would no longer be licensed to operate as both content providers and signal distributors. This provision is clearly…
GOtv unveils ‘GO Gaga Confam’ to weaken TStv in market fight
Latest service provider in the nation’s Pay TV platform, TStv may have a lot to contend to remain not only in the service segment, but fight for market share beginning from day one. Business Hilights recalls that the offerings of…
Rights groups protest DStv, GOtv exploitation, StarTimes free China stations
A joint protest session carried out by three rights group, People Against Corruption and Injustice (PACI), Human and Consumer Rights Advocacy Centre (HCRAC) and Campaign Against Impunity and Domestic Violence (CAIDV) in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital has called for sanctions…
GOtv subscribers’ decries momentary seizure of channels, recharge card extortion
Several GOtv subscribers’ in parts of the country and Lagos State in particular have lamented what they described as momentary disappearance of choice channels from the signal receiver without any form of refund from the service provider. Many of the…
NASS rejects new DStv, GOtv tariff hike, mandates House Committee, NBC to investigate
Less than 24 hours after MultiChoice, owners of satellite Pay TV services including DStv and GOtv announced planned hike in its tariff regime, the House of Representatives has rejected the moved. Accordingly, the lawmakers have mandated its committees on Information…
MultiChoice jerks up service tariffs, adds N680 on DStv, N100 on GOtv
MultiChoice Nigeria, operators of leading Pay TV platforms including DStv and GOtv has increased the prices attached to their monthly services to subscribers. In a coded sms sent to subscribers’ weekend and Monday, the company noted that the new tariffs…
