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launch of Abuja DSO
ICT

2 months to DSO, how ready are NBC, stakeholders to avoid another miss of deadline

No doubt, many Nigerians are yet to understand the meaning of Digital Switch Over (DSO) expected to take off in Nigeria from June 17 this year. Already, some strategic cities are on board DSO including Abuja which was launched recently…

Industry

NBC reconsiders indebted licensees, extends grace period to June 30th, 2017

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has for the second time extended grace period for Radio and TV stations licensees yet to pay their license renewal fees to three months. The initial extension had ended March 31st, but addressing the media…

launch of Abuja DSO
ICT

DSO: NBC activates 145,357 STBs in Abuja, begins payment of STB producers

The Director General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mallam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu has disclosed that the Abuja switch on is the definitive beginning of the journey to conclude a national Analogue Switch Off (ASO) and a Digital Switch Over (DSO)….

ICT

NBC extends timeline for debtor broadcast stations to month end, mulls license revocation

In a show of magnanimity, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has extended till march 31st, the window of paying all outstanding licence fees owed by broadcast stations, hinting that clampdown will follow immediately the grace period is over. The agency…