NBC to publish new reform report, rollout DSO in more states’ soon—Ag.DG
The Acting Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Prof Armstrong Idachaba has made his median media address with a vow to drive commitments towards realization of the key aims and objectives of industry regulations. Addressing the press weekend…
ICPC and DSO: Lai Mohammed walking into self trap?
By Kolawole Johnson: In 2006, a global initiative was driven by the International Telecommunication Union for digital switch over (DSO) of broadcasting from analogue to digital. The Geneva agreement which set 17th June, 2015 as the deadline for the UHF…
Tracing origin of the cold war between Lai Muhammed and DG of NBC
By Abba Gana Shehuri In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. All praises be to Allah. One of the most interesting developments of recent times, was the return of many of the previous ministers to their positions, when…
Ethiopia may become first to complete DSO in Africa using SES Satellite system
Whereas other African countries are serious in building digital infrastructures to drive migration from analogue to Digital Switch over (DSO), Ethiopian private and public broadcasters, and the local media market, are cutting off the entire process by hooking onto SES…
PayTV operators to end carriage of free terrestrial TV channels soon—NBC
The Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, has disclosed that the days of Pay TV operators carrying free terrestrial TV channels are getting numbered. Addressing the media in his office recently in Abuja, he revealed…
Ivory Coast seals DSO deal with SES ahead of meeting 2020 deadline
Ivory Coast’s public broadcasting company, the Société Ivoirienne de Télédiffusion (SIDT) has selected SES as its digital partner in a major move to meet the country’s 2020 deadline for Digital Switch Over (DSO) from analogue to digital broadcasting. Under this…
NBC closes in on national content development plan for young TV producers—DG
In keeping with the expected multiplier effects of Digital Switch Over (DSO), the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has signalled ongoing plan to offer a platform for Nigerian producers especially younger experts to go into TV production. Giving the insights in…
Nigeria’s DSO speeds up as NBC gets after sales payment for STBs with Korean group
The strategic management intelligence of the Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, has received a strong boost following the recent sealing of a deal with a Korean group to facilitate mass production of Set…
Can ICPC correct itself from corrupting the narrative ahead of NBC trial?
By Hamid Hendrix The ICPC should have learnt lessons on the ills of trial-by-media by now, but the contrary is evident. It all began when it put out a press release in November last year announcing that it had uncovered…
Startimes speeds up DSO in Ghana with free gift of over 300 satellite TV sets
As legal tussle over an approval that received full ministerial consent continues to drag down the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on its adopted regional delivery of Digital Switch Over (DSO) from analogue to digital TV experience, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana,…
