NBC to develop national media content policy for digital TV era
Following the adoption of the recommendations of the House of Representatives Committee ad hoc committee which investigated the Process of Digital Switch Over (DSO) in Nigeria, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the Ministry of Information have been mandated to…
Radio Continental, 22 others fined by NBC for broadcast breaches
In line with its official regulation in monitoring compliance to broadcast codes, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has released the list of broadcasting stations that have been sanctioned for various breaches in contravention of the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting…
One year after $300m credit, Innoson yet to begin manufacture of STBs
Between the middle and end of October last year, leading indigenous auto manufacturing group, Innoson Vehicle manufacturing (IVM) announced it has join the league of Set-Top-Box (STBs) providers for the smooth migration of the country from analogue to digital television…
NBC corrects erroneous impression, explains DG’s speech at Kano forum
The attention of the Management of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has been drawn to a sensational and incorrect report circulating on the internet, where it was falsely alleged that the Director General of the Commission, Mallam Ishaq Modibbo Kawu,…
What NBC DG, Kawu said at Kano Forum
TEXT OF A SPEECH BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMMISSION (NBC), IS’HAQ MODIBBO KAWU, AT THE KANO STAKEHOLDERS’ MEETING ON POLITICAL BROADCASTS, KANO, OCTOBER 26TH, 2017 PROTOCOLS: On behalf of the Board of Management and Staff of the National…
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…
Shut down of FM Radio stations looms as many may not meet licence renewal terms
Unless defaulting FM Radio stations effect necessary reconfigurations on their transmitter powers and other technical infractions, the regulator, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is set to deny their licence renewal which had been well long overdue. This was made public by…
NBC reveals cause of radio frequency jams, set to wield big stick
For some time now, many Nigerians who love listening to a particular radio station may have observed that getting crisp clarity from the FM Radio Station either in the village or where he or she currently resides in cities is…
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…
