BotherMleeper:


DSTV has a hand in the company promising what it cannot, and failed, to deliver?

TSTV was built on hype.

It couldn't deliver what it promised.

I suspect the founders just wanted to scam their investors, because what they promised didn't not even exist.

edoairways:

You wouldn't understand, dstv were operating from behind the scene. They reported tstv to bein sports for pirating their content

edoairways:

You wouldn't understand, dstv were operating from behind the scene. They reported tstv to bein sports for pirating their content

kikero:


Which was well within their rights to do so...if they did.

The thing is, DSTV holds exclusive rights to broadcast Premier league matches in Nigeria. Rights they paid for using their customer's money. If TSTV wanted to air Premier league, they should have bid for Premier league match rights (like HiTV did in 2006 sucessfully, and even had DSTV having to beg them at one point to show at least 2 games per weekend plus highlights.)..instead of playing ojoro.

Plus they were even showing BeIN TV signals without BeIN TV's permission, and without signing an agreement or even paying BEIN for the privilege to rebroadcast Premier league matches. Haba!(It also means that a legal BeIN TV subscriber is paying for Nigerians to watch Premier league...that's not fair to them)

Plus, BeIN can only boradcast Premier league matches in a certain region. If they had turned a blind eye to TSTV's piracy, that could have been considered breach of contract with the sellers of the Premier league rights...which means more trobule for them legally and financially.

There is a good reason why government agencies go after people who do what TSTV was doing.

In the UK, BT recently won a bid to show some Premier league games on their channel..from SKY. They had to bid like anyone else. BBC cannot show premier league matches because they haven't bid for them

Let's do things properly in this country, and maybe more investment would come in.

Ben404040:
..I just came to check if it's TRUE.

I still had a bit of hope that even in their dieing nature, somehow they will come alive, that somehow they could make a great come back.

Alas The 9ja spirit no deh this one.!!!

With the loss of their head office dies the existence and name TSTV.

RIP

leisuretym:
see what SAfrican did to a Nigerian company because government failed to protect and support indigenous company but they want tax.
but in their own country they don't want to see Nigerians

Neddstark:
TSTV. I will never forget them. They came like they were bragging like giants that will unseat DSTV. People that could not even afford rights to broadcast from a sports network. Shame on them. Eastern businesses and their thing for sub standard services.

Tocynone:
A promising company down

edoairways:

You wouldn't understand, dstv were operating from behind the scene. They reported tstv to bein sports for pirating their content

Nbote:
Dis mumu ppl dat raised our hopes so high and den dashed it into a thousand pieces.. Do more talk less is one lesson everyone shld note.

AK481:
The hype was needed, you are only saying it because it failed.

The hype made people interested but Dstv use court order to fruastrate them.dstv would still have fraustrated them if they had shown contents silently.


There is no way anybody will unseat multichoice either gotv(to keep small boys busy) or Dstv for its preemium if some rights are not taken away.

Mind you, even mtv base and cnn are solely signed to Dstv,Fox News , but they are flexible rebroadcasting it for a fee to other competitors.

Tintinnoty:
Nigeria failed TSTV. A serious nation would never allow a foreign entity operating within its borders bully an indigenous company. That was what DSTV did to TSTV.

The support the government claimed was given to TSTV was never ironclad.

kikero:


1.DSTV never took tstv to court.

2.How cable companies bid for content varies from content to content. CNN is , i believe, free to air...so they can be shown on any platform. MTV base is shown on two platforms (dstv, and gtv...another similar private platform). Fox News is solely on Startimes here in Nigeria.
(Another example is the channel Investigation Discovery...which airs on DSTV and Startimes...)

3.Premier league broadcasting rights follow a completely different bidding process from MTV base, et al. And they cost a lot more. Premier league bidding rights are by region. Once company A has bid to show the EPL in region A , they cannot show it in region B. That's why TSTV got into trobule for pirating BeIN TV.

4.If TSTV wanted to show premier league...they should have BID for it. Like HiTV did in 2006...and knocked out DSTV for 3 years in the process.

post=90503656:

How and why should they keep what they do to themselves please?
It is never a crime to "make noise" about what you do or your company.
That is called : ADVERTISEMENT .
Coca-cola "make noise' every time also,
so do Pepsi, and other Big corporations,
but they have been around forever!

It is sad that things do not work out for them.
We need a reliable indigenous cable TV in our darling country.

But with all these thieves, called politicians having a sizeable shares in all the South African firms since 1999 till now, make it happen?!
Question of the day!

This is a 100% wholly owned Nigeria Pay TV company.
When are we going to start patronizing our own?

Another Question of the day!


Sad reality!

BotherMleeper:


Pls stop

You make it sound like a school yard fight between two junior boys.

You think beIN will invest hundreds pf millions and not possess the capacity to know when someone is pirating their broadcast?

And without beIN, which DSTV does not even broadcast, TSTV cannot function and survive?

They promised pay per view, broadband internet, 40gb storage, and a range of services that sounded too good to be true. They didn't arrange licensing deals with service providers, and they couldn't deliver even enough decoders to dealerships who'd paid upfront.

They simply buckled under the weight of tons of lies, deception, misleading promises, and probable scam.

Tintinnoty:
Nigeria failed TSTV. A serious nation would never allow a foreign entity operating within its borders bully an indigenous company. That was what DSTV did to TSTV.

The support the government claimed was given to TSTV was never ironclad.

Growingboi:
How come such a promising business became grounded within a short time? Could it be bad managment decision or Nigeria factor of 'you wash my back I wash your back?

I thought by now, DSTV shakara would be a thing of the past. so unfortunate

AK481:


Young man, I never said Dstv took them to court , but Dstv frustrated them strategically which is ok in business.

Angelfrost:
I'm not surprised!!!... After what befell HiTv, the barely breathing DaarSat, I knew TSTV was a mere pipe dream!!!

A nation that can't encourage itself and its people to grow, but will choose to open massive doors to foreign exploiters will perpetually remain third world!!!

Xda59:


You said it all bro. Government could have given them grants or soft loans so they can bid for their own broadcast licenses. It really breaks my heart when I see all these nonsense going on in Nigeria when the solution lies within ourselves.

obonujoker:

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/396874-satellite-tv-company-tstv-loses-office-due-to-debt.html

Olalan:
TSTV is a classic example of keeping your plans to yourself........they made so much noise and their competitors silenced them

Duru009:
It's really unfortunate that Nigeria are stocked with DSTV....

In South Africa thy have about 5 strong cable companies. DSTV is not even among the top 4 in that country.....

Thy have killed the following on Nigeria !
HiTV
TSTV
DarSAT


Too bad for this country.......