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StarTimes EXTRA GOODIES PROMO THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON
Triple Award winner for Best Pay-TV channel for 2013 and Leading Digital Terrestrial Technology Pay TV service provider in Nigeria, NTA STAR TV NETWORK – StarTimes is offering exciting new contents this yuletide season, in line with its desire to give subscribers quality and amazing offering in its StarTimes Christmas, EXTRA GOODIES PROMO.
StarTimes always celebrate Charismas with a rewarding promo for both New and existing subscribers. New subscribers to StarTimes EXTRA GOODIES PROMO can delight in amazing benefits this Yuletide Season.
New Subscribers can purchase the decoder at 4,900 Naira (Four Thousand, Nine Hundred Naira Only) to enjoy Free One Month Classic Bouquet of up to 60 channels.
Also New subscriber can get a decoder at 4,900 Naira with StarTimes YAGI ANTENNA, 10 meter Cable for only 1,000.
New subscriber can buy a decoder for 5,900 Naira with 1 month UNIQUE Bouquet of up to 80 Channels, or can buy a decoder for N5,900 with 1 month UNIQUE BOUQUET and can get a StarTimes YAGI Antenna with 10 meter Cable for only N 1,000.
On the other hand, existing subscribers can recharge only 3,000 (Three Thousand Naira) in a day and get Free 1,000 (One Thousand Naira) worth of airtime and can get a StarTimes YAGI ANETENNA for just 1,500 Naira.
This amazing offer starts from the 18th of November till the 31st of January 2014. As a caring brand with great aspiration of ensuring quality digital TV experinece for its subscribers this campaign unveils the originality of the brand as its major concern is not just to provide digital television experience but to satisfy every household in Nigeria.
In this yuletide season we are also offering our Subscribers New Channels for their viewing pleasure. This great exciting new Channel addition on its platform is the company’s devotion to satisfying and bringing affordable Digital entertainment to every household in Nigeria. Startimes mission to ensure that every home in Nigeria enjoys affordable digital entertainment backed by the collaboration with NTA, a strategic partnership that will help Nigeria in actualizing its 2015 transition deadline.
Subscribers should expect new contents from these stations which include, FOX NEWS, BLOOMBERG TV (Business TV), Dove TV (Christian Entertainment/Inspirational Channel), STAR AFRICA (African entertainment and lifestyle Channel), STAR One (International Entertainments and Reality Shows), STAR MOVIES 1+2 (Hollywood Action, Thriller, Romance and Sci-Fi Movie Channel), STAR CHINESE (Chinese Action movies and Series Channel).
StarTimes introduction of additional 7 channels of diverse genres available to our subscribers is aimed at further boosting our information and entertainment offering. It is our brand's commitment to progressively enrich the content and make them available to its subscribers while still maintaining the cost of existing bouquets as it seeks to add its competitive edge and further entrench itself as the preferred Pay Television service provider in Nigeria.
We remain steadfast in giving our subscriber’s value for their commitment to StarTimes; the added channels confirm our rich content diversity as we look into meeting the television viewing tastes for the whole family. This will not have a cost implication and will be available among the three popular bouquets of BASIC, CLASSIC and UNIQUE to ensure the majority of our subscribers do access and enjoy our programming.
StarTimes in three years have revolutionized the pay TV industry with up to 80 channels, unbeatable quality channels that reflect the creative diversity in a positive and proper perspective.
Nigerians can now confidently migrate into digital space with Startimes as it provides additional local and foreign entertaining Channels. All we can say is, Enjoy the best of unlimited Entertainment, Education, Information, Music, Movies and Sports on StarTimes decoder.
As we look forward to celebrating this yuletide season with you, we assure every Nigerian of better years ahead as we spread our network to more than 20 cities with quality signal coverage, quality contents and unbeatable service centers and most especially to help Nigeria keep pace with the rest of the world transiting from Analogue to Digital before due date of 2015.
All we can say is, Enjoy the best of EXTRA GOODIES PROMO, MORE CHANNELS AT SAME PRICE” in our StarTimes Christmas PROMO this yuletide season.

StarTimes, the only licensed Digital Terrestrial Television and multiple Award winners for best Digital Pay TV Provider in Nigeria is living to its Vision of providing every family with total entertainment has launched its Startimes S 100 Android mobile TV Phone in Lagos and Abuja

The Startimes S 100 Android Mobile TV Phone has better features of 3.5 touch screens and resolution that brings a distinctive visual experience.

Its battery life is with ultra thin standby time (1500 mAh battery), stronger than its predecessor and at an affordable price of N14, 000.

It’s equipped with Bluetooth, WI-Fi, Radio, and SD card enabled.

The clear vivid Images and amazing smooth visual experience will help you enjoy unlimited viewing of stunning 12 TV Channels to its fullest.

The Channels include, Eurosport News, Orisun, Aljazeera, BBC News, FOX, NTA24 (News, sport), Kungfu, National Geography, STV Music, STV e2 and CNTV.

This Mobile service is only opened for those in Lagos and Abuja environs with quality after sales services.

Irete Anetor, manager, Public Relations, NTA-Star Network said “We remain steadfast in giving our subscriber’s value for their commitment to StarTimes. All we can say is, Enjoy the best of Startimes S 100 Android mobile TV Phone unlimited entertainment, News, music and sports from StarTimes this Yuletide season”

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She shall be found alive in JESUS NAME

Stakeholders To GOTv: You’re Operating Illegal Business; Take Case To N/Assembly, Jonathan, November 13, 2013

Stakeholders To GOTv: You’re Operating Illegal Business; Take Case To N/Assembly, Jonathan

The controversy surrounding the operation of pay-tv channel, GoTV in Nigeria continues unabated with some aggrieved stakeholders in the industry insisting that the pay-tv channel is not only operating illegally in the country but also doing so with the active connivance of the officials of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC).

Thegazellenews.com can revealed that the aggrieved stakeholders have vowed to fight the matter to a logical conclusion using all available legal means. “We will fight this to a logical conclusion and we would use all available legal means to ensure that we get justice on this matter,” Dawud Abiodun, one of those who spoke with our correspondent said.

According to another stakeholder, Anastacia Onyewu, they are taken the case to the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku. “If we don’t get redress from Maku, we will go to the National Assembly and the President and if all these fail, we will go to court,” he said, real anger showing on his face.

The bone of contention has been whether or not GOTv can operate Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) when it seems it has not been licenced to do so.

In our earlier report, thegazellenews.com had reported that going by investigation based on a petition by the Stakeholders to the NBC, GOTv was not licenced to operate DTT in the country.

According to the petition, GOTv has no legal right to transmit digital broadcasting in Nigeria using DVB-T technology. The petitioners through a letter to the NBC questioned the right of GOTv providing Digital Terrestrial Transmission (DTT) services in Nigeria. They stated that such services can only be provided for now by the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) which is the only organ licenced by the NBC to provide such service in Nigeria.

Thegazellenews.com’s investigation had revealed that the stakeholders’ claim may have been right. The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, had cleared the air after one of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meetings. Maku confirmed that NTA is the only organisation approved by the Federal Government to provide DTT service, thus meaning NTA is the public signal distributor licenced in the country. Simply put, no DTT licence has been granted to any other service provider except the one given to NTA. So the question of why is GOTv operating and expanding its service illegally when it seems it has not been licenced to do so arises?

For the uninitiated, the Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial (DVBT) offers Digital Terrestrial Television services while the Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld (DVBH) offers digital mobile television services.

Investigation revealed that there is a whole lot of difference between the two. The former allows the operator to transmit from video terrestrial television while the later only gives room for the operator to provide services only on handheld devices such mobile phones, i-phones, i-pad among others. Since the NTA is the only organisation legally licenced to provide terrestrial television services, why is GOTv doing so illegally?

However, GOTv seems to have favour with the NBC with the agency declaring that the pay-tv channel can operate DTT in Nigeria without any hindrance.

According to the NBC, the pay-tv channel has every legal right to provide the service since the parent company of the channel, Details Nigeria Limited, has upgraded its licence which allowed the pay-tv company to provide both mobile and terrestrial services.

Speaking on the controversy, the Head of Public Affairs of NBC, Mrs. Maimuna Jimada, stated that GOTv through Details Nigeria Limited has licence to operate Multipoint Multimedia Distribution System (MMDS) and Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld (DVB-H).

Mrs. Jimada stated that “what Details Nigeria Limited has simply done was to deploy the Digital Video Broadcasting – Technology2 (DVB-T2) which allows it to provide both Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) and Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) services”.

She debunked the claim that GOTv was using understand tactics to ensure that it remains in the market. “I’m not aware of any scheming. The company has a licence that allows it to operate and provide the services it is providing and I have simply explained how it attained such status,” she said.

But some analysts in the industry believed that the agency is speaking from two sides of the mouth and indeed thegazellenews.com can reveal that NBC has deliberately decided not to speak on the Minister’s statement that it was only NTA that has been licenced to provide DTT services.

According to them, GOTv, aided by the NBC, is using the inter-connectivity and similarity between DVBT and DVBH to play a fast one on the Nigerian government.

“We have found out that GOTv is only licenced to provide DVBH services but is using that to provide DTT services to members of the public illegally. This should stop and we will fight this to a logical conclusion. If the NBC is not acting on this, we will take the matter to the National Assembly and we may even go to court,” Nwachukwu Austin, an industry stakeholder told thegazellenews.com.

Industry watchers believed that there is need for the Nigerian government through the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, to make a public clarification on the matter. “The Minster needs to intervene because it seems the NBC has fallen for the antics of GOTv. If the Minister has said that the NTA is only agency licenced to run DTT, then we need to know when the decision has been overturned or else it means GOTv is illegal,” Rasheed Ayinde, an industry watcher said, a view corroborated by others who spoke with thegazellenews.com.

As it is, it seems the battle line has just been drawn on this controversy, we will continue to keep you updated as events unfold.

Stakeholders To GOTv: You’re Operating Illegal Business; Take Case To N/Assembly, Jonathan. November 13, 2013

Stakeholders To GOTv: You’re Operating Illegal Business; Take Case To N/Assembly, Jonathan

The controversy surrounding the operation of pay-tv channel, GoTV in Nigeria continues unabated with some aggrieved stakeholders in the industry insisting that the pay-tv channel is not only operating illegally in the country but also doing so with the active connivance of the officials of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC).

Thegazellenews.com can revealed that the aggrieved stakeholders have vowed to fight the matter to a logical conclusion using all available legal means. “We will fight this to a logical conclusion and we would use all available legal means to ensure that we get justice on this matter,” Dawud Abiodun, one of those who spoke with our correspondent said.

According to another stakeholder, Anastacia Onyewu, they are taken the case to the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku. “If we don’t get redress from Maku, we will go to the National Assembly and the President and if all these fail, we will go to court,” he said, real anger showing on his face.

The bone of contention has been whether or not GOTv can operate Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) when it seems it has not been licenced to do so.

In our earlier report, thegazellenews.com had reported that going by investigation based on a petition by the Stakeholders to the NBC, GOTv was not licenced to operate DTT in the country.

According to the petition, GOTv has no legal right to transmit digital broadcasting in Nigeria using DVB-T technology. The petitioners through a letter to the NBC questioned the right of GOTv providing Digital Terrestrial Transmission (DTT) services in Nigeria. They stated that such services can only be provided for now by the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) which is the only organ licenced by the NBC to provide such service in Nigeria.

Thegazellenews.com’s investigation had revealed that the stakeholders’ claim may have been right. The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, had cleared the air after one of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meetings. Maku confirmed that NTA is the only organisation approved by the Federal Government to provide DTT service, thus meaning NTA is the public signal distributor licenced in the country. Simply put, no DTT licence has been granted to any other service provider except the one given to NTA. So the question of why is GOTv operating and expanding its service illegally when it seems it has not been licenced to do so arises?

For the uninitiated, the Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial (DVBT) offers Digital Terrestrial Television services while the Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld (DVBH) offers digital mobile television services.

Investigation revealed that there is a whole lot of difference between the two. The former allows the operator to transmit from video terrestrial television while the later only gives room for the operator to provide services only on handheld devices such mobile phones, i-phones, i-pad among others. Since the NTA is the only organisation legally licenced to provide terrestrial television services, why is GOTv doing so illegally?

However, GOTv seems to have favour with the NBC with the agency declaring that the pay-tv channel can operate DTT in Nigeria without any hindrance.

According to the NBC, the pay-tv channel has every legal right to provide the service since the parent company of the channel, Details Nigeria Limited, has upgraded its licence which allowed the pay-tv company to provide both mobile and terrestrial services.

Speaking on the controversy, the Head of Public Affairs of NBC, Mrs. Maimuna Jimada, stated that GOTv through Details Nigeria Limited has licence to operate Multipoint Multimedia Distribution System (MMDS) and Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld (DVB-H).

Mrs. Jimada stated that “what Details Nigeria Limited has simply done was to deploy the Digital Video Broadcasting – Technology2 (DVB-T2) which allows it to provide both Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) and Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) services”.

She debunked the claim that GOTv was using understand tactics to ensure that it remains in the market. “I’m not aware of any scheming. The company has a licence that allows it to operate and provide the services it is providing and I have simply explained how it attained such status,” she said.

But some analysts in the industry believed that the agency is speaking from two sides of the mouth and indeed thegazellenews.com can reveal that NBC has deliberately decided not to speak on the Minister’s statement that it was only NTA that has been licenced to provide DTT services.

According to them, GOTv, aided by the NBC, is using the inter-connectivity and similarity between DVBT and DVBH to play a fast one on the Nigerian government.

“We have found out that GOTv is only licenced to provide DVBH services but is using that to provide DTT services to members of the public illegally. This should stop and we will fight this to a logical conclusion. If the NBC is not acting on this, we will take the matter to the National Assembly and we may even go to court,” Nwachukwu Austin, an industry stakeholder told thegazellenews.com.

Industry watchers believed that there is need for the Nigerian government through the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, to make a public clarification on the matter. “The Minster needs to intervene because it seems the NBC has fallen for the antics of GOTv. If the Minister has said that the NTA is only agency licenced to run DTT, then we need to know when the decision has been overturned or else it means GOTv is illegal,” Rasheed Ayinde, an industry watcher said, a view corroborated by others who spoke with thegazellenews.com.

As it is, it seems the battle line has just been drawn on this controversy, we will continue to keep you updated as events unfold.

http://www.thegazellenews.com/2013/11/13/stakeholders-to-gotv-youre-operating-illegal-business-take-case-to-nassembly-jonathan/

God will look at your gospel beginning and heal you... financial assistance will come my broda...don't get dismayed.

I think it's a strategic approach, if he was able to settle a billion Naira bail...tight-necked questions would be sprouted. I wish him justice

I don't know how you Nigerians think o; the slap doesn't really mean "NO" but actually meant "YES" but things like ifoti(slap), igabarun, iko (Knocks),jabbing, chiko... are what you receive when you stoop this low for any other woman.

Dude, remember your fattest grammy award was from a song you titled "JESUS WALKS" after a fatal accident, now the Jesus is Yesus? Anyway, I hv not listened to your track, but i want to believe it's not blasphel,cos the Jewish, Latin... pronounce "J" as "Y" like "YESU"

Let's see the day after today before any coment.

I read this sometimes ago, until i met the a media person who told me it's a fact. Nigerians beware of illegal products.


NBC investigates GoTv for alleged illegal operation


LAST_UPDATED2 Saturday, 18 August 2012 17:48 Saturday, 18 August 2012 00:00
Written by Dele Alao



For years, the Nigeria pay TV market was dominated by DSTV from the stable of Multichoice. Only few Nigerians could have access to the services of the pay TV because of its cost of acquisition and subscription, which were beyond the reach of many average Nigerians.

However, in recent time, the market witnessed a dramatic change, especially as the country gears up for the 2015 deadline for countries to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting.

The International Telecommunications Union set a date of June 17 2015 for the transition from analogue to digital television. The Nigerian Government set up an advisory committee to recommend to Government how to carry out the transition. The whole process culminated in the approval of the whitepaper by the Federal Executive Council on the 4th of April 2012.

The highlights of the Federal Executive Council briefing was the approval of NTA as the public signal distributor with the provision to license another two private signal distributors.

The Honourable Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, at the briefing said; “We would be licensing at least two signal distributors; one will be public signal distributor that will be comprised of the broadcasting access of NTA, FRCN and the VON. We also will be licensing another private signal distributor to provide the necessary competition that will give values to consumers of broadcasting content.”

The announcement by the Honourable Minister was cheery news to many indigenous stakeholders who are warming up to participate in the process especially as private signal distributors.

Many were hoping the process of selecting the private signal distributors will be transparent, and fair.

Curiously a few weeks after the Honourable Ministers’ announcement, GOTV started operation in Ibadan, Oyo State last year. It then launched in Port Harcourt, River State and then Lagos. While the launch of GOTV in Ibadan, Port Harcourt and Lagos may be good news for the subscribers who now have more choice and possibly better and cheaper services, Indigenous stakeholders have been bewildered by the turn of events as nobody seemed to be aware of when the bidding for the private signal distributor was carried out and how GOTV managed to be the winner.

Investigations revealed that GOTV do not have a license to provide digital terrestrial television services in Nigeria. Details Nigeria Limited, however posses a Digital Mobile TV license with which it deployed digital mobile TV (DSTV Mobile) in ten Nigerian cities since around 2007.

Speculations are rife in some quartres that DSTV Mobile might not have been successful as the owners would want.

Many stakeholders are questioning the legitimacy of GOTV operations in Nigeria but Government officials have not been forthcoming with a logical explanation for this turn of events.

“As far as we are aware, no DTT license has been granted Multichoice to deploy GOTV in Nigeria and when the time comes to award the one or two private signal distributor licenses, it is expected that all interested parties would be given a fair chance of getting it in a transparent process,” a stakeholder who craved for anonymity said.

The stakeholders are asking; Does GOTV possess a license to offer Digital Terrestrial Television Services in Nigeria? If yes, when did the process for selecting GOTV take place and why were all stakeholders not given a fair chance of competing? If GOTV do not possess a Digital Terrestrial Television license, why are they offering the service without any sanction by the regulator?

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Compass on Saturday gathered that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) may have commenced full-scale investigations on the operation of GOTV.

“We have sent someone to Lagos to investigate the matter,” a highly placed official at NBC told the Nigerian Compass on Saturday last Thursday.

Last Saturday, the Nigerian Compass published a story on whether GOTV from the stable of Details Nigeria, a sister company to Multichoice, has the licence to operate Digital Terrestrials Television (DTT) in the country.

Spokesperson for Multichoice, Segun Fayose, did not respond to enquiries even as at the time of filing in this report.

What is special about this GOTV? Channels are limited and tapped from Dstv, what about if DSTV one day decides to say No, on what stand would GOTV place its subscribers? I think they should have been out independently, come out with new and fantastic channels like StarTimes even if they can't be as good as DSTV. I also think the "List Price" is quite too expensive, N9,500, When I can get StarTimes for 3,900 with even more and better channels. I don't trust this guys.