How NTA-STAR Network keeps digital transition alive Nigeria’s march to digitization may have been hampered by lack of funding as lamented last Thursday in Lagos at the Digital Migration Summit organized by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), initiatives by broadcasting firms such as the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) have kept hope of the country meeting the deadline of June 17, 2015 alive. Chief of these initiatives is the joint venture between the national station and Star Communication Network CO Limited of China which gave birth to NTA-STAR TV Network Limited. The partnership, in the words of Group Chairman, StarTimes China, Mr. Xinxing Pang, is not only growing smoothly, “it has also yielded bumper harvest pioneering the new technology of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in Nigeria.” As a follow-up to Pang’s exposition on the workings of the venture and how it has revolutionalized the broadcast industry, Director of NTA-STAR TV Network, MAXWELL LOKO in an encounter with The Guardian, underscored the integrity of the venture, its contribution to digitization process, while debunking the assumption that the partnership is a manifestation of cultural imperialism.... To read the full story click on the link ngrguardiannews/index.php/features/media/162881-how-nta-star-network-keeps-digital-transition-alive
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 09:00:01 +0000
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