The country on Wednesday took a step into theera of telecommunications, broadcasting andmedia convergence as MTN Nigeria commencedthe pilot of its digital television broadcastingservice in Jos, Plateau State.The TV service, which goes live today (Thursday),is sequel to the issuance of a digital broadcastlicence to MTN for N34bn, by the NigerianBroadcasting Corporation in 2015.Aside the N34bn, sources said that the telecomscompany had spent about N25bn extra to getthe TV running.With the service, MTN Nigeria Executive, LyndaSaint-Nwafor, said Nigerians could now watch TVprogrammes on their smartphones and otherdevices via Over-the-Top platforms likeWhatsApp, BlackBerry Messenger, Facebook andTwitter, among others.According to the Chief Executive Officer, MTNNigeria, Ferdi Moolman, subscribers will havethe freedom to watch their favouriteprogrammes when they choose the MTN Video-on-Demand service, “rather than having towatch at a specific broadcast time.”“This will be the first fully converged broadcastand OTT-VOD service to launch in MTN,” he said.Moolman added that MTN was committed toproviding Nigerians with innovative digitalplatforms, “which will enhance the way we live,work and play.”He said, “Once we commence full commercialactivities, the TV service will deliver an excitingbouquet of rich local and international contentto Nigerians.“Indeed, the launch of MTN TV is another bolddemonstration of MTN’s abiding faith in thefuture of Nigeria, driving growth anddevelopment by enabling Nigerians to keeppace with the latest global trends and convergedsolutions.”Saint-Nwafor also stated that MTN’s vision was tolead the delivery of a bold new digital world.“We are committed to exploring opportunitiesand avenues to expand our digital footprint andvalue offering to our customers. We are,therefore, constantly seeking appropriatechannels to place the latest technologies andservices in the hands of Nigerians, and this isone of such,” she added.Meanwhile, a report after the Annual GeneralMeeting of the MTN Group on Wednesday statedthat MTN Nigeria’s data revenue in the first fourmonths of 2016 declined by 12 per cent mainlydue to the withdrawing of regulatory service
26 May, 2016
Load disqus comments
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4g
Allo
Android
ASUS
battery
c9
camon
Custom ROMs
customization
end-to-end encryption
end-to-end encryption.
Facebook
Gionee
Google
hot
how to
Huawei
Infinix
Internet
iphone
IPhone 7
iPhone 7 plus
iphone7
J7
leaked
leaks
Marathon
Messenger
Mtk.
News
Nokia
phablet
Pro
RAM
review
Samsung
Samsung galaxy
Samsung Gear 3
smartphones
smartwatch
SNAPDRAGON 820.
social app
specifications
specifications hot 4 X557
tablet
Tecno
Tips and tricks
tutorial
Whatsapp
winpad 2
xperia
Popular Posts
-
Tecno W5 Lite Full Specifications and Price Hi guys, today's post is as the header says, about the Tecno W5 Lite, Tecno actual...
-
Whatsapp problems on Android and their solutions. Whatsapp has become a very popular means of sending instant messages on our mobil...
-
Infinix note 4 X557 has been launched, this is according to a tweet from Infinix themselves, and a exclusive update from infinix top...
-
Camon c9 Pro Tecno is back with an upgrade of the very popular Tecno camon c9, and it is called Tecno camon c9 Pro . The Tecno Camon ...
-
According to research you most likely have been charging your smartphone the wrong way The major problem with smartphones is that th...
Select Category
4g
(7)
Allo
(1)
Android
(9)
ASUS
(1)
battery
(1)
c9
(1)
camon
(2)
Custom ROMs
(1)
customization
(1)
end-to-end encryption
(2)
end-to-end encryption.
(1)
Facebook
(2)
Gionee
(2)
Google
(1)
hot
(1)
how to
(10)
Huawei
(1)
Infinix
(1)
Internet
(1)
iphone
(3)
IPhone 7
(1)
iPhone 7 plus
(1)
iphone7
(1)
J7
(1)
leaked
(1)
leaks
(1)
Marathon
(1)
Messenger
(2)
Mtk.
(1)
News
(8)
Nokia
(1)
phablet
(1)
Pro
(1)
RAM
(4)
review
(13)
Samsung
(2)
Samsung galaxy
(2)
Samsung Gear 3
(1)
smartphones
(7)
smartwatch
(1)
SNAPDRAGON 820.
(3)
social app
(2)
specifications
(6)
specifications hot 4 X557
(1)
tablet
(1)
Tecno
(5)
Tips and tricks
(8)
tutorial
(6)
Whatsapp
(3)
winpad 2
(1)
xperia
(1)
Pages
Powered by Blogger.
Categories
Random Posts
Random Posts
Popular Posts
-
As earlier scheduled, Huawei has taken the wrappers off the Honor 8 yesterday the 11th of July. This is the new flagship from the Chinese s...
-
So guys this post is about the new security encryption on Facebook message, I came across it on Twitter so I felt I should share. Fac...
-
Tecno W5 Lite Full Specifications and Price Hi guys, today's post is as the header says, about the Tecno W5 Lite, Tecno actual...
-
Tecno Mobile Nigeria released the Tecno Phone Pad 7 I. The shiny phablet looks good and attractive.This is one of the recent Tecno tablets...
-
Many times we would like to have more than one Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp, Bbm , snapchat, Instagram or even 2go accounts on our andriod ph...
-
The price of the gionee M6 is expected to be above #100000 that is with the range of 400 USD. Now lets see the Gionee M6 review and ful...
-
Google social app Allo that might take over Facebook messenger and WhatsApp. Google Allo is a messaging app that makes conversati...
-
ASUS launches ZenFone 3 Deluxe with whopping 6GB RAM and Snapdragon 820 Xiaomi Mi5 and the upcoming OnePlus 3 have another Sna...
-
Nokia in late May had issued a public statement declaring that in addition to the fact that it would come back to the cell phone fie...
-
Sometimes you don't want to reply or appear to ignore messages on whatsapp. This article is just what you need to go unseen on whatsapp ...
0 comments