• Cable TV shouldn’t raise tariff after COVID-19 tax rebate — MinisterThe Federal Government has revealed plans to end the monopoly enjoyed by cable television service providers, especially Digital Sa
tellite Television, owned by MultiChoice, a South Africa-based company.Only DStv currently broadcasts major football competitions in Nigeria, especially the English Premier League.
At the continuation of the investigative hearings organised by an ad hoc committee of the House on the matter in Abuja on Tuesday, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had dismissed claims by DStv that pay-per-view was not proper for the Nigerian market. The minister said, “On the issue of increase in price for subscribers, with the onset of COVID-19, one of the first things we did in the ministry with the NBC was to provide succour to broadcasters.
He added, “We took that opportunity also to make right recommendations to Mr President, including the breaking of the monopoly of the various giant operators. It is to the credit of Mr President that he did approve those recommendations.” Earlier, Chairman of the committee, Mr Unyime Idem, asked Mohammed and the acting Director General of the NBC, Armstrong Idachaba, to order DStv to suspend its recent rates’ increment.Idem had stated that the minister and all stakeholders present should ensure and commence full implementation of its directives.
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