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Channels Television is a Nigerian independent 24-hour news and media television channel based in Lagos, Nigeria. The parent company, Channels Incorporated, was founded in 1992, a year before the Nigerian government deregulated the broadcast media. It began broadcasting in 1995.
John Momoh (born 1 July 1957) is a Nigerian broadcast journalist and the Chairman and CEO of Channels TV, an independent and multiple award-winning 24-hour news and media television channel based in Lagos. [2] He is widely recognized in Nigeria as a transformative industry pioneer with the 37-year-long career in news television broadcasting. [3]
Nigeria was one of the first countries to introduce television broadcasting in Africa. Nigeria also has the largest terrestrial television network in Africa which is the Nigerian Television Authority (with over 96 stations scattered around the country). [2] As of 2010, 40% of Nigerian population had television in their homes.
The channel airs on British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc (BSKYb) in the UK, Naspers Ltd. (NPN)'s DStv and Startimes in Nigeria, and Multi TV in Ghana. [ 6 ] Former CEO Nigel Parsons states "Without shying away from reporting the conflicts or the corruption, the famines or the wars, the mission of TVC News is also to tell the many positive stories ...
NTA2 came to be in 1980 over a dispute between the Nigerian Television Authority and Lagos Television over possible VHF frequencies to be used. The NTA strongly opposed the plans of the state government to set up a television station on channel 5. Ultimately the NTA remained on channel 5 while Lagos Television was relocated to channel 8. [1]
The accident that broke 10-year-old Princess Igbinosa's right leg could have crushed her dreams of becoming a model in a country where not many can afford prosthetics to cope with life and fight ...
Many African countries have various television stations both public and private in nature. The management of these stations vary across countries. In some parts of Africa, radio is a more common form of news and media; see the list of radio stations in Africa for more information.
Channel 10 (Lagos) NTA Lagos is a Zonal Network Centre of the Nigerian Television Authority in Lagos , Nigeria's largest city. It was established in 1962 as the first station under the federal government - all other television stations in Nigeria were set up under the individual state governments.