Digital Switch Over: Essential for the Creation of a Viable Digital-Tv Sector and Enhancing Creativity in Nigeria, A Review

Abstract

A study of the system of information dissemination in Nigeria presents a set of emerging issues that needs addressing by the modernization of existing frameworks. A key enabler in this study points to digital switch over for a healthy and sustainable media ecosystem. This study has shown that Nigeria with about 155 analogue television stations that operate mostly on regional and state basis, has no truly national spine for TV channels; and that 70 per cent of the over 200 million population have access to only 4 or fewer TV broadcast channels. The study also reveals that the analogue TV contents currently being disseminated are relatively weak, and the pay as you use digital terrestrial broadcasting platforms offer a few new digital – only Nigeria channels primarily for entertainment. Hence, getting the digital broadcast market to work is essential for the creation of a viable terrestrial broadcasting industry in Nigeria.