L-R: Mrs. Elizabeth Amkpa, General Manager, GOtv; Mr.
Oludare Kafar, Marketing Manager, GOtv; Miss. Lanre Oluwole, Operation
Manager, GOtv and Mr. Francis Agaba, MultiChoice Super Dealer in Calabar
during the launch of GOtv in Calabar, Cross River in December, 2013 at Transcorp Hotels, Calabar.
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar
Cross River Government has commended GOtv, a digital terrestrial pay television service, for increasing consumer awareness on the imminent switch-over from analogue to digital broadcasting in Nigeria.
The State Commissioner for Information, Chief Akin Rickett, made the commendation at the fourth GOtv Customer Forum held at the Transcorp Hotels in Calabar.
Represented at the occasion by Mr Freedom Ejom, the Permanent secretary, Ministry of Information, Rickett, however, observed that awareness of the ongoing digitisation of Nigeria’s broadcast industry had been “ very low’’.
“I thank GOtv for creating a forum subscribers can learn about its services and a topical issue as the digital switch-over,’’ he said.
A Calabar-based subscriber, Chief Patrick Effah, also said he experienced what he termed the crisp digital quality pictures which GOtv promised at launch.
“The picture quality is incomparable; I urge GOtv to sustain the quality of the service,” he said.
Another subscriber, Eyo Bassey, said he appreciated GOtv for its “pocket-friendliness’’ while another subscriber, Mr Godswill Samson, said the pay-tv station stood out in three areas – economy, quality pictures and uninterrupted signals during rainy or cloudy weather.
Roseline Bebia summed up her experience with GOtv, which offers subscribers both local and international channels, as delightful and also for being able to withstand rainy or cloudy weather.
Highlight of the event was the discussion on the upcoming digital switch-over and General Manager GOtv, Mrs Elizabeth Amkpa, who charged the subscribers to “spread the word about the digital switch-over’’.
GOtv is a digital terrestrial pay television service designed to cater for all television households in Nigeria. It offers subscribers both local and international channels.
It was launched by Details Nigeria in association with MultiChoice Nigeria to ensure that great affordable digital TV is accessible to everyone.
GOtv currently covers the following cities – Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Lagos, Enugu, Benin, Aba, Owerri, Kano, Kaduna, Onitsha, Asaba, Uyo, Abuja, Calabar, Osogbo, Ife, Ogbomoso, Akure, Oyo and Jos.
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