By Rotimi Ijikanmi
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has assured that the decoders for the Digital Switch Over (DSO) Free Tv, otherwise known as Set Top Boxes (STB) will be affordable.
The Director-General of the Commission, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, gave the assurance during an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja on Sunday.
Idachaba allayed the fear expressed in certain quarters that with the removal of subsidy on the boxes and the decision by the Federal Government to hands off DSO sponsorship, the decoders would be out of reach of the common man.
“At the moment, there is PayTv in Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in Nigeria, like DSTv, Gotv and Startimes.
“What the government intends to do is to get this same digital content quality available to ordinary Nigerians in FreeTv, hence the transition from analogue to DTT proposition that we are pushing.
“Accessibility to this by those in the low social equilibrium is very vital because government has the…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
