It is very unlikely that Nigeria, the most populous nation
on the continent of Africa will meet self set target of deploying 24 million
set-top boxes by the end of middle of 2015, reports DigitalSENSE Business News.
The chief executive officer, Balancing Act, Mr. Russell Southwood, made
these assertions in Lagos at the one-day Digital Broadcasting
Roundtable, hosted by the Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN).
He noted that it has been three
years since Nigeria multi-stakeholder Digital Task Force submitted its report.
He pointed out that until now Nigeria has been able to
achieve 1.5 million out of 24m project with the intervention of Star Times
through a collaboration with the National Television Authority (NTA), stressing
that “Nigeria now has 3 years to go from 1.5 m to 24m. Unlikely in 18 months
left.”
Natioonal Broadcasting Commission (NBC), he said, should ensure
speedy approval of policy to give certainty and level playing field.
Southwood advised Nigerian government to give priority
issues of digital migration by not allowing a single player the opportunity to
entrench itself in a dominant position before opening up the market.
“Allow a realistic timetable even if it doesn’t meet the
2015 timetable,” he said.
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