Comments on: New TV Channel for Africa http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/ Personal blog of an Internet Entrepreneur & Technology Enthusiast Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:59:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/us.png" alt="United States" /> Augustine amoah <small id="gs_author_location">from California, United States</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/#comment-50687 United States Augustine amoah from California, United States Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:39:28 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/#comment-50687 Cant there be channels like sabc 1,sabc2 , sabc 3 & e -tv on dstv westafrica. Also ss3 on other bouquet order than premium ? Is it possible Cant there be channels like sabc 1,sabc2 , sabc 3 & e -tv on dstv westafrica. Also ss3 on other bouquet order than premium ? Is it possible

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/ke.png" alt="Kenya" /> MICHAEL WAWERU <small id="gs_author_location">from Nairobi Area, Kenya</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/#comment-36271 Kenya MICHAEL WAWERU from Nairobi Area, Kenya Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:38:08 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/#comment-36271 Well well cant believe that us kenyans almost did not rise to the occassion to subscribe to my tv africa ,alas here i come . Hope kenyans will give me supoort me more so strong technologies let me part of the synergy, to make kenya be part of the growing Africa to positively represent the continent. Well well cant believe that us kenyans almost did not rise to the occassion to subscribe to my tv africa ,alas here i come . Hope kenyans will give me supoort me more so strong technologies let me part of the synergy, to make kenya be part of the growing Africa to positively represent the continent.

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/us.png" alt="United States" /> Oluniyi D. Ajao <small id="gs_author_location">from Texas, United States</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/#comment-33513 United States Oluniyi D. Ajao from Texas, United States Mon, 14 May 2007 14:03:57 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/#comment-33513 <strong>Nigeria launches Communications Satellite</strong> Nigeria now has a 2nd satellite in orbit - a communications satellite. This is the very same satellite project India was trying to out-do Nigeria to, in 2005. Well, the satellite is now in orbit. According to XICHANG, Experts estimate that the ... Nigeria launches Communications Satellite

Nigeria now has a 2nd satellite in orbit – a communications satellite. This is the very same satellite project India was trying to out-do Nigeria to, in 2005.
Well, the satellite is now in orbit. According to XICHANG,
Experts estimate that the …

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/us.png" alt="United States" /> Harry Underwood <small id="gs_author_location">from Georgia, United States</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/#comment-4204 United States Harry Underwood from Georgia, United States Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:24:42 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/#comment-4204 David, even here in the US, cable/satellite is only sustainable with large amounts of advertising (or, in the case of the rare non-commercial non-profit, like PBS or Link TV, heavy donations and/or government subsidies). This is why they tend to be bought by media conglomerates, of which there are some five-or-so in the US television industry: Viacom (which CBS broke off from last year), Time Warner, News Corporation, General Electric, and Walt Disney. Being bought by one usually ensures a longer lifespan on the air, since these conglomerates also reach into other mediums, such as newspapers and radio, to generate a large amount of income that can be distributed between the different branches. TV Africa folded due to the lack of sustainability, you say? In the above context, I most heartedly agree. I mean, you just can't have the government (IMO, the worst backer of any venture of this sort) backing your venture and that's it; al-Jazeera (the obvious model for this latest venture) is *privately-owned*. Diversity is the key to sustainability in any situation: the audience, the mediums, the advertising, the allocation of income. All of it. Unfortunately, countries on the continent have the tendency of doing the exact opposite. Hopefully, such behaviour won't precurse such ventures as this. David, even here in the US, cable/satellite is only sustainable with large amounts of advertising (or, in the case of the rare non-commercial non-profit, like PBS or Link TV, heavy donations and/or government subsidies).

This is why they tend to be bought by media conglomerates, of which there are some five-or-so in the US television industry: Viacom (which CBS broke off from last year), Time Warner, News Corporation, General Electric, and Walt Disney. Being bought by one usually ensures a longer lifespan on the air, since these conglomerates also reach into other mediums, such as newspapers and radio, to generate a large amount of income that can be distributed between the different branches.

TV Africa folded due to the lack of sustainability, you say? In the above context, I most heartedly agree. I mean, you just can’t have the government (IMO, the worst backer of any venture of this sort) backing your venture and that’s it; al-Jazeera (the obvious model for this latest venture) is *privately-owned*.

Diversity is the key to sustainability in any situation: the audience, the mediums, the advertising, the allocation of income. All of it.

Unfortunately, countries on the continent have the tendency of doing the exact opposite. Hopefully, such behaviour won’t precurse such ventures as this.

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/gh.png" alt="Ghana" /> David Oluniyi D. Ajao <small id="gs_author_location">from Ghana</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/#comment-4189 Ghana David Oluniyi D. Ajao from Ghana Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:29:17 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/#comment-4189 Thanks for your comments. My problem is not with setting it up. Not at all. My point is, would it be sustained? I hope it would not go the way South Africa's TV Africa went. Do you remember TV Africa on our airwaves a few years ago? They claim it went down cos they could not generate enough revenue to sustain it. :???: Thanks for your comments. My problem is not with setting it up. Not at all. My point is, would it be sustained? I hope it would not go the way South Africa’s TV Africa went. Do you remember TV Africa on our airwaves a few years ago?

They claim it went down cos they could not generate enough revenue to sustain it. :???:

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/us.png" alt="United States" /> Harry Underwood <small id="gs_author_location">from Georgia, United States</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/#comment-4179 United States Harry Underwood from Georgia, United States Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:41:59 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/#comment-4179 I'm all for it, as long as the Diaspora (colonial and post-colonial) is included within its reach. African-Americans in the Americas are in desperate need for an African perspective on the world, one that will be broadcast from an African voice rather than one of our talking-head "civil rights leaders". However, if I'm correct , the reach of television (or, for that matter, most traditional media, including newspapers) on the continent is fairly limited, since the governments maintain varying degrees of monopoly on the transmission of such media. As we've seen with OBJ's sedition charges - one of the guys charged was from <a href="http://www.aittv.com/" title="AIT, a satellite channel" rel="nofollow"> - even satellite, the mainstay of television on the continent (since cable would cost more), isn't safe. I propose IPTV as an alternative, since Internet, while it is monopolized, has come under far less content-restrictive scrutiny, as noticed with the number of websites and blogs which heavily criticize OBJ (and other "big men") on a daily basis.</a> I’m all for it, as long as the Diaspora (colonial and post-colonial) is included within its reach. African-Americans in the Americas are in desperate need for an African perspective on the world, one that will be broadcast from an African voice rather than one of our talking-head “civil rights leaders”.

However, if I’m correct , the reach of television (or, for that matter, most traditional media, including newspapers) on the continent is fairly limited, since the governments maintain varying degrees of monopoly on the transmission of such media. As we’ve seen with OBJ’s sedition charges – one of the guys charged was from – even satellite, the mainstay of television on the continent (since cable would cost more), isn’t safe.

I propose IPTV as an alternative, since Internet, while it is monopolized, has come under far less content-restrictive scrutiny, as noticed with the number of websites and blogs which heavily criticize OBJ (and other “big men”) on a daily basis.

]]> By: <img src="http://www.davidajao.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/geosmart/flags/us.png" alt="United States" /> imnakoya <small id="gs_author_location">from Minnesota, United States</small> http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/#comment-4177 United States imnakoya from Minnesota, United States Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:41:46 +0000 http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2006/08/14/new-tv-channel-for-africa/#comment-4177 I'm almost certain that this will work. Africa needs a media like this and with the right management and team, sky is the limit. I’m almost certain that this will work. Africa needs a media like this and with the right management and team, sky is the limit.

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