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Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, the host of Joy FM’s Super Morning Show has been teasing his listeners’ for some days now about a new service from Joy FM’s parent company Multimedia Group Limited. The service is essentially a free multi-channel digital satellite system available in every corner of Ghana. From the group’s website:
MultiTV Ghana
MultiTV is a nationwide free to air Television in Ghana. It currently operates 20 radio and TV channels and still counting. These include Joy TV, Joy News, Joy Sports, Adom TV, Hitz TV, 4Kids, Cine Afrik, Nhyira TV, The Jesus Channel, Real TV.
It appears subscribers would only pay for equipment (digital set-up box/decoder, satellite dish) and installation. Since the service is on satellite, it would be accessible from every corner of Ghana, and by extension most part of West Africa at least. I have no information about what satellite platform the service is on. I will share that information and as soon as I come across it.
Joy FM is easily Ghana’s best radio station. The station is very professional and has maintained high standards over the years. I will write a full review about Joy FM soon. Going by the quality offered by MGL through Joy FM, one can safely conclude that MultiTV would be a very good service.
UPDATE on Monday 6th July 2009:
MultiMedia Group Limited is having a media launch for its MultiTV service today.
The service is the newest edition to the MultiMedia family. MultiMedia has been around for 15 years, offering entertainment, news of the highest quality across 6 radio stations and an online service to the people of Ghana.
Listeners have been yearning and craving for the full complement of media services. After some research, the company came to the realization that there is an opportunity to go into TV and offer that service.
Subscribers to MultiTV will need to buy a digibox from distributors spread across Ghana, and the digibox is a one-time investment. No subcription or monthly charges is required and subscribers would have access to high-quality digital TV/Radio channels.
MultiTV is starting-off with 20 radio and TVs but the technology can be scaled-up to 200 channels and therefore offers are open for churches, sport clubs to sign-up for their own respective channels. The service would be available across Ghana from day 1 since this is a satellite service.
Their website www.multitvworld.com is still under construction as at this morning and as such does not offer any information.
A brief overview of the channels:
- Joy TV: international movies and series, general entertainment
- Cine Afrik: movies and series from Ghana, Nigeria and other African countries
- Hit TV: Music and lifestyle channel
- Kids TV: Award-winning programmes targetted at children
- Joy Sports: European leagues and tournamements. In addition to soccer, the station will promote other sports like basketball, lawn tennis, golf etc.
- Joy News: A combination of France24, CNN, BBC, AlJazeera and some local content from Joy. It would also feature great current affair programmes.
- Jesus Channel: A combo of foreign gospel music and christian kids programming, movies, praise and worship, preaching and more.
- Nhyria TV: Everything gospel, in Ghanaian local language
- Adom TV: Complete local language programming, movies, telenovelas dubbed into local languages, sports, news etc
- Real TV: reality show and events, JOY FM bridal fair, Joy FM old-school reunion etc. Companies and organizations would also be able to their events live on this channel.
Essentially, MultiTV will synergize with existing radio stations belonging to MultiMedia Group Ltd. Local producers also have the platform to showcase their best productions.
You can call MultiTV on 021-211680-5
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Let me be sentimental a little. The owner of Joy FM is from my tribe (Idoma) in Nigeria. I mean the present Senate President. We are very poor infrastructure wise and he’s developing another country. Iam not happy at all.
Are you sure you are not confusing Ghana’s Joy FM with some other service? Do you have solid evidence that links the Senate President of Nigeria to MultiMedia Group Limited in Ghana?
Can you please send me the contact address of multitv in ghana.
You can call MultiTV on 021-211680-5
There is JOY FM in Otukpo who are always bragging that they are an intl FM station with
a mother company in Ghana. A niece to the senate president confided in my friend that its true. I will find out more evidence.
please log on to myjoyonline.com and you will be amazed by the number 1 hillarious fm station in ghana called joy fm.
what is multi tv and i do one get access to it and at what cost.
How much is it going to cost to have this sweet service
@ Nick & Andrew
From MultiTV:
I must say you have a great and a nice website Oluniyi David Ajao.Thanks for the updates.I believe Multimedia group deserves a better commendation.The management and the entire staff have done very well with this new innovation(Multi TV). David please keep me updated through my e-mail.Thanks
Thanks for your kind comments Kwaku. Do well to always check this website for updates.
Cheers!
I would like know if this new tv station will telecasting live european football leagues (eufa), English premiere league, La liga, etc. how much will it cost to have these services installed and how soon can one own his?
How much would the it cost to get one. i hope there will be a lot of foreign movie channels
Are there going to be monthly payments or its going to be a one time payment.
are there going to be monthly or annual payments?
please try add tv3 and metro in your station for those in the villiages.
am impressed with what you are doing Oluniyi David Ajao. i will like to contact you for further talk .
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Regards.
this is a great website . I feel like am in Nigeria . i have never been there before . its my dream land in Africa. i hope to visit before October
I bought your Multi TV Digibox at GH210 and the agents technicians are also charging me GH70 for installation. That means I have to pay GH280 for a service you people claim is free.
I think it is very BAD.
Osei.
Can u tell me who this installer is? the 210 GHC is supposed to involve installation too. Please give me his company name, phone number or Id and I wl make sure justice is done
if they claim it is free to air, can we please have the name of the hosting satellite, scan frequency and the symbol rate, so that those of us with free to air decoder can also enjoy. for all i know free to air (fta) channels can be watched by anyone provided they have the right equipment.
I agree with you but I suspect they’d want to make some money from the sale of the equipment. Either way, you should speak with one of their accredited installers who might be able to answer your question.
“I would like know if this new tv station will telecasting live european football leagues (eufa), English premiere league, La liga, etc. how much will it cost to have these services installed and how soon can one own his?”
Help me find out if MultiTv have separate channels for BBC, France 24, CNN and Aljezera where viewers can change channels or all of these run on Joy news and showed at specific times.
Thanks David for the updates
I doubt if they would have sepetate channels for BBC, France24, CNN, AlJazeera etc. If they did, DSTV would be out of business. I reckon those international channels would only be alternated on Joy News.
Can you please cross check from the Multimedia guys since from what I gathered from their Call Center Operator suggested they have separate channels for CNN and Aljezera that operate for 24/7. it was too good to be true that is why i wanted to check it from u so Dave do this small home work for me.
Thanks
I would have ordered for Multi TV last week but it rained all through. I’m going to have Multi TV installed in my office this week and would write a full review.
They might have a dedicated channel for AlJazeera since AlJazeera is available for free on satellite anyway but CNN? I doubt.
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If the EPL wolud be shown live. What if they clash. Would it be shown on another channel. How many epl games do multitv intend to show in a weak.
Can you promise that your Sports Channel will provide us LIVE broadcast of UEFA Champions League, Premiership Matches, La Liga, Seria A, Ghana’s Premiership etc?
Can you please assure us of live telecast of UEFA Champions league, English Premier league, La Liga, Italian Seria A etc?
Thanks for this David; pls let us know how good it is. Kudos to Joy FM, but I do hope they won’t merely do a re-hashing of their content…
What if you already have a dish, eg dstv. Can your service be incorporated to the dish I have already?
Pleasssss! I can’t waite to read this review so please made snapy.
Thanks
I feel for you Yaw Asante. I will publish my review on this blog, over the weekend. Enjoy your weekend.
Thank you very much for your services to the public.
To be frank with you, I have tried GBS, STRONG, and the latest is DSTV. For obvious reasons, I need to try Multi TV and see if Twumasi and his group will be my last stop. After all what I need is news and music. Thats all.
I could say DSTV is easily the best in Africa, but it would depend on the subscriber and what he/she wants. My review of Multi TV will be published tonight. Hold on tight.
I kept visiting this Weblog late last night and early this morning to check on the publication on [Multi TV Ghana, a new free digital satellite TV service]to help inform my decision to order for some number of boxes for my use and the rest of the family and friends.
I am very sure you are still working on it before serving the curious public with the “Full Review”.
I will keep refreshing this page to check for any improvement so Dave, you need to complete this assignment as soon as you become less busy.
Thank you dear mentor. More grease to your elbow.
Published at last http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2009/07/19/review-of-multitv-ghana/
Best wishes.
Do you have rights for the premier league and the la liga . Please reply
Thank you Dave.
The early review was very useful.
I will purchase my box immediately but will still keep my DSTV.
So far so very good.
Hey guys,hold on a sec,you all know very well that broadcasting the epl,uefa champ league live on multi tv would cost several millions of dollars and considering how young multi tv is,I doubt whether they have the finacial muscle to bring them on board. The only way is to have as many people getting the multi tv service and then later opt for a per view subscription at a very affordable cost say Gh2.5 per month(ie for the sports sevice only)Isn’t that right Dave?
I agree with you Kennedy. Rights to telecast European football leagues live are very expensive and cannot possibly be aired live for free.
All the same, no harm in finding out from MultiTV directly, about their plans for live sporting events.
it is good that Ghana has another tv multitv with many varieties to choose from. but it seems there is some sort of discrimation in its tele vision. one can not tell what if Ghana is made of only christians. I will believe a lot of thinking has gone into the channels available which has the Jesus(peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) channel which will telecast christian moovies, documentaries, church servives and many others for free or at cost of multi media. the muslim has been forgetten. I do not you should not believe in your ideologies but you should appreciate the presence of the muslim communuty in Ghana.
Like Qur’an said there is no compulsion in religion, but should not forget that it also said He Allah will guard the religion and it will triumph over any other faith in this world.
is it true that multitv in Ghana is free. I mean no monthly subscription charges, or is just a promotion thing. Please I want to know. And if it is free, how much to get the dish and the decoder
Hi i live and work in Guinea Bissau in west africa.I want to know if i can access multy tv at this part of africa. if so what is the frequency ?and at which satellite ?
Ekow
plz sir i am in too satellite business and i have beening trying to instolled some here in tema but i need the software to enable me to do so plz i hope u can bee of good help to me and i went to know the angel by which the dish use and how do i get some of ur product i mean the decoda’s,i also went to be one of ur respective dealers in ur product i hope to hear from ur soon
we need to commend multimedia for listening to the yearnings of ghanaians, multi tv has really come to stay. what happens to documentaries cos there are soo much to learn from them. bye
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Charley David, You are doing a good job since help as get info. that we can not get directly from were we need it from. Keep it up. Waiting for your full reveiw of multiTV so as to inform my choice.
please keep me posted via mail with the review.
am really diggin this, but am very far away from accra, Kintampo to be precise, how can get your service… in fact a lot of people are interested in multi tv here, so what do we do. can i arrange for you to come down here..
pls i live in nigeria, can you give me any possible assistance on how to obtain a digital box and the naira equivalent of one box? thanks.
i think the satelite is cool but is very expensive can you do something about it
Iam a movie producer from Nigeria,& wants know if you accquire African movies.
You should contact Multi TV directly at multitvworld.com
Is it possible to use GBS box and satellite dish for the subscription
The satellite dish would work but I am not sure about the GBS receiver since GBS was a closed system.
since yesterdaay i have notice that there are some mix up with respect to the stations as voice responds that not correspond with pictures and also in some other stations your can hear the voice but no pictures. What is happenning, please its ly
what is happening, of late there is a mix up of the stations, pictures do not correspond with sound, and also other stations you hear the sound but no pictures. Is too early for such experience.
I couldn’t agree with you more, Kwame.
Believe me there is nothing free under the sun. Be guided by GTV(GBS) folding experience ,even with a charge as much 19 ghana cedis, they went bankrupt how much more no charge.Another white “elephant tv services” is here.Let us press it upon them that they assure us with a contract document to retrieve our money if they or deceive us in future or tell us the truth from now.Join hands for that demand.
I agree with you but can’t help hoping you’re wrong.
please i want to work in your company(multi tv),help me please.
Good work Dave, will you please give more education on blog though my e-mail. Good day.
Hi Guys.Multi-tv Ghana is the firt Digital High Definition Satellite free to air in histry especially here in Africa.
thanks a lot for the good job
hi i have heard about multi-tv and want to et some for my fam back in ghana .i will want to know the difference between the basci and the premimum box and which one do u reckon or what are the advantages of both.king regards.cheers
is it possible to use multi-ghana tv here in Nigeria?
people of ghana welcomes your stations all but the stations are too small for the big decorder bought.
we are pleading with the stations in ghana if they can establish more stations into the system to boost the viewers regard; why am i saying that, because people prefer multitv to dstv due to the monthly cost involved.
doing this standardized the living of ghananians especially we the poor ones.
i wish the station can publish viewers comment to verify if we the viewers are being taken into consideration.
thank you.
I agree with you that more Ghanaian radio and TV stations should be on the Multi TV platform.
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Pls I have scan for multi-tv channels on my decoder here in Nigeria and I have all d channels but I was only able to heard d audio voice of d channels no picture on d screen. These are tv channels.