Ghanaian free-to-air TV stations available on satellite
Ghanaians abroad are keen to stay in touch with social and political affairs back home. Some relatively comfortable Ghanaians within Ghana live outside the urban areas, deep in the rural parts. Friends of Ghana living in nearby countries who are interested in following news and entertainment from Ghana. These three groups of people are not covered by terrestrial TV signals from the transmitters of the local free-to-air TV stations in Ghana. Over the years, the main free-to-air TV stations in Ghana have extended their signals to most parts of the ten administrative regions of Ghana, many are still left out. Satellite was the next logical step.
The TV stations went on satellite for two main reasons, I believe:
- to relay their signals to their remotely-located TV transmitters in Ghana
- to reach viewers in hinterlands and outside Ghana
Find below a list of the Ghanaian TV stations available on satellite:
GTV
GTV (Ghana TV) is the national public broadcaster, run by the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. It lays claim to covering 98% of Ghana’s airwaves. By law it is compelled to reach every nook and cranny of Ghana.
GTV is presently available on 3 satellites:
- Eutelsat W4 – through Multichoice Africa (popularly known as DSTV), GTV is available to DSTV subscribers in Ghana only. To connect, simply contact your local authorized DSTV installer as this is a closed system and only DSTV decoders + smart card can decode the signals.
- Astra 2B at 28.2°E – [update] Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) now beams GTV and Uniiq FM to the world on Astra 2B. See How to add more TV & Radio channels to your Multi TV decoder for details.
courtesy of Multi TV, GTV is occasionally available on this service. As Multi TV is still a new service, they reshuffle their channels quite frequently. Multi TV is presently hot in Ghana since subscription is free-of-charge. To get on board, simply contact the nearest Multi TV authorised installer. Read my Early review of Multi TV + Satellite information for detailed information. - Intelsat 903 at 34.5°W – home to several other free-to-air African TV stations, Intelsat 903 hosts GTV’s satellite signal. GTV’s signal on this satellite is beamed mainly on to Europe, fringes of North Africa and Asia.
Metro TV
A partnership between the government of Ghana and a private entity, Metro TV (Metropolitan Television) was the first Ghanaian TV station to go on satellite, a few years ago and has since been followed by many others.
Metro TV is available on 2 satellites:
- NSS 10 at 37.5°W – with a large footprint over Africa, the Middle East and Europe, NSS 10 brings Metro TV closer to billions of people across 3 continents. It is advisable to seek the services of a professional satellite TV installer. If you can get your hands dirty, do the following: Install a 3.2 meter C-Band dish and point it to Satellite NSS 10 at 37.5 degrees west. Using the remote control, tune your decoder to satellite NSS 10 using Frequency 3,804.9965mhz. Add these parameters: FEC: 7/8 SR: 2.143 Polarisation : Horizontal.
- Eutelsat W4 – Metro TV is the 2nd Ghanaian free-to-air TV service available on DSTV. To connect, simply contact your local authorized DSTV installer as this is a closed system and only DSTV decoders + smart card can decode the signals.
NSS 7 at 22.0°W – with a large footprint over West, East & Southern Africa, all the 3 next free-to-air Ghanaian TV stations can be accessed on this satellite. NSS7 also hosts 3 of the most popular Ghanaian FM radio stations viz Joy FM, Adom FM and Peace FM. Key coordinates:
Freq – 3739MHZ
Fec-7/8
Pal – V
Cord – 2200 W
Sat – NSS7
SR – 1.755 m/s
A C-band dish and DVB decoder would be necessary. Consult a professional satellite TV installer.
TV3 Ghana
TV3 Ghana is a private, free-to-air television broadcaster in Ghana which is owned by Malaysian media giant Media Prima. It was launched in 1997. Available on NSS 7 and occasionally on Multi TV.
TV Africa
Owned by a popular Ghanaian film maker Kwaw Paintsil Ansah, TV Africa started test transmission from Accra in 2002. The station was officially launched by the President of Ghana on 17th of May 2003. Available on Nss7.
Viasat 1
Viasat 1 is a Ghanaian television channel owned by the Swedish listed media group, Modern Times Group (MTG). Viasat 1 was MTG’s first venture in Africa and became the fifth terrestrial television network in Ghana after GTV, Metro TV, TV3 and TV Africa. Available on NSS 7.
As always, additions and corrections are welcome in the comments area. Keep visiting www.davidajao.com!
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I am the satellite decoder manufacturer, can u give me the distributor of Multitv contact number or email.
thanks
viasat1 in kumasi ghana has been out for the past 3 days. why are they always on and off? l really like their programmes especially all you need is love and their sports especially the english premier league. so they should do something about it
hello david iam an installer in nigeria can give me the list of free satellite available in in nigeria on ku and c band with frequency fec and sysbol rate thank.
Is it possible to view Ghanaian channels here in Uganda?
David, is France24 English service accessible in Ghana? Please let me know if it is and how. thanks
To the best of my knowledge, France24 (French version) is available on DSTV Premium bouquet and on NSS-7 C band. It might be available on Multi TV in future.
I’m new here,I live in nigeria.i wnt u 2 snd me free to air satellite that shows english premier here in nigeria with the frequency and every other details i wil need.thank you
viasat1 is the best station when it comes to dealing with TIME ,metro tv and tv3 are also the best when it comes to NEWS.BUT when it comes to documentries GTV is best .Keep doing your best for the development of our belovered country, GHANA .I WILL BE PROUD OF YOU IF NO ONE IS. THANK YOU
I live in Kenya a requests for any free to air channel that shows the premier league. Kindly help.
I am really crazy about ur tv stations. I cant afford ur digibox for now. Can u pls let me know how i can use my strong srt 4650 decoder to get ur station plzzz. I am in nigeria.
am very impressd about the tv3 station i hope u show my sweet fat valentina again
i hope u show my sweet fat valentina again.tv3 i love u.
Hi,
Im looking for the email adres of television broadcasters in Ghana.
I made a video on the African Bullfrog and want to know if they will be interested to broadcast it. This is a very nice and good production about the African Bullfrog, the second largest frog on the African continent.
Regards
Chris
it is possible to get some of the ghanaian tv stations via satellite in the US
it possilbe to get it here in nigeria lagos specific to be and on what degree can we get it
hello this lawal hussein from nigeria pls.can you send me the frequency of mbc 1,2,3,4 and other free to air channel in nigeria
hello david i am an installer in nigeria. can give me the list of free satellites available in nigeria on ku band with frequency fec and symbol rate, polarization. thanks alot.
Hi David
I live in sunyani,brong ahafo region of Ghana.I use an 8ft dish.I would be very happy if you could give me all the free to air stations ku and c band,satellites name,freq,symbol rate and fec i can receive in my location.I use 2 c band lnbs and 1 ku(fuji lnb).Can i receive nilesat101 7w in my location.Thanks and regards
thank you for your reply mr. david,pls am about to get my decorder in a few days time. kindly send me the list of free to air satellite and their frequencies and polarity on ku band with 90cm dish for now.
I am from Volta region. My concern is, i want you to help us get TV3 and TV African in the volta region.We had TV africa but it went off lately. our favourite station is tv3, so please help us to have acess to it. I also want you to help me find the CDs of; The long wait, The promise, and more than love. Thank you.
As someone into (or just getting into) the African TV broadcast business, I must say, there is a huge demand for Ghanian TV outside Ghana. Free-to-air is a simple and cost effective way to get that content to people that want it around the World. An alternative to that called IPTV or online TV would be easier to implement for viewers with Internet connections.
It is from discussions like this that we know what content or channels people really want and help us decide what content to show online. If you have any specific request about a Ghanian program, TV show or TV channel you would love to view online, you can send me an email to info[at]africamars.com and indicate please about David’s blog post.
Once again, thanks for the informative and helpful post David.
Can you add the other free to air ghanaian tv stations to multitv so that we will also get access to them. Is ties any plan underway to add them? If yes when? Thank you.
sir, i am shadrach from nigeria.pls. may you kindly give me the satellite,frequency,and dish size that give this channels:crtv,dw-tv etc. thaks so mush.
pls can u send me free to air station in Ghana that i can view in Nigeria and as well as frequency and ku band with polarization. also mbc 1,2, 3, 4
Pls send me d infinity tv settigs and on which type of sttrong model,53x,63x,or4669x,freq and SR
Pls i want to get the frequency for watching english premeir league and wrestling here in nigeria
i went to watching english premeir
Thanks alot David! Please I want you to send me any free to air channels that will play this 2010 world cup. Also, I need dw tv and mbc 1,2,3,4 frequencies with thier symbol rate. Please provide me more free to air channels on multi tv.
Dear Olaniyi could you kindly post me the sites to get with 90cm dish from lagos nigeria.
Pls will i get metro tv, tv africa on multi tv
What is the problem. Satanta Africa is no more showing in infinity tv again, please i want to kwon the problem. Or they have another frquency and Symbol Rate, please i need your assistance
hi david. i am using the multi tv in ghana but i cant figure out how to add the SR rate esp those with ‘.’ eg. the 1.755 as in above.
will be glad if you could help. thanks a lot
david, how do i key in a symbol rate like 1.456 on my multi-TV. thanks.
cant iget ghana in saudi arabia
how can i get all this free station in nigeria. i have a strong decoder. Please tell me the frequency and the symblo rate of this good free channels.
Thank you so much
I’d do this soon.
pls house, i need a FTA satellite i can point to in order to watch the 2010 wolrd cup matches live.my location is akwa ibom state in nigeria.
Thanks.
Helo, i am an installer from Ibadan Nigeria, I will be very pls if could get more details on some available free to air satellite that can in Nigeria eg, mbc,1,2,3,4, and other KU Band satellite and frequencies and their polarity on KU.
I will appreciate a positive respons from you.
thanks.
Julius
pls how can i get free to air channels on my multi tv in ghana. send their frequency and polarity to me. thank u.
pls show me how i can get tv africa and net2 tv all in ghana and viasat1 on my multitv. i am in the eastern part of ghana. thank u.
The TV stations you mentioned are not available on Multi TV.
Hi, i have installed two smart tv receivers but the signal is not stable. it goes up and low. and i have only 18 channels, channels 7-11 are not currently running. can you pls help me on how to improve on the signal to make it stable and also how to get the other channels. i am in ghana and wish to know if there are any more channels on the smart tv decoder.
Reception would depend on your present location and the height & quality of your outside antenna. You should ask Smart TV for help if the reception doesn’t improve after you retune your outside antennae.
can you get multitv in southern Mali
Yes you should be able to.
dear sir
i stay in yangon (myanmar)i want to know free air sattlite frequency for 2010 world cup .now i useing C band.
thanks
minnzaw
Can you get terrestrial channels on multi tv decoder with smart tv antenna
No you can’t.
Tv3 has always been my favourate tv in ghana but we in northern regions h cannot watch tv3 b’cos we’re not part of their coverage. Please convince the extend their coverage to tamale as this will give them a wider market 4 their client to sell their products on their network. Thank u
David, i want you to find out why TV3 is not on multi-TV again. Again, pls help explain why some of the channels have poor quality while others have good quality.
Lastly, furnish me with freq and SR of some free channels.
Hmn.
TV3 appearing on Multi TV must be based on a contract between TV3 Network Ltd and MultiMedia Group. Thus if TV3 s no longer on Multi TV, its means their deal is off. In my view, the specific reason doesn’t matter much.
Read Infinity TV, a new Direct-To-Home Digital Satellite TV service for information about more channels on your Multi TV digibox.
Pls David I designed a Reality Tv series which I wish to put on a TV channel that can be easily and wildly recieved , so I wish to know of there are free to air TV stations in Nigeria and what their terms can be in this my kind of case?
please will gtv show english premier league. Please and pleasse reply
I hardly ever watch GTV and so have no idea.
i really love wachting movies on movie chatroom but the time is every late so please can g.t.v repeat it on day time for your viwers.
where in ghana will i get a free to air satellite tv decoder to buy
plz i want to know where in ghana will i get a free to air satellite tv decoder to buy.
If you are in Accra, try Osu Oxford street.
Pls I have GTV wit me here in naija,kindly tel me whether they wil showing EPL this season commercing from next month.Thanks
I hardly ever watch GTV and so I am unable to confirm that information.
I live UK but I want to buy satellite receiver to use in Ghana can you pls advice on which one will be good for Ghana for both dstv and multi tv
Its best to buy directly from Multichoice and Multi Tv, in Ghana.
hello u guy pls can any body in the house tell me the frequency code for FTA,frequency, symbol and polarization that we show something like premiership, laliga and many more iam using the smallest dish can he work for that iam leaving in nigeria kwara state .
Thanks
I am not sure you can get all that, without paying for a premium service like DStv.
dav can u pls send to me any sport free frequency wit it position using this machine srt 53,63,69 thanks
i ave a problem with my GTv and sub station under it telling me that no Audio and Vedio, i ave try my possible best i dont no wat going wrong wit it , idont if u guy can help me out . And also i need MBC 1,2,3,4 FREQUENCY THE POSTION, SYMBOL RATE iam using strong decoder srt4653x wit small dish i dont no if it can work 4 d mbc 1234, pls and pls reply
david, thanks for the good work u are doing. i hv three questions to ask.
1. is it true that the 90cm dish is better than the smaller one? if it is true, explain why?
2. why is it that some of the channels go off for sometime and do not come back until you search for them again?
3. how can i connect two dishes to one decorder?
4. Is strong on monthly subscription basis? educate me more on strong.
1. A bigger dish is better because it can capture a bigger wavelength of signals. In practical terms, size would not matter if you fall within the footprint of a satellite. Sometimes, even a 60cm satellite dish would do. The further you are from the centre of the footprint however, the bigger the dish you would need to capture enough signals that can translate into clear audio/visual signals.
2. There could be several reasons for this. The problem could be with your satellite receiver, or a temporary weather problem, or the frequency of the satellite service has changed.
3. You need a Multi Dish switch. This is a device that will allow you to combine two single LNB satellite dishes to a single satellite receiver.
4. Strong is not a satellite service but the brand name for a satellite TV equipment manufacturer.
I hope these help and thanks for your kind words.
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Pls David Ajao can you give my the list of fta channels that will show 2010/11 epl matches,their frequencies and satellites. Thanks and God bless.
I would share the information when I have it.
NB. I edited out your email address for your own privacy.
Please David is smart tv comming on multi tv . If it is comming please send me their tp and sr.
Pls i need d frequency & symbolrate of metro tv & tv africa on ku & crtv promotion & d direction to get them in naija thanks.
pls kindly tell me d frequiency ,and symbol rate,on free to air showing epl.thks
Great site…dave u r doing a great work there.kudos bros
Thanks, Olusmile.
please i leave in Germany can i acess all this GTV-TV3-METRO-TV AFRICA e.t.c TV stations in Germany by satillite ???????
Hi Dav,I want to thank u for assisting people like us on info to be more professional. I’ll love to have ur direct line so as to communicate in case there is no network. Moreso,could u also help by sending info on most free to air? Frequencies,fec,polarizatn etc. Thanks