The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed Multichoice to sublicense some of its channels to Metro Digital Limited (Metro TV) in compliance with current Broadcast Code rules.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, had on July 13th, 2022, ordered the NBC to direct Multichoice Nigeria Ltd to comply with the NBC Code by sublicensing requested channels to Metro Digital.
The Managing Director of Metro Digital, Dr Ifeanyi Nwafor, at a briefing yesterday in Port Harcourt, said NBC had on October 25th, 2022 sent a directive to Multichoice to comply with the 6th edition of the NBC Code as amended, pursuant to MetroDigital’s request for channel sublicensing as ordered by the Federal Court of Appeal.
He said they had requested 52 channels from Multichoice, while regretting that the growth of Nigeria’s broadcast industry has been limited due to monopoly.
HE added “We commend the role played by the FG, the Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and NBC towards the repositioning of the industry and end the monopolistic practices that have held the industry down for a long time.”
