TSTV Nigeria finally has been launched today at an event
held in Abuja and according to Minister for information, Lai Mohammed, TSTV
will be tax free for the next years.
According to the owner of TSTV, Dr.Bright Echefu, Africa
Health Television AHT gave birth to TSTV. He further said;
“We’ve successfully ran African Health Television for more than 5 years without hitches. We have no doubts whatsoever that TSTV would offer an excellent and affordable digital satellite television services to Nigerians."
Newly married Dr. Bright Ikechukwu Echefu who hails from
Obowo in Imo State was at the Medical college of university of Nigeria Nsukka from
where he left to pursue further studies abroad.
He is the MD/CEO of Bricke and Athens limited owners of
AHTV-Heath Television, chairman of Bright FM and also on the board of Bright
joy multiveventurs limited.
Meanwhile, the launch of a new satellite television, TSTV
has been welcomed by many Nigerians who took to their social media platforms to
celebrate the new provider, they said that TSTV has affordable rates and better
offers compared to existing satellite TV providers.
They also mocked DSTV and other cable service providers
saying that TSTV has brought very good competition that would put them on their
toes.
TSTV among other things, promises to offer pay-per-view,
affordable subscription rates with daily subscription available as well as a
20gb free data all for a N5,000 decoder and maximum monthly subscription of
N3,000. Long before it was launched on Oct. 1, many Nigerians had treated the
news of its coming with much anticipation.
Many believe the coming of TSTV will break the control of
DSTV. On twitter, TSTV trended with over 26,000 mentions as at the time of this
report.
Some of the Nigerians who expressed their views on their
Twitter handle said that the launch of TSTV which coincided with the nation’s
independence day celebration, meant satellite TV independence for Nigerians.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has granted TSTV tax free
operation for three years as a way of encouraging the company.
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