The quest for Nigeria’s digital migration by 2017
received a boost recently with the signing of about $1 billion (N220 billion) contract
agreement between Media Concept International and KAON, a South Korean set-top
box manufacturers, ITRealms
reports.
A set-top box (STB) or set-top unit (STU) is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV-tuner input and displays output to a television set and an external source of signal, turning the source signal into content in a form that can then be displayed on the television screen or other display device. It is also a device that enables a television set to become a user interface to the Internet and also enables a television set to receive and decode digital television (DTV) broadcasts. DTV set-top boxes are sometimes called receivers. It is necessary to television viewers who wish to use their current analogue television sets to receive digital broadcasts.
Speaking, Tuesday, on the occasion
for the formal signing of the partnership agreement, the Chief Executive
Officer, Agbeyo Babatunde, said that beyond the signing of the agreement, the
event was also a celebration of resilient effort by the National Broadcasting Commission
to achieve digital migration in Nigeria. He stated that MCI was unambiguous in
the search for the best set-top box manufacturer to carry out the project and
KAON is among the best three in the world.
The MCI boss said the commencement of full
manufacturing operations will be by end of December, 2016, adding that the project is massive as it involves change from one
technology to another. He added that the media is indispensible in the life of the
people and that is why the project is worth celebrating.
He said one of the cardinal points
of the agreement is that the manufacturer must come down to Nigeria to set up
the factory for the production of the boxes. This he said was to forestall
capital flight and create about 1000 jobs for Nigerians, ITRealms learnt.
The KAON Media/Sales Director,Young
Kang, said his company is one of the best in Set Top Box manufacturing even as
he stated that they are also in Korea, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and now in
Nigeria
Kang
said that the boxes which have minimum life span of five years even under the
harshest condition, will be given to Nigerians with one year warranty. He also
said that Nigerians will be trained on how to assemble the boxes right here in
Nigeria, adding that beyond set top boxes the
partnership will produce phones, multi-screens and other mobile devices, ITRealms reports.
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