The Federal Government has launched the Digital Switch-Over
in the Enugu, the coal city capital of Enugu State, reports ITRealms.
The Enugu launch, ITRealms
gathered, mark the third state the launch took place within the last two
months.
According to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, Enugu follows the recent rollout in Kwara and Kaduna.
He also said that there is no better evidence of our
commitment to rapidly spread the massive benefits of digital television to the
people of Nigeria, Mohammed commended and congratulated all the stakeholders
who are working round the clock to ensure the success of the transition from
analogue to digital television across the country.
“The National Broadcasting Commission, the Digiteam, Signal Distributors,
Content Aggregators, Set Top Box Manufacturers, Channel Owners and all others,”
he said.
Further, he said the nation’s DSO is now at the cruise level
of the journey started in Jos, Plateau State, in April 2016, as the DSO train
has now transversed Abuja, Ilorin, Kaduna, to arrive Enugu, which is the latest
stop.
“From here, the DSO train will proceed to Osun State, as we
continue our rapid rollout of digital television across the country,” he said.
Mohammed, noted the need to support DSO sustainability for
Signal Distributors, Channel owners, TV content producers and Advertisers.
“This is the issue of Audience Measurement. I have said it
before and I will like to repeat it here: Without it, we will not see the
growth in our television and the value creation in the creative industry that
the economy and people of Nigeria so need. The current Diary Audience
Measurement system is no longer ideal for the critical transitional phase before
full DTT Migration,” he said.
The Enugu State governor, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi later launched the DSO with a cutting a tape.
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