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DVB-H in Nigeria


 

 
GENERAL INFORMATION
 
   
GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE OF SERVICE
 

Rollout complete: Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt and Ibadan.
Next phase planned: Onitsha, Asaba, Aba Benin City, Enugu and Kaduna
Following phase planned: Kano, Jos, Katsina

 
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
 
MTN
 
CONTACT
 

Martin Mabutho
Martin.mabutho@dstvmobile.com
011 289 3533

 
SERVICE LAUNCH DATE
 
September 2007
 
SUBSCRIBERS / USERS
 
Not available
 
BUSINESS MODEL
 
Free-to-Air until March 2011
 
SERVICE CONTENT
 
12 TV channels, including NTA, CNN and African Magic.
 
TARIFFS / PRICING LEVELS
 
Free-to-air until March 2011
 
   
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
 
   
TRANSMITTERS
 

Infrastructure comprises a mixture of rooftop antennas and standalone mast structures.

 
BROADCAST BAND AND FREQUENCY
 
UHF, 8MHz Single Frequency Network Vertical + Horizontal Polarization
 
DVB-H PARAMETERS
 
QPSK
FEC 2/3
GI ¼
MPE-FEC 7/8
 
AMOUNT OF BANDWIDTH USED FOR DVB-H
 
4.95 Mb/s
 
VIDEO & AUDIO FORMAT
 
H.264
 
INTERACTIVITY PLATFORM
 
None
 
CONDITIONAL ACCESS / DRM TYPE AND PROVIDER
 
IRDETO/OMA BCAST  
HEADEND EQUIPMENT
 
GrassValley Thales Thompson
 
RECEIVER / TERMINAL EQUIPMENT
 
Samsung P910, Nokia N96 and ZTE P912
 
   

13/10/2009

 

 

 

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