By Alex C
Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) has partnered with world-leading satellite operator SES to unveil Nigeria’s first free-to-air (FTA) digital TV platform, to accelerate digital migration and allow local and international broadcasters reach millions of homes in West Africa quickly and economically.
The platform, which was launched on the SES’s ASTRA 2F satellite at 28.2° East, is set to begin service in the last quarter of 2014. The platform is expected to provide growth opportunities to local and international broadcasters across the region. The FTA TV platform will allow for end-to-end contribution, ground and space services to local, regional, national and international TV broadcasters across West Africa.
The launch of the new broadcasting experience via satellite will improve picture quality and coverage to millions of household, as well as those in remote parts of the region. SES will deliver the space segment and specific ground services while CWG will provide high operational standards as an SES partner.
The 28.2 degrees East orbital position is SES’s prime orbital position for West Africa and its FTA reach is one of the highest in the region. Currently, SES transmits 28 FTA channels at the 28.2 degrees East neighbourhood.
Nigerian-based Computer Warehouse Group Plc was named a World Economic Forum Global Growth Company at the 2014 WEF Africa, which held in Abuja recently.