Mr. Dare Kafar, Marketing Manager, GOtv; Mrs. Elizabeth Amkpa, General Manager, GOtv; Mr. Akinola Salu,
General Manager, Trade and Distribution, MultiChoice Nigeria and Mr. Segun Fayose, Head, Public Relations, MultiChoice Nigeria at the launch of  GOtv held at Hotel De-Terminus, Aba

In line with its vision to avail Nigerians the benefit of high quality digital television services, MultiChoice Nigeria has launched GOtv in Aba, Abia State on the latest Digital Video Broadcast (DVB-T2) technology.
The Digital Terrestrial Television service was launched on Saturday 1June at the Hotel Terminus Complex.

To launch the service, GOtv deploys the latest DVB-T2 standard technology which leapfrogs the outmoded T1 system that is currently used by some pay television services in the digital migration process in Africa. The DVB-T2 technology allows for up to 21 channels per frequency while the DVB-T1 only allows for 12 channels per frequency.

With the use of DVB-T2 technology, GOtv gives Nigerian subscribers a dramatic improvement on the dividend of terrestrial frequencies. It offers subscribers the most advanced technology and broadcast system in Africa and the rest of world to date, and the first digital television pay service on DVB-T2 technology in Nigeria.

Mrs. Elizabeth Amkpa, General Manager, GOtv, says that the brand provides great family entertainment at a prize that everyone can afford: “GOtv is the best value for money pay television offering on DTT in the country with a broad selection of local channels made in Africa for Africans; and these channels come in great picture and sound quality.”

GOtv is offered via two bouquets: GOtv Plus, which has a total of 35 channels and GOtv, which has a total of 27 world-class local and international channels. Also, the GOtv Plus bouquet is priced at a monthly subscription of N1, 500 while the GOtv bouquet goes for N1,000 monthly. The complete system sells for nine thousand, five hundred Naira (N9, 500).

However, as a special introductory offer, the GOtv Plus bouquet (which has 35 channels) with the hardware devices and three months subscription is available for only nine thousand, nine hundred naira  (N9, 500). At the end of three months, subscribers have the option to
continue with GOtv Plus by paying N1, 500 monthly or downgrade to GOtv bouquet at a monthly subscription of one thousand naira only (N1,000).

Upon purchase, GOtv subscribers would have access to news, children’s programming, documentaries, series, sport, and movies with channels such as AfricaMagic, AfricaMagic Movies, AfricaMagic World, AfricaMagic Yoruba, AfricaMagic Hausa, E! Entertainment, Discovery World, eTV Africa, Select Sports, Al Jazeera, CNN, Channel O, Disney
Junior, Kidsco, Islam Channel, One Gospel, Sound City and Black Belt TV amongst others.

As part of special programming for the month of June, GOtv subscribers are set to watch a wide selection of programmes which include: Kourtney and Kim Take Miami on E! Entertainment on Sunday June 2nd, Blade in Hong Kong on Sony Max on Monday June 3rd, Cash Mafia on Sony
Entertainment Television (SET) every Monday; including AfricaMagic programmes such as This Life (Season Four) which comes up every day at 7:30 starting from 1 June, Love Medicine on Sunday 2nd June and Narrow Part (Season One) which airs every Monday at 5:30pm. The Children are not left out with Sofia The First on Disney Junior (on Saturday and Sunday June 1 and 2), Tuff Puppy (Season Premiere) on Nickelodeon which starts on Monday June 3 at 2:45pm among others.


GOtv is currently available in Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Lagos, Enugu, Benin and Aba; with expansion plans still ongoing. GOtv works on a plug and play system and is easy to install, requiring only a GOtv decoder and a grid antenna. For more info visit www.gotvafrica.com