HiTV
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| Public | |
| Industry | satellite television |
| Founded | 1 February 2007 |
| Headquarters | Ebute Metta, Lagos State, Nigeria |
| Products | Direct broadcast satellite |
| Slogan | Relax.Learn.Enjoy |
| Website | Official website |
High Television (also known as HiTV) was Entertainment Highway's multi-channel digital satellite TV service in Nigeria, launched in 2007. It used Hypercable Digital Terrestrial technology [1] and launched Direct to Home (DTH) Satellite technology on the August 1, 2007.
HiTV later broadcast its material only on satellite at the price of N3,500 ($27.73) monthly. It was the first television platform in Africa to deploy Hypercable, a terrestrial pay per view TV decoder system.
HiTV services were stopped in November 2011 due to financial difficulties. The company no longer exists today.
See also
- List of satellite television service providers in Nigeria
References
- ↑ "HiTV Hypercable Case Study". Hypercable International. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- Hypercable Case Studies
- Hi-TV tackles DStv with Naija-centric channels
- HiTV win Nigeria Pay TV rights
- DStv welcomes HiTV
- HiTV adds new channels to its bouquet.
- HiTV to provide satellite-broadcasting services on NigComSat Platform
- Add FTA channels on HiTV