When is digital changeover

Learning Mode:. Knowledge Note. About the Presenters. Submit an Online Integrity Complaint Form. Your rewarded points were added to your profile. You will see them reflected on "My Achievements" later on. Browse Titles. What is Digital Switchover 1. The process when contemporary analogue terrestrial television switches to a digital broadcasting system.

Find more terms and definitions using our Dictionary Search. Digital Switchover appears in:. Handbook of Research on Information Search inside this book for more research materials. Recommend to a Librarian Recommend to a Colleague. Looking for research materials? Search our database for more Digital Switchover downloadable research papers. Due to the enormity of the phenomenon, many countries had to review their switchover deadline.

Nigeria was no exception. Nevertheless, a lot of milestones have been achieved in the journey towards digitisation in Nigeria. It is a content aggregator with the responsibility to manage, market and promote to the end consumer as a part of the Nigerian National Digital Switch Over DSO Strategy. It is an open platform, which enables any content or pay TV provider to broadcast their content so that Nigerian consumers only have to buy one box to view all the content.

Following several reviews, Jos became the pilot city and on April 30, , the Federal Government launched the pilot phase of the digital transmission project that kick started the digitisation process in Nigeria. Enugu switched on live on the February 12, , while Osun State, concluded the first phase of the digital switchover when the digital Television broadcasting ship berthed in Osogbo on February 23, In the phase 2 of the digital sensation, 13 states were scheduled to switch on, which started with Lagos State on April 29, But the poor take off of the programme in Lagos after it was launched is said to be compounded by the debt owed the service providers including SES, ITS, call centre operators, and other individuals.

This is also said to have hampered the take off of the project in other states in the phase 2. Surprisingly, months after the launch in Lagos, besides the hiccups besetting project, many residents are not aware what the digital switchover is all about. Also, those who are aware have not taken interest to key into the project.

Complaining on one of the social media platforms of FreeTV, Anthony Ibrahim said he recharged his free TV, but for several days it was not working. Once I turn it off and put it on again, it will show the decoder has expired. On her part, Akolade Temitope said for several weeks, she has been unable to watch her free TV. When a resident, Tajudeen Bankole was asked if he had keyed into the digital switch over project of the government, he demanded an explanation of the meaning, wondering when the project started and was launched in Lagos.