The Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission, Mr. Emeka Mba, disclosed this during a press conference on Nigeria’s transition from analogue to digital broadcasting in Abuja on Wednesday.
Mba disclosed that the regulatory agency has proposed an extension of the country’s switch over from analogue to digital broadcasting by 18 months.
He also disclosed that 11 companies have been licensed for the local manufacture of set-top-boxes after the payment of N550m (N50m each).
Set-top-boxes are antennas that enable analogue television sets to receive signals from digital transmitters.
Mba said the President approved two community stations for each of the six geopolitical zones in the country, thereby bringing the number to 12.