List of Authorised Tv Broadcasting Stations in Ghana
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NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY LIST OF AUTHORISED TV BROADCASTING STATIONS IN GHANA AS AT THIRD QUARTER OF 2016 Television (TV) broadcasting service is a broadcasting service consisting of the transmission of visual images or other visible signals, with or without accompanying sounds, where the visual images are such that sequences of them are seen as moving pictures. TV services may be transmitted over cable, terrestrial wireless or satellite platforms. Page 1 of 16 SUMMARY OF TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS IN GHANA NO. TYPE OF TELEVISION SERVICE TOTAL NO. TOTAL NO. OF TOTAL NO. OF OF STATIONS ON AIR STATIONS NOT ON AUTHORISED AIR STATIONS 1. Analogue Terrestrial Television 21 15 6 2. Digital Terrestrial Pay Television 1 1 0 (Service only) 3. Digital Terrestrial Pay Television 5 4 1 (Service and Frequency) 4. Digital Terrestrial Television (Network 0 0 0 only) 5. Digital Terrestrial Free-To-Air 7 4 3 Television Programme Channel 6. Digital Terrestrial Radio Service on 0 0 0 TV Multiplex 7. Satellite Television Broadcasting (Pay 7 4 3 TV Direct-To-Home Bouquet) 8. Satellite Television Broadcasting 7 2 5 (Free-To-Air Direct-To-Home Bouquet) 9. Satellite Television Broadcasting 36 20 16 (Free-To-Air Direct-To-Home Single Channel) 10. Digital Terrestrial Television 0 0 0 additional Services (eg. Teletext, etc) 11. Digital Terrestrial Mobile Television 0 0 0 Service (Stand-alone Authorisation) 12. Digital Cable Television 1 1 0 13. Television over Internet Protocol (Pay 0 0 0 TV) TOTAL NO. OF AUTHORISED TV 85 51 34 STATIONS Page 2 of 16 TABLE 1 - ANALOGUE TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION STATIONS1 NO. COMPANY NAME TRADE DATE OF FREQUENCY AREA(S) OF ADDRESS OF COMPANY COMMENT(S) NAME AUTHORISATI BAND OF OPERATION ON OPERATION 1. GHANA GTV 1968 BY NLCD VHF Nationwide BROADCASTING HOUSE Station On Air & BROADCASTING 226, P. O. BOX 1633, ACCRA simulcasts in Digital. CORPORATION TEL : 021-221161-9 Operates 8 additional FAX ; 221165/221149/53 digital programme EMAIL : channels 2. TV 3 NETWORK TV3 17 September 1996 VHF 10 regional P. O. BOX M83, ACCRA Station On Air & LIMITED capitals TEL : 021-228697/228681 simulcasts in Digital (has a UHF gap FAX : 021-228629 filler in Accra) 3. METROPOLITAN METRO TV 5 September 1997 VHF 10 regional NO. 59, JOSIAH Station On Air & ENTERTAINMENT capitals TONGOGARA STREET, simulcasts in Digital TELEVISION NORTH LABONE P. O. BOX C 1609 CANTONMENTS. ACCRA TEL: 021-765702 FAX: 021-765703 EMAIL: [email protected] 4. TELEVISION AFRICA TV AFRICA 21 November 1995 VHF Greater Accra 30 SOBUKWE ROAD Station On Air & LTD. Region P. O. BOX 7151 Guaranteed Operation Eastern Region ACCRA-NORTH of Digital Terrestrial Central Region TEL: 021-224322 / 228702 Programme Channel Western Region FAX: 021-223320 / 223439 Ashanti Region EMAIL: [email protected] 5. CRYSTAL CRYSTAL 1995 UHF Greater Accra PLOT 2, BLOCK U, Station On Air with RADIOVISION TV Region ASOKWA three programme NETWORK LTD. Eastern Region P. O. BOX 9219 channels & simulcasts Ashanti Region AHINSAN, KUMASI in Digital TEL: 051-21681/21582 FAX: 021-660411/660347 EMAIL: [email protected] 1 Analogue Terrestrial Television Stations are TV stations that is transmitted as analogue waveforms and received using common aerials on a TV set. These stations are being migrated from analogue to digital to comply with the Geneva 2006 Agreement of the International Telecommunications Union. Page 3 of 16 NO. COMPANY NAME TRADE DATE OF FREQUENCY AREA(S) OF ADDRESS OF COMPANY COMMENT(S) NAME AUTHORISATI BAND OF OPERATION ON OPERATION 6. NET 2 TV LIMITED NET 2 TV 7 April 2004 UHF Greater Accra P. O. BOX X.272 Station On Air & Region FNT KUMASI Guaranteed Operation Eastern Region of Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel 7. INDEPENDENT TV TOP TV 1 April 2008 UHF Greater Accra P. O. BOX CT 47458 Station On Air & LIMITED Region CANTONMENTS simulcasts in Digital ACCRA 8. K & N INVESTMENT E-TV 19 October 2006 UHF Greater Accra P.O. BOX CT 5976 Station On Air & GHANA Region CANTONMENT, ACCRA. simulcasts in Digital Eastern Region 9. VIASAT VIASAT 1 22 February 2008 UHF Greater Accra GO 22 AVIATION HOUSE Station On Air & BROADCASTING LTD. Region AIRPORT RESIDENTIAL simulcasts in Digital Eastern Region AREA Central Region P.O.BOX 3898 Western Region ACCRA Ashanti Region 10. THREE ANGELS 3ABN 11 August 2008 UHF Not on Air P.O.BOX BT 103 Station Not on Air but BROADCASTING TEMA Guaranteed Operation NETWORK GHANA of Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel 11. MULTIPLE CONCEPTS GH ONE 5 January 2009 UHF Greater Accra B824/10 FEO EYEO Station on Air & Region STREET Guaranteed Operation INDUSTRIAL AREA of Digital Terrestrial P. O. BOX CT 3855 Programme Channel CANTONMENTS 12. SMART MULTIMEDIA LIGHT TV 23 December 2008 UHF Greater Accra P. O. BOX SN 150 Station on Air & Region SANTASI - KUMASI Guaranteed Operation Ashanti Region of Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel 13. U2 COMPANY LTD. UTV 20 January 2009 UHF Greater Accra P. O. BOX 17470, ACCRA Station On Air & Region simulcasts in Digital Ashanti Region 14. INTEGRATED MEDIA - 7 January 2009 UHF Not on Air P. O. BOX MB 639, Station not on Air but XCHANGE (IMX) MINISTRIES POST OFFICE, Guaranteed Operation ACCRA of Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel 15. THE CARDINAL CAFDIL 11 February 2005 UHF Central Region ARCHDIOCESAN Station on Air & FOUNDATION FOR SECRETARIAT, P. O. BOX Guaranteed Operation Page 4 of 16 NO. COMPANY NAME TRADE DATE OF FREQUENCY AREA(S) OF ADDRESS OF COMPANY COMMENT(S) NAME AUTHORISATI BAND OF OPERATION ON OPERATION DISTANCE LEARNING 112, CAPE COAST of Digital Terrestrial (CAFDIL) Programme Channel 16. CENTRE FOR COASTAL 16 October 2007 UHF Central Region P. O. BOX 711, CAPE Station on Air & INTERCULTURAL TV COAST Guaranteed Operation LEARNING TALENT & of Digital Terrestrial DEVELOPMENT, Programme Channel AGORO 17. GREAT KOSA KANTANKA 27 August 2008 UHF Greater Accra P. O. BOX 8901, ACCRA Station on Air & COMPANY LTD. TV Region NORTH Guaranteed Operation of Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel 18. EMPIRE - 9 May 2008 UHF Not on Air P.O. BOX AN7041 Station not on Air but BROADCASTING ACCRA-NORTH Guaranteed Operation NETWORK of Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel 19. HBA TV & - 24 June 2008 UHF Not on Air c/o EBENEZER AMAKYE Station not on Air but COMMUNICATIONS MINTAH Guaranteed Operation NETWORK of Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel 20. C TELEVISION CTV 3 October, 2008 UHF Not on Air P. O. BOX 161100, ACCRA Station not on Air but LIMITED Guaranteed Operation of Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel 21. ORAKLE ADVERTISING - 10 November, UHF Not on Air P. O. BOX VT 4471 Station not on Air but LIMITED 2008 Guaranteed Operation of Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel Page 5 of 16 TABLE 2 - DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL PAY TELEVISION (SERVICE AND FREQUENCY)2 NO. COMPANY TRADE DATE OF DATE OF FREQUENC ADDRESS OF AUTHORISED COMMENTS NAME NAME FIRST PRESENT Y BAND COMPANY AREA OF AUTHORIS AUTHORISA OPERATION ATION TION 1 CATV LIMITED CABLE 29-01-1997 - UHF (2 P. O. BOX C 03057, Greater Accra Has 24 GOLD Multiplexes) TEMA Region Programme channels 2 CRYSTAL CRYSTA 12-03-2002 1 – 02- 2013 UHF (2 P. O. BOX JT 57, Greater Accra Has RADIOVISION L TV Multiplexes) JAMES TOWN Region 4Programme NETWORK Eastern Region channels LIMITED Ashanti Region 3 WILSAD FIRST 13-12-2004 31-7-2013 UHF (2 P. O. BOX MC 1231, Greater Accra Has 20 SUPPORT DIGITAL Multiplexes) TAKORADI, Region Programme LIMITED WESTERN REGION Eastern Region channels Western Region Volta Region Ashanti Region Brong Ahafo Region Northern Region Upper West Region Upper East Region Central Region 4 GoTV GHANA GoTV 14/4/2000 15-01-2013 UHF (2 PMB CCC 29, Greater Accra region Has 36 LIMITED Multiplexes) CANTONMENTS, Eastern Region Programme ACCRA Western Region channels Central Region Volta Region Brong Ahafo Region Northern Region 5 NOUR VISION APRIL 26, APRIL 26, P. O. BOX ST 11, Greater Accra, 2 Television Broadcasting Service provided over the service provider’s own wireless digital terrestrial television network and which requires television viewers to pay a subscription fee to watch the television service. The service provider obtains a frequency for the rollout of its own DTT transmission network infrastructure which shall be co-located Page 6 of 16 GHANA LIMTED 2016 2016 UHF (2 AWUDOME Eastern Region, Multiplexes) Northern Region, Western Region, Ashanti Region TABLE 3 - DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL PAY TELEVISION (SERVICE ONLY)3 NO COMPANY TRAD DATE OF NAME OF ADDRESS OF AREA(S) OF COMMENTS . NAME E FIRST NETWORK COMPANY OPERATION NAME AUTHORIS SERVICE ATION PROVIDER 1 NEXT Smart 3-04-2014 GHANA No. 3 Asafnetse Afua Greater Accra Has 8 Programme GENERATION TV BROADCASTING Street, Airport Region channels BROADCASTI CORPORATION Residential Area Ashanti Region NG LIMITED P.O. Box CT 744 P. O. BOX CT Cantonments, Accra 774, CANTONMENT S ACCRA 3 Television Broadcasting Service comprising of a bouquet of services provided over an independent/FOURTH party wireless digital terrestrial television network and which requires television viewers to pay a subscription fee to watch the television service. Page 7 of 16 TABLE 4 - DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL FREE-TO-AIR TELEVISION PROGRAMME CHANNEL NO. COMPANY NAME TRADE DATE OF LOGICAL ADDRESS OF COMMENTS NAME AUTHORISATION CHANNEL COMPANY NUMBER (LCN) 1. VIASAT VIASAT 1 FEBRUARY 26, 2016 17 25/8 ABAFUN STATION IS BROADCASTING G CRESCENT, LABONE CURRENTLY LIMITED PMB 74, OSU-ACCRA OPERATING ON BOTH THE ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PLATFORM 2. THREE ANGELS FEBRUARY 26, 2016 20 P. O. BOX 1163 STATION IS STILL BROADCASTING OPERATING ON LIMITED THE ANALOGUE PLATFORM 3. CRYSTAL CRYSTAL APRIL 6, 2016 7, 8, 9 P. O. BOX 9219, STATION IS STILL RADIOVISION PRIME, KUMASI OPERATING ON NETWORK LIMITED CRYSTAL THE ANALOGUE EXTRA, PLATFORM CRYSTAL PLUS 4.