NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY LIST OF AUTHORISED TV BROADCASTING STATIONS IN GHANA AS AT THIRD QUARTER, 2017 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 27 SUMMARY OF TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS IN GHANA NO. TYPE OF TELEVISION SERVICE TOTAL NO. TOTAL NO. OF TOTAL NO. OF OF STATIONS ON STATIONS NOT AUTHORISED AIR ON AIR STATIONS 1. Analogue Terrestrial Television1 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 0 0 0 (Network only) 5. Digital Terrestrial Free-To-Air 23 4 19 Television Programme Channel (Nationwide Coverage) 6. Digital Terrestrial Free-To-Air 4 0 4 Television Programme Channel (Regional Coverage) 7. Digital Terrestrial Radio Service on 0 0 0 TV Multiplex 8. Satellite Television Broadcasting (Pay 8 5 3 TV Direct-To-Home Bouquet) 9. Satellite Television Broadcasting 10 2 8 (Free-To-Air Direct-To-Home Bouquet) 10. Satellite Television Broadcasting 55 21 34 (Free-To-Air Direct-To-Home Single Channel) 11. Digital Terrestrial Television 0 0 0 additional Services (eg. Teletext, etc) 1 These stations have their authorisations replaced with Digital Terrestrial Free-To-Air Television Programme Channel (Nationwide Coverage). Upon payment of all outstanding fees, these entities are added to the said Digital Category and are therefore counted twice in the total. Page 2 of 27 12. Digital Terrestrial Mobile Television 0 0 0 Service (Stand-alone Authorisation) 13. Digital Cable Television 1 1 0 14. Television over Internet Protocol (Pay 0 0 0 TV) TOTAL NO. OF AUTHORISED TV 128 53 75 STATIONS Page 3 of 27 TABLE 1 - ANALOGUE TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION STATIONS2 NO. COMPANY NAME TRADE DATE OF FREQUENCY AREA(S) OF ADDRESS OF COMMENT(S) NAME AUTHORISA BAND OF OPERATIO COMPANY TION OPERATION N 1. GHANA GTV 1968 BY VHF Nationwide BROADCASTING Station On Air & BROADCASTING NLCD 226, HOUSE simulcasts in CORPORATION P. O. BOX 1633, Digital. Operates 8 ACCRA additional digital TEL : 021-221161-9 programme FAX ; channels 221165/221149/53 EMAIL : 2. TV 3 NETWORK TV3 17 September VHF 10 regional P. O. BOX M83, Station On Air & LIMITED 1996 capitals ACCRA simulcasts in (has a UHF gap TEL : 021- Digital filler in Accra) 228697/228681 FAX : 021-228629 3. METROPOLITAN METRO 5 September VHF 10 regional NO. 59, JOSIAH Station On Air & ENTERTAINMENT TV 1997 capitals TONGOGARA simulcasts in TELEVISION STREET, NORTH Digital LABONE P. O. BOX C 1609 CANTONMENTS. ACCRA TEL: 021-765702 FAX: 021-765703 EMAIL: [email protected] 4. TELEVISION TV 21 November VHF Greater Accra 30 SOBUKWE ROAD Station On Air & AFRICA LTD. AFRICA 1995 Region P. O. BOX 7151 Guaranteed 2 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 4 of 27 NO. COMPANY NAME TRADE DATE OF FREQUENCY AREA(S) OF ADDRESS OF COMMENT(S) NAME AUTHORISA BAND OF OPERATIO COMPANY TION OPERATION N Eastern ACCRA-NORTH Operation of Region TEL: 021-224322 / Digital Terrestrial Central 228702 Programme Region FAX: 021-223320 / Channel Western 223439 Region EMAIL: Ashanti [email protected]. Region gh 5. CRYSTAL CRYSTAL 1995 UHF Greater Accra PLOT 2, BLOCK U, Station On Air RADIOVISION TV Region ASOKWA with three NETWORK LTD. Eastern P. O. BOX 9219 programme Region AHINSAN, KUMASI channels & Ashanti TEL: 051-21681/21582 simulcasts in Region FAX: 021- Digital 660411/660347 EMAIL: [email protected] m.gh 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 Eastern Operation of Region 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 ACCRA Digital 8. K & N E-TV 19 October UHF Greater Accra P.O. BOX CT 5976 Station On Air & INVESTMENT GHANA 2006 Region CANTONMENT, simulcasts in Eastern ACCRA. Digital Region Page 5 of 27 NO. COMPANY NAME TRADE DATE OF FREQUENCY AREA(S) OF ADDRESS OF COMMENT(S) NAME AUTHORISA BAND OF OPERATIO COMPANY TION OPERATION N 9. VIASAT VIASAT 1 22 February UHF Greater Accra GO 22 AVIATION Station On Air & BROADCASTING 2008 Region HOUSE simulcasts in LTD. Eastern AIRPORT Digital Region RESIDENTIAL AREA Central P.O.BOX 3898 Region ACCRA Western Region Ashanti Region 10. THREE ANGELS 3ABN 11 August 2008 UHF Not on Air P.O.BOX BT 103 Station Not on Air BROADCASTING TEMA but Guaranteed NETWORK GHANA Operation of Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel 11. MULTIPLE GH ONE 5 January 2009 UHF Greater Accra B824/10 FEO EYEO Station on Air & CONCEPTS Region STREET Guaranteed INDUSTRIAL AREA Operation of P. O. BOX CT 3855 Digital Terrestrial CANTONMENTS Programme Channel 12. SMART LIGHT TV 23 December UHF Greater Accra P. O. BOX SN 150 Station on Air & MULTIMEDIA 2008 Region SANTASI - KUMASI Guaranteed Ashanti Operation of Region Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel 13. U2 COMPANY LTD. UTV 20 January UHF Greater Accra P. O. BOX 17470, Station On Air & 2009 Region ACCRA simulcasts in Digital Page 6 of 27 NO. COMPANY NAME TRADE DATE OF FREQUENCY AREA(S) OF ADDRESS OF COMMENT(S) NAME AUTHORISA BAND OF OPERATIO COMPANY TION OPERATION N Ashanti Region 14. INTEGRATED - 7 January 2009 UHF Not on Air P. O. BOX MB 639, Station not on Air MEDIA XCHANGE MINISTRIES POST but Guaranteed (IMX) OFFICE, ACCRA Operation of Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel 15. THE CARDINAL CAFDIL 11 February UHF Central ARCHDIOCESAN Station on Air & FOUNDATION FOR 2005 Region SECRETARIAT, P. O. Guaranteed DISTANCE BOX 112, CAPE Operation of LEARNING COAST Digital Terrestrial (CAFDIL) Programme Channel 16. CENTRE FOR COASTAL 16 October UHF Central P. O. BOX 711, CAPE Station on Air & INTERCULTURAL TV 2007 Region COAST Guaranteed LEARNING Operation of TALENT & Digital Terrestrial DEVELOPMENT, Programme AGORO Channel 17. GREAT KOSA KANTAN 27 August 2008 UHF Greater Accra P. O. BOX 8901, Station on Air & COMPANY LTD. KA TV Region ACCRA 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 BROADCASTING ACCRA-NORTH but Guaranteed NETWORK Operation of Digital Terrestrial Page 7 of 27 NO. COMPANY NAME TRADE DATE OF FREQUENCY AREA(S) OF ADDRESS OF COMMENT(S) NAME AUTHORISA BAND OF OPERATIO COMPANY TION OPERATION N Programme Channel 19. HBA TV & - 24 June 2008 UHF Not on Air c/o EBENEZER Station not on Air COMMUNICATION AMAKYE MINTAH but Guaranteed S NETWORK Operation of Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel 20. C TELEVISION CTV 3 October, 2008 UHF Not on Air P. O. BOX 161100, Station on Air and LIMITED ACCRA Operating a Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel 21. ORAKLE - 10 November, UHF Not on Air P. O. BOX VT 4471 Station not on Air ADVERTISING 2008 in analogue but LIMITED operating a Digital Terrestrial Programme Channel Page 8 of 27 TABLE 2 - DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL PAY TELEVISION (SERVICE AND FREQUENCY)3 NO. COMPANY TRADE DATE OF DATE OF FREQUEN ADDRESS OF AUTHORISED COMMENTS NAME NAME FIRST PRESENT CY BAND COMPANY AREA OF AUTHORIS AUTHORIS OPERATION ATION ATION 1 CATV LIMITED CABLE 29-01-1997 - UHF (2 P. O. BOX C Greater Accra Has 24 GOLD Multiplexes) 03057, 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 Greater Accra Has 20 SUPPORT DIGITA Multiplexes) 1231, TAKORADI, Region Programme LIMITED L WESTERN Eastern Region channels REGION 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 (3 PMB CCC 29, Greater Accra Has 36 LIMITED Multiplexes) CANTONMENTS, region Programme ACCRA Eastern Region channels 3 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 9 of 27 Western Region Central Region Volta Region Brong Ahafo Region Northern Region 5 NOUR VISION APRIL 26, APRIL 26, P. O. BOX ST 11, Greater Accra, GHANA 2016 2016 UHF (3 AWUDOME Eastern Region, LIMTED Multiplexes) Northern Region, Western Region, Ashanti Region Page 10 of 27 TABLE 3 - DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL PAY TELEVISION (SERVICE ONLY)4 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 4 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.