Independent Nigerian Telecaster Launches 24-Hour Satellite News Channel

Monday’s observance of World Press Freedom Day coincided with the launch of a new 24-hour Nigerian satellite news television network known as NN24. With feeds from the Cable News Network (CNN) and Reuters to supplement its coverage of Nigerian local and national news, the Lagos-based outlet hopes to compete with other satellite stations that serve the African continent but which cannot match NN24’s African perspective on the news.

With its overarching world focus, NN24 is also expected to rise above state and federal government-controlled Nigerian broadcasters. But, it will have its hands full of competition from the internet, cell phones, and other modern means of technology which are helping today’s Africans receive their news.
“TV stations, radio stations, the newspapers are all publishing their news on their websites, so the internet culture is gaining ground quickly. And, some of these websites have mobile versions, so people are able to access the contents on their mobile phones,” he pointed out.

I hope whoever the owners are have taken time and planned well before starting any thing. We usually rush into things unprepared, simply because they are seen to be money spinners elsewhere. Broadcasting is a living thing that is feeding - by the second - on power and technology. We are a little short of these here. When you have to import to update your system every other day, you have to be well heeled to grease palms and to pay for goods. You have to be well heeled, and connected, to power your system. The task is enormous. I hope they are aware. I hope they are also aware that any stigma to CNN and Reuters will affect them much more directly here. Still, my best wishes.

@ kksenior, You talk like an expert .
I also do hope it is not a machinery sponsored by a politician to air his own views and discredit other politicians or his opponents.