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WHO WE ARE
Channels Television is one of the nine independent television stations currently broadcasting in Nigeria, since the Federal Government deregulated the broadcast media in 1992.
The company was licensed in June 1993 and allocated a frequency on UHF (channel 39). It began transmission two years later under the name Channels Television and now broadcasts to a well discerning audience of about 20 million people.
The establishment of Channels Television as a news station was in response to the yearning of Nigerians for a TV station that will among other things:
- Give an alternative medium of communication to the government and its policies, and hold public officers accountable to the people;
- Accomodate opposing views;
- Inform and educate the general public on how they are governed as well as, what their civic responsibilities are;
- Uphold the ideals of balanced reporting, objectivity, fairness and the right of the individual to communicate.
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Channels Television’s bias for news has placed it well above other competitors in the Nigerian televison industry.
The station has been crowned 'Best Television Station of the Year'- an award endowed by the Nigerian Media Merit Award Trust- four times (2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004).
The company is staffed with some of the best broadcast journalists in the country, with more than 200 staff strength,some of whom have received training in Europe, South Africa and the United Kingdom and the United States.
Channels Team has produced feature programmes, which have received commendation through out the country; video footage of events and happenings in Nigeria, shot by Channels News crews have been used widely by reputable broadcast organisations such as BBC-TV, CNN, ITN and McNeil/ Lehrer News hour.
Our flagship, the "News at Ten" is today, the most popular and most watched news in the country, while the station has earned a reputation as an aggressive news outlet, which provides a balanced account of news coverage.
Our Mission
- Channels mission, is to produce and broadcast television programmes of quality and integrity that recognize and challenge, the intelligence and curiosity of our viewers.
- Our mission includes providing community oriented programmes that will enrich our local and international viewers.
- Give an alternative medium of communication to the government–controlled media in Nigeria;
- Perform the role of a true watch-dog of the government and its policies, and hold public officers accountable to the people;
FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE
Channels Television represents an exponential growth opportunity
- -First TV News Organisation in Nigeria
- -First TV to win the NMAA award as BROADCAST STATION OF THE YEAR FOR FOUR TIMES (2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004).
- -Established powerful relationships with broadcasting authorities around the world CNN, PBS, ITN e.t.c
- -Enjoys strong relationships with major advertising agencies and multinational companies active in Africa, P & G, SAMSUNG,NBL, GUINNESS,MTN, CELTEL, GLO. It also maintains strong relationship with corporate bodies such as First Bank plc, IBTC/ Chartered Bank,UBA, Zenith, GTB.
VALUE PROPOSITION
- A unique opportunity exist for advertisers and their agencies who are targeting consumers in teh A, B & C categories
- Channels has responded to that opportunity by providing:
- Better programming choices to viewers which in turn assist the advertisers to reach the very discerning audience that Nigerian viewers are known to be.
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