To
tell Nigerians the truth, I was one of the very few who came out to state
categorically that I had my doubts in all the bumper promises being made by the
newest entrant into the PayTV business in Nigeria and a lot came for my head as
though I said something that had never been said before.
It
was evident that there were either half truths or outright lies in all the
things they claim to have brought in with the TSTV platform, among which was
the fact that they claimed to have had agreements signed and sealed with the
parent company and owners of FOX Television Channels, FOX Network Group, (FNG),
which would see them carry their channels in Nigeria.
This
has been strongly refuted as FOX Network Group (FNG), owners of the FOX
television Channels, has denied that it has any agreement with new
pay-television service provider, TSTV, to carry its channels in Nigeria.
The
position of FNG was made known in a statement issued on Thursday, which was signed by Jeremy Griesel of Jeremy Griesel
Communications on behalf of FOX Network Group Africa, TSTV’s advertisement of
FOX channels on its platform is inappropriate.
The
statement reads, “Despite advertised claims regarding FOX channels, FOX does
not have any agreement with TSTV regarding distribution of channels, but
remains confident that TSTV will normalise the situation prior to the launch of
its service to ensure the consistency between platform content claims and
subscriber expectation,” FOX said.
I
mean, how does anyone claim what he doesn’t have yet in preparation to having
them while pushing the publicity around it as though they have them?
Is
this how TSTV which to service Nigeria better than the platform we all already
know?
Similarly,
TSTV had been the subject of two disclaimers issued by Turner Broadcasting
System Europe, which distributes American news channel CNN, and beIN, the
Qatar-based entertainment and sports content owner.
Both
wrote to TSTV to desist from making claims it had agreements with them to
redistribute their respective content and threatened legal action if it does
not.
They
also warned against the use of their logos on any of TSTV’s promotional
materials.
A
prospective customer like me, that is, if I would ever be, would want to know
if TSTV is not dead on arrival with all the baggages it is carrying about with
it?
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