The
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has been urged to expedite action on the
digital switch over programme in the television broadcast industry.
Delta
State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, gave the charge when the
Benin Zonal Director of the NBC, Dr. Tony Anigala, paid him a courtesy visit in
his office in Asaba
Mr, Ukah,
who thanked the Commission for including the Delta Broadcasting Service (DBS)
among stations to be in the first phase of the switch over, said it will
give the government broadcast media the platform to reach wider audience.
He said
government will partner the Commission in ensuring that the digitization vision
come on stream to the benefit of all.
He
advised the new Zonal Director to put in his best in promoting broadcast code
and ethics pointing out that the state government has put things on ground to
fully maximize the programme.
The NBC
Zonal Director in charge of Edo, Delta, Ekiti and Ondo States, Dr. Tony
Anigala, said he was in the commissioner's office as part of familiarization
tour of states in the zone as well as seek ways of partnership in ensuring a
hitch free digitization in the zone.
Dr. Anigala said the Ministry of Information,
being the umbrella of the state owned broadcast stations, needed to be carried
along in rebuilding and rebranding Broadcasting in the state from
analog to digital.
He
appealed to the commissioner to assist the stations at all times to enable them
meet standards in digital broadcasting affirming that it's monitoring roles
would not be compromised.
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