The publisher of Nigeria's national daily,
ThisDay Newspaper, Nduka obaigbena is set to launch two new television
stations. The well connected media mogul, according to a release, will kick
start Arise News and Arise 360 TV.
ARISE NEWS will have a strong African footprint and serve underserved communities in the USA and other parts of the world. The stations will broadcast from Lagos, London, New York and Johannesburg reaching as far as Beijing and Rio de Janeiro.
A sister channel, ARISE 360, which will be entertainments-based with fashion, music sport and pay per view films, will start broadcasting toward the end of this year.
Following
the test broadcasts of last Thursday and Friday, the ‘soft launch’ phase will
begin today (Feb 4) and lead to a full broadcast operation in March.
ARISE News
is broadcasting across Europe on SKY Channel
234. The company is currently negotiating other major
distribution deals across the globe.
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