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1 NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY LIST OF AUTHORISED STATIONS IN GHANA AS AT THIRD QUARTER, 2017 Television () broadcasting service is a broadcasting service consisting of the transmission of visual images or other visible signals, with or without accompanying sounds, where the visual images are such that sequences of them are seen as moving pictures. services may be transmitted over cable, terrestrial wireless or satellite platforms. Page 1 of 27

2 SUMMARY OF TELEVISION STATIONS IN GHANA NO. TYPE OF TELEVISION SERVICE TOTAL NO. OF AUTHORISED STATIONS TOTAL NO. OF STATIONS ON AIR TOTAL NO. OF STATIONS NOT 1. Analogue Terrestrial Television Digital Terrestrial Pay Television (Service only) 3. Digital Terrestrial Pay Television (Service and Frequency) 4. Digital Terrestrial Television (Network only) 5. Digital Terrestrial Free-To-Air Television Channel (Nationwide Coverage) Digital Terrestrial Free-To-Air Television Channel (al Coverage) 7. Digital Terrestrial Radio Service on Multiplex 8. Satellite Television Broadcasting (Pay Direct-To-Home Bouquet) 9. Satellite Television Broadcasting (Free-To-Air Direct-To-Home Bouquet) 10. Satellite Television Broadcasting (Free-To-Air Direct-To-Home Single Channel) 11. Digital Terrestrial Television additional Services (eg. Teletext, etc) These stations have their authorisations replaced with Digital Terrestrial Free-To-Air Television Channel (Nationwide Coverage). Upon payment of all outstanding fees, these entities are added to the said Digital Category and are therefore counted twice in the total. Page 2 of 27

3 12. Digital Terrestrial Mobile Television Service (Stand-alone Authorisation) 13. Digital Cable Television Television over Internet Protocol (Pay ) TOTAL NO. OF AUTHORISED STATIONS Page 3 of 27

4 TABLE 1 - ANALOGUE TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION STATIONS 2 NO. TRADE 1. GHANA CORPORATION 2. 3 NETWORK 3. METROPOLITAN ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION 4. TELEVISION AFRICA LTD. G 3 METRO AFRICA AUTHORISA TION 1968 BY NLCD 226, 17 September September November 1995 FREQUENCY BAND OF OPERATION AREA(S) OF OPERATIO N ADDRESS OF VHF Nationwide HOUSE P. O. BOX 1633, TEL : FAX ; /221149/53 VHF (has a UHF gap filler in Accra) VHF VHF 10 regional capitals 10 regional capitals Greater Accra P. O. BOX M83, TEL : / FAX : NO. 59, JOSIAH TONGOGARA STREET, NORTH LABONE P. O. BOX C 1609 CANTONMENTS. TEL: FAX: talamtv@ghana.com 30 SOBUKWE ROAD P. O. BOX 7151 COMMENT(S) Station On Air & simulcasts in Digital. Operates 8 additional digital programme channels Station On Air & simulcasts in Digital Station On Air & simulcasts in Digital Station On Air & Guaranteed 2 Analogue Terrestrial Television Stations are stations that is transmitted as analogue waveforms and received using common aerials on a set. These stations are being migrated from analogue to digital to comply with the Geneva 2006 Agreement of the International Telecommunications Union. Page 4 of 27

5 NO. TRADE 5. CRYSTAL RADIOVISION NETWORK LTD. CRYSTAL AUTHORISA TION FREQUENCY BAND OF OPERATION Page 5 of 27 AREA(S) OF OPERATIO N Eastern Central Western Ashanti 1995 UHF Greater Accra Eastern Ashanti 6. NET 2 NET 2 7 April 2004 UHF Greater Accra Eastern 7. INDEPENDENT 8. K & N INVESTMENT TOP 1 April 2008 UHF Greater Accra E- GHANA 19 October 2006 UHF Greater Accra Eastern ADDRESS OF -NORTH TEL: / FAX: / target@africaonline.com. gh PLOT 2, BLOCK U, ASOKWA P. O. BOX 9219 AHINSAN, KUMASI TEL: /21582 FAX: / crystal@africaonline.co m.gh P. O. BOX X.272 FNT KUMASI P. O. BOX CT CANTONMENTS P.O. BOX CT 5976 CANTONMENT,. COMMENT(S) Operation of Digital Terrestrial Channel Station On Air with three programme channels & simulcasts in Digital Station On Air & Guaranteed Operation of Digital Terrestrial Channel Station On Air & simulcasts in Digital Station On Air & simulcasts in Digital

6 NO. TRADE 9. VIASAT LTD. 10. THREE ANGELS NETWORK GHANA 11. MULTIPLE CONCEPTS 12. SMART MULTIMEDIA VIASAT 1 AUTHORISA TION 22 February 2008 FREQUENCY BAND OF OPERATION UHF Page 6 of 27 AREA(S) OF OPERATIO N Greater Accra Eastern Central Western Ashanti ADDRESS OF GO 22 AVIATION HOUSE AIRPORT RESIDENTIAL AREA P.O.BOX ABN 11 August 2008 UHF Not on Air P.O.BOX BT 103 TEMA GH ONE 5 January 2009 UHF Greater Accra LIGHT 23 December U2 LTD. U 20 January 2009 UHF UHF Greater Accra Ashanti Greater Accra B824/10 FEO EYEO STREET INDUSTRIAL AREA P. O. BOX CT 3855 CANTONMENTS P. O. BOX SN 150 SANTASI - KUMASI P. O. BOX 17470, COMMENT(S) Station On Air & simulcasts in Digital Station Not on Air but Guaranteed Operation of Digital Terrestrial Channel Station on Air & Guaranteed Operation of Digital Terrestrial Channel Station on Air & Guaranteed Operation of Digital Terrestrial Channel Station On Air & simulcasts in Digital

7 NO. TRADE 14. INTEGRATED MEDIA XCHANGE (IMX) 15. CARDINAL FOUNDATION FOR DISTANCE LEARNING (CAFDIL) 16. CENTRE FOR INTERCULTURAL LEARNING TALENT & DEVELOPMENT, AGORO 17. GREAT KOSA LTD. 18. EMPIRE NETWORK AUTHORISA TION FREQUENCY BAND OF OPERATION AREA(S) OF OPERATIO N Ashanti ADDRESS OF - 7 January 2009 UHF Not on Air P. O. BOX MB 639, MINISTRIES POST OFFICE, CAFDIL COASTAL KANTAN KA 11 February October 2007 UHF UHF Central Central 27 August 2008 UHF Greater Accra ARCHDIOCESAN SECRETARIAT, P. O. BOX 112, CAPE COAST P. O. BOX 711, CAPE COAST P. O. BOX 8901, NORTH - 9 May 2008 UHF Not on Air P.O. BOX AN7041 -NORTH COMMENT(S) Station not on Air but Guaranteed Operation of Digital Terrestrial Channel Station on Air & Guaranteed Operation of Digital Terrestrial Channel Station on Air & Guaranteed Operation of Digital Terrestrial Channel Station on Air & Guaranteed Operation of Digital Terrestrial Channel Station not on Air but Guaranteed Operation of Digital Terrestrial Page 7 of 27

8 NO. TRADE 19. HBA & COMMUNICATION S NETWORK 20. C TELEVISION 21. ORAKLE ADVERTISING AUTHORISA TION FREQUENCY BAND OF OPERATION AREA(S) OF OPERATIO N ADDRESS OF - 24 June 2008 UHF Not on Air c/o EBENEZER AMAKYE MINTAH C 3 October, 2008 UHF Not on Air P. O. BOX , - 10 November, 2008 COMMENT(S) Channel Station not on Air but Guaranteed Operation of Digital Terrestrial Channel Station on Air and Operating a Digital Terrestrial Channel UHF Not on Air P. O. BOX VT 4471 Station not on Air in analogue but operating a Digital Terrestrial Channel Page 8 of 27

9 TABLE 2 - DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL PAY TELEVISION (SERVICE AND FREQUENCY) 3 NO. TRADE 1 CA CABLE GOLD 2 CRYSTAL RADIOVISION NETWORK CRYSTA L FIRST AUTHORIS ATION PRESENT AUTHORIS ATION FREQUEN CY BAND UHF (2 Multiplexes) UHF (2 Multiplexes) ADDRESS OF P. O. BOX C 03057, TEMA P. O. BOX JT 57, JAMES TOWN AUTHORISED AREA OF OPERATION Greater Accra Greater Accra Eastern Ashanti Has 24 channels Has 4 channels 3 WILSAD SUPPORT 4 Go GHANA FIRST DIGITA L UHF (2 Multiplexes) Go 14/4/ UHF (3 Multiplexes) P. O. BOX MC 1231, TAKORADI, WESTERN REGION PMB CCC 29, CANTONMENTS, Greater Accra Eastern Western Volta Ashanti Brong Ahafo Northern Upper West Upper East Central Greater Accra region Eastern Has 20 channels Has 36 channels 3 Television Broadcasting Service provided over the service provider s own wireless digital terrestrial television network and which requires television viewers to pay a subscription fee to watch the television service. The service provider obtains a frequency for the rollout of its own DTT transmission network infrastructure which shall be co-located Page 9 of 27

10 5 NOUR VISION GHANA LIMTED APRIL 26, 2016 APRIL 26, 2016 UHF (3 Multiplexes) P. O. BOX ST 11, AWUDOME Western Central Volta Brong Ahafo Northern Greater Accra, Eastern, Northern, Western, Ashanti Page 10 of 27

11 TABLE 3 - DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL PAY TELEVISION (SERVICE ) 4 NO. 1 NEXT GENERATION BROADCASTI NG P. O. BOX CT 774, CANTONMENT S TRAD E Smart FIRST AUTHORIS ATION OF NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDER GHANA CORPORATION ADDRESS OF No. 3 Asafnetse Afua Street, Airport Residential Area P.O. Box CT 744 Cantonments, Accra AREA(S) OF OPERATION Greater Accra Ashanti Has 8 channels 4 Television Broadcasting Service comprising of a bouquet of services provided over an independent/fourth party wireless digital terrestrial television network and which requires television viewers to pay a subscription fee to watch the television service. Page 11 of 27

12 TABLE 4 - DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL FREE-TO-AIR TELEVISION PROGRAMME CHANNEL (NATIONWIDE COVERAGE) NO. TRADE 1. VIASAT G 2. THREE ANGELS 3. CRYSTAL RADIOVISION NETWORK LOGICAL CHANNEL NUMBER (LCN) ADDRESS OF KFS FEBRUARY 26, /8 ABAFUN CRESCENT, LABONE PMB 74, OSU- CRYSTAL PRIME, CRYSTAL EXTRA, CRYSTAL PLUS CURRENTLY OPERATING ON BOTH ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PLATFORM FEBRUARY 26, P. O. BOX 1163 STILL OPERATING ON ANALOGUE PLATFORM APRIL 6, , 8, 9 P. O. BOX 9219, KUMASI 4. NET 2 NET 2 APRIL 8, P. O. BOX 191, BURMA CAMP CURRENTLY OPERATING ON BOTH ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PLATFORM CURRENTLY OPERATING ON BOTH ANALOGUE AND Page 12 of 27

13 NO. TRADE 5. 3 NETWORK 6. HBA & COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK GHANA LOGICAL CHANNEL NUMBER (LCN) ADDRESS OF 3 APRIL 1, P. O. BOX M 83, AUGUST 10, P. O. BOX SU 355, SUHUM 7. U2 U JULY 11, P. O. BOX 17470, 8. LPT SERVICES 9. ANGEL SERVICES ANGEL NOVEMBER 4, P. O. BOX DS 1891 OCTOBER 24, P. O. BOX 7453 KUMASI DIGITAL PLATFORM CURRENTLY OPERATING ON BOTH ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PLATFORM NOT CURRENTLY OPERATING ON BOTH ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PLATFORM NOT. WILL CURRENTLY OPERATING ON DIGITAL PLATFORM Page 13 of 27

14 NO. TRADE 10. ORAKLE ADVERTISING 11. C TELEVISION 12. XYZ Page 14 of 27 LOGICAL CHANNEL NUMBER (LCN) ADDRESS OF OCTOBER 19, P. O. BOX CT 4471 CANTONMENTS- C OCTOBER 18, P. O. BOX YK 851 KANDA - XYZ JANUARY 6, P. O. BOX CT 418 CANTONMENTS 13. TRI-EAGLE SOUL JANUARY 6, P. O. BOX CP 4257 CANTONMENTS, 14. PAN AFRICAN 15. UNIVERSAL MULTIMEDIA PAN AFRICAN 16. CHM FARMS AKUAFO 17. KROWDUAH ENTERPRISE JANUARY 10, P. O. BOX KN 4129 JANUARY 11, P. O. BOX CT 1495 CANTONMENTS FEBRUARY 13, P. O. BOX 9796 KIA ON AIR. CURRENTLY OPERATING ON BOTH ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PLATFORM ON AIR. NOT. WILL NOT. WILL NOT. WILL NOT. WILL MARCH 20, P. O. BOX LT 1 NOT. WILL

15 NO. TRADE 18. AKORFA G 19. MOBILE ZONE 20. KESSBEN TELEVISION 21. MULTIMEDIA GROUP 22. KONSUA NANTEE INVESTMENTS GHANA 23. NOTICE BOARD LOGICAL CHANNEL NUMBER (LCN) ADDRESS OF LATERBIOKORSHIE MARCH 20, P. O. BOX KN 3474 MAX APRIL 27, P. O. BOX OD 431 ODORKOR - KESSBEN APRIL 27, P. O. BOX 1480 ADOM APRIL 28, P. O. BOX NORTH E MAY 3, P. O. BOX CT 5976 CANTONMENTS MAY 30, P. O. BOX CT 3178 CANTONMENTS NOT. WILL ON AIR. WILL NOT. WILL ON AIR. WILL CURRENTLY OPERATING ON BOTH ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PLATFORM NOT. WILL Page 15 of 27

16 TABLE 5 - DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL FREE-TO-AIR TELEVISION PROGRAMME CHANNEL (REGIONAL COVERAGE) NO. TRADE 1. O 2. ROYAL IMAGE LOGICAL CHANNEL NUMBER (LCN) ADDRESS OF O MAY 31, P. O. BOX CT 4513 CANTONMENTS ROYAL MAY 31, P. O. BOX KS 1321 KUMASI 3. TONY D. MAY 31, P. O. BOX HP 403 HO 4. KYIRFO MULTIMEDIA MAY 31, P. O. BOX TL 1519 TAMALE ON AIR. WILL NOT. WILL NOT. WILL NOT. WILL Page 16 of 27

17 TABLE 6 - SATELLITE TELEVISION (PAY DIRECT-TO-HOME BOUQUET) NO. AND ADDRESS OF TRADE ADDRESS OF 1. MULTICHOICE DS 14/4/ SENCHI STREET, AIRPORT RESIDENTIAL AREA,. PMB CCC 29 CANTONMENTS, TEL: FAX: service@gh01.mck.co.za 2. STRONG DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD 3. SPARROW VISION MY 13/05/ LANCASTER GATE SPINTEX ROAD imad.beydoun@strong-technologies.com P. O. BOX CT 1628, CANTONMENTS-. IDEASIMPACTGH@GMAIL.COM FREQUENCY BAND Ku Band Ku Band Ku Band 4. UNCAPPED VISION P. O. BOX OS 01859, Ku Band 5. HOMEBASE P. O. BOX GP 22022, INFO@HOMEBASEGHANA.COM Ku Band 6. PLASMA ENTERTAINMENT P. O. CT 246, P. O. CT 246, Ku Band Page 17 of 27

18 7. MOBILE ZONE 8. ECONET MEDIA GHANA KWESE P. O. BOX OD 431, ODORKOR. FROM P. O. BOX CT 6265 CANTONMENTS, GREATER REGION Ku Band Ku Band Page 18 of 27

19 TABLE 7 - SATELLITE TELEVISION (FREE-TO-AIR DIRECT-TO-HOME BOUQUET) 5 NO. 1. MULTIMEDIA LTD. 2. BENIE TRADE MULTI (DD-MM-YY) FREQUENCY BAND ADDRESS OF Ku Band 355 FAANOFA STREET, KOKOMLEMLE P.O.BOX GP ON AIR Ku Band P. O. BOX GP 1986, 3. EVOLUTION MULTIMEDIA GROUP Ku Band P. O. BOX 6027, CANTONMENTS- 4. CENTER Ku Band P. O. BOX 64, NKORANZA 5. CHAMPION 6. TOSH FOR ALL 7. MEGA-CHOICE DIGITAL NETWORK Ku Band P. O. BOX N 150, NEW TAFO KUMASI Ku Band P. O. BOX CT 2047, CANTONMENTS, Ku Band P. O. BOX JT 57, JAMES TOWN, ON AIR 5 Television Broadcasting Service comprising of a bouquet of services provided over a satellite transponder and which is capable of being received without payment of subscription fees. Page 19 of 27

20 8. SILICON HOUSE PRODUCTIONS 9. NSOROMMA MULTIMEDIA 10. A AROUND ENTERPRISE Ku Band 12 RIDGE STREET, ROMAN RIDGE GREATER REGION Ku Band P. O. BOX NORTH GREATER REGION Ku Band P. O. BOX AN NORTH GREATER REGION TABLE 8 SATELLITE TELEVISION (FREE-TO-AIR DIRECT-TO-HOME SINGLE CHANNEL) 6 NO. TRADE (DD-MM-YY) TYPE OF SERVICE ADDRESS OF 1. Z Z Ku Band P. O. BOX LA 407, 2. CAPITALINE MULTIMEDIA C Ku Band P. O. BOX DS 1628, DANSOMAN, 6 Television Broadcasting Service in which a single programme channel is broadcast over a satellite transponder and capable of being received without payment of subscription fees. Page 20 of 27

21 NO. TRADE 3. PRECIOUS TELEVISION 4. ROYAL IMAGE 5. PAN AFRICAN 6. BESDA MULTIMEDIA LI adeited 7. NEW MERCURY BROASCASTING (DD-MM-YY) TYPE OF SERVICE ADDRESS OF P Ku Band DTD 50, CANTONMENTS. R Ku Band P. O. BOX KS 1321, KUMASI PAN AFRICA Ku Band P. O. BOX KN 4129, KANESHIE,. HAJSHIRAZ@GBANGU.COM PHILICO Ku Band P. O. BOX 219,. BESDAMULTIMEDIA04@GMAIL.COM PROPHET Ku Band P. O. BOX NEWMERCURY2007@YAHOO.COM 8. UNITED SKY MULTIMEDIA 9. ROCK MEDIA 10. ROCK CHANNELS Ku Band P. O. BOX DTD 50, Ku Band P. O. BOX AH 1348, ACHIMOTA Ku Band P. O. BOX KN 1044, KANESHIE- Page 21 of 27

22 NO. TRADE 11. BUSINESS MEDIA AFRICA (BUSINESS 24 AFRICA) 12. MISSION AFRICA AND RADIO 13. ANGEL 14. GALAXY MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION 15. NEG FAMILY LIFE (ISRAEL ) 16. SAHARA MULTIMEDIA 17. BBnZ LIVE 18. PENT GALAXY YV PENT (DD-MM-YY) TYPE OF SERVICE ADDRESS OF Ku Band P. O. BOX TF Ku Band P. O. BOX 30330, AIRPORT, Ku Band P. O. BOX KS 13875, KUMASI Ku Band P. O. BOX CT Ku Band P. O. BOX AN Ku Band P. O. BOX LG 931, Ku Band P. O. BOX 115, Ku Band P. O. BOX LG 526, 19. MEGA INVESTMENT & COMMUNICATIONS MG Ku Band P. O. BOX 3, KASSEH-ADA Page 22 of 27

23 NO. TRADE 20. TRENDY ICON 21. O (DD-MM-YY) TYPE OF SERVICE ADDRESS OF Ku Band PMB 26, KANDA ESTATES, Ku Band P. O. BOX 4513, CANTONMENTS, 22. TOTAL Ku Band P. O. BOX NG 331, NUNGUA 23. COMET MEDIA 24. SMAVE Ku Band P. O. BOX KIA 16392, Ku Band P. O. BOX KA GOLD SCREEN Ku Band P. O.BOX KN DAILY TELEVISION 27. KESSBEN TELEVISION 28. ROCKLAND NETWORK Ku Band P. O. BOX GP 20777, Ku Band P.O. BOX 1568, KUMASI Ku Band P. O. BOX DT 2292, ADENTAN 29. REJOICE MEDIA Ku Band P. O. BOX 11554, NORTH Page 23 of 27

24 NO. TRADE 30. OBINIM 31. ASHANTI 32. BUSINESS NEWS 33. RAINBOW 34. HORAMA TELEVISION 35. ONYX MEDIA GROUP (HEALTH & SAFETY TELEVISION) 36. DOMINION 37. ASEDA TELEVISION 38. CIADARA ENTERPRISE (DD-MM-YY) TYPE OF SERVICE ADDRESS OF OB Ku Band P. O. Box KS HEALING JESUS DOMINION Ku Band P. O. BOX AS 386, KUMASI Ku Band P. O. BOX 9427 AIRPORT Ku Band P. O. BOX CT 11175, Ku Band P. O. BOX KT 258, KOTOBABI Ku Band P. O. BOX KB 771, KORLE-BU Ku Band P. O. BOX KA 9527, AIRPORT - ASEDA Ku Band P. O. BOX 1480, KUMASI Ku Band P. O. BOX 198 KANESHIE- Page 24 of 27

25 NO. TRADE 39. OBUOBA NETWORK 40. COVENANT 41. MINISTRY OF HEALTH TELEVISION STATION 42. OMEGA 3 COMMUNICATION 43. GLOBAFEST 44. JUBILEE NETWORK 45. WEST END RADIO 46. EVENEVE MULTIMEDIA (DD-MM-YY) Page 25 of 27 TYPE OF SERVICE ADDRESS OF Ku Band H5, Patakuo Estates Dome Accra Ku Band P. O. Box Accra-North Greater Accra Ghana Ku Band P. O. Box CT 3130 Accra Greater Accra Ku Band P. O. Box ST 355 Accra Greater Accra Ku Band P. O. Box KIA Accra Greater Accra Ku Band P. O. Box GP 3849 Accra Greater Accra Ku Band P. O. Box 43 Nkroful Western Ku Band P. O. Box AN Accra Greater Accra

26 NO. TRADE NETWORK 47. U-MEGA MEDIA CONCEPT 48. HOUSE OF POWER MULTIMEDIA 49. POWERLINE MULTIMEDIA 50. NETWORK POWERLINE (DD-MM-YY) TYPE OF SERVICE ADDRESS OF Ku Band P. O. BOX MD 198 MADINA Ku Band PMB 351 Tema Greater Accra Ku Band P. O. BOX AN NORTH GOLD Ku Band P. O. BOX 17298, GHANA 51. CINE PLUS CINE PLUS Ku Band P. O. Box SU 439 Suhum Eastern 52. EXCEL NETWORK Ku Band P. O. Box CT 2240 Cantonments, Accra Greater Accra AIR 53. SPORTS RADIO, TELEVISION AND EVENTS 54. DESERT MEDIA 55. SWEET NETWORK Ku Band P. O. Box DTD 50 Osu-Accra Greater Accra Ku Band P. O. Box 299 Bolganta Upper East Ku Band P. O. BOX AN 2511 KUMASI, ASHANTI REGION Page 26 of 27

27 TABLE 9 DIGITAL CABLE TELEVISION 7 NO. AND ADDRESS OF (DD-MM-YY) 1. SIMBA MEDIA GHANA P. O. BOX TN 2121 TYPE OF CABLE(S) AREA OF OPERATION OPTICAL FIBER Greater Accra 7 Television Broadcasting Service where the distribution of television programs to subscribers is delivered by the means of coaxial cables or light pulses through fiber-optic cables and requires the payment of subscription fees. Page 27 of 27