NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY LIST OF AUTHORISED TV STATIONS IN GHANA AS AT DECEMBER 13 2016 Television (TV) 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. TV services may be transmitted over cable, terrestrial wireless or satellite platforms. Page 1 of 18
SUMMARY OF TELEVISION STATIONS IN GHANA NO. TYPE OF TELEVISION SERVICE TOTAL NO. OF AUTHORISED STATIONS Page 2 of 18 TOTAL NO. OF STATIONS TOTAL NO. OF STATIONS NOT ON AIR 1. Analogue Terrestrial Television 21 15 6 2. Digital Terrestrial Pay Television 1 1 0 (Service only) 3. Digital Terrestrial Pay Television 5 4 1 (Service and Frequency) 4. Digital Terrestrial Television (Network 0 0 0 only) 5. Digital Terrestrial Free-To-Air 11 4 7 Television 6. Digital Terrestrial Radio Service on 0 0 0 TV Multiplex 7. Satellite Television Broadcasting (Pay 7 4 3 TV Direct-To-Home Bouquet) 8. Satellite Television Broadcasting (Free-To-Air Direct-To-Home Bouquet) 7 2 5 9. Satellite Television Broadcasting (Free-To-Air Direct-To-Home Single Channel) 38 20 18 10. Digital Terrestrial Television 0 0 0 additional Services (eg. Teletext, etc) 11. Digital Terrestrial Mobile Television 0 0 0 Service (Stand-alone Authorisation) 12. Digital Cable Television 1 1 0 13. Television over Internet Protocol (Pay TV) 0 0 0 TOTAL NO. OF AUTHORISED TV STATIONS 91 51 40
TABLE 1 - ANALOGUE TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION STATIONS 1 NO. COMPANY TRADE 1. GHANA CORPORATION 2. TV 3 NETWORK 3. METROPOLITAN ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION 4. TELEVISION AFRICA LTD. 5. CRYSTAL RADIOVISION NETWORK LTD. GTV AUTHORISATI ON 1968 BY NLCD 226, FREQUENCY BAND OF OPERATION TV3 17 September 1996 VHF AREA(S) OF OPERATION VHF Nationwide HOUSE P. O. BOX 1633, TEL : 021-221161-9 FAX ; 221165/221149/53 EMAIL : 10 regional capitals (has a UHF gap filler in Accra) METRO TV 5 September 1997 VHF 10 regional capitals TV AFRICA 21 November 1995 VHF Greater Accra Eastern Central Western Ashanti CRYSTAL TV 1995 UHF Greater Accra Eastern Ashanti P. O. BOX M83, TEL : 021-228697/228681 FAX : 021-228629 NO. 59, JOSIAH TONGOGARA STREET, NORTH LABONE P. O. BOX C 1609 CANTONMENTS. TEL: 021-765702 FAX: 021-765703 EMAIL: talamtv@ghana.com 30 SOBUKWE ROAD P. O. BOX 7151 -NORTH TEL: 021-224322 / 228702 FAX: 021-223320 / 223439 EMAIL: target@africaonline.com.gh PLOT 2, BLOCK U, ASOKWA P. O. BOX 9219 AHINSAN, KUMASI TEL: 051-21681/21582 FAX: 021-660411/660347 EMAIL: crystal@africaonline.com.gh 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 & Station On Air with three programme channels & simulcasts in Digital 1 Analogue Terrestrial Television Stations are TV stations that is transmitted as analogue waveforms and received using common aerials on a TV set. These stations are being migrated from analogue to digital to comply with the Geneva 2006 Agreement of the International Telecommunications Union. Page 3 of 18
NO. COMPANY TRADE AUTHORISATI ON FREQUENCY BAND OF OPERATION AREA(S) OF OPERATION 6. NET 2 TV NET 2 TV 7 April 2004 UHF Greater Accra Eastern 7. INDEPENDENT TV 8. K & N INVESTMENT E-TV GHANA 9. VIASAT LTD. 10. THREE ANGELS NETWORK GHANA TOP TV 1 April 2008 UHF Greater Accra 19 October 2006 UHF Greater Accra Eastern VIASAT 1 22 February 2008 UHF Greater Accra Eastern Central Western Ashanti P. O. BOX X.272 FNT KUMASI P. O. BOX CT 47458 CANTONMENTS P.O. BOX CT 5976 CANTONMENT,. GO 22 AVIATION HOUSE AIRPORT RESIDENTIAL AREA P.O.BOX 3898 3ABN 11 August 2008 UHF Not on Air P.O.BOX BT 103 TEMA 11. MULTIPLE CONCEPTS GH ONE 5 January 2009 UHF Greater Accra 12. SMART MULTIMEDIA LIGHT TV 23 December 2008 UHF Greater Accra Ashanti 13. U2 COMPANY LTD. UTV 20 January 2009 UHF Greater Accra Ashanti 14. INTEGRATED MEDIA XCHANGE (IMX) B824/10 FEO EYEO STREET INDUSTRIAL AREA P. O. BOX CT 3855 CANTONMENTS P. O. BOX SN 150 SANTASI - KUMASI COMMENT(S) Station On Air & Station On Air & simulcasts in Digital Station On Air & simulcasts in Digital Station On Air & simulcasts in Digital Station Not on Air but Station on Air & Station on Air & P. O. BOX 17470, Station On Air & simulcasts in Digital - 7 January 2009 UHF Not on Air P. O. BOX MB 639, MINISTRIES POST OFFICE, Station not on Air but Page 4 of 18
NO. COMPANY TRADE 15. THE CARDINAL FOUNDATION FOR DISTANCE LEARNING (CAFDIL) 16. CENTRE FOR INTERCULTURAL LEARNING TALENT & DEVELOPMENT, AGORO 17. GREAT KOSA COMPANY LTD. 18. EMPIRE NETWORK 19. HBA TV & COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK 20. C TELEVISION 21. ORAKLE ADVERTISING AUTHORISATI ON FREQUENCY BAND OF OPERATION AREA(S) OF OPERATION CAFDIL 11 February 2005 UHF Central ARCHDIOCESAN SECRETARIAT, P. O. BOX 112, CAPE COAST COASTAL TV KANTANKA TV 16 October 2007 UHF Central P. O. BOX 711, CAPE COAST 27 August 2008 UHF Greater Accra P. O. BOX 8901, NORTH - 9 May 2008 UHF Not on Air P.O. BOX AN7041 -NORTH - 24 June 2008 UHF Not on Air c/o EBENEZER AMAKYE MINTAH COMMENT(S) Station on Air & Station on Air & Station on Air & Station not on Air but Station not on Air but CTV 3 October, 2008 UHF Not on Air P. O. BOX 161100, Station not on Air but - 10 November, 2008 UHF Not on Air P. O. BOX VT 4471 Station not on Air but Page 5 of 18
TABLE 2 - DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL PAY TELEVISION (SERVICE AND FREQUENCY) 2 NO. COMPANY TRADE 1 CATV CABLE GOLD 2 CRYSTAL RADIOVISION NETWORK CRYSTA L TV FIRST AUTHORIS ATION PRESENT AUTHORISA TION FREQUENC Y BAND 29-01-1997 - UHF (2 Multiplexes) 12-03-2002 1 02-2013 UHF (2 Multiplexes) ADDRESS OF COMPANY 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 Programme channels Has 4Programme channels 3 WILSAD SUPPORT 4 GoTV GHANA FIRST DIGITAL 13-12-2004 31-7-2013 UHF (2 Multiplexes) GoTV 14/4/2000 15-01-2013 UHF (2 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 Western Central Volta Brong Ahafo Northern Has 20 Programme channels Has 36 Programme channels 2 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 6 of 18
5 NOUR VISION GHANA LIMTED APRIL 26, 2016 APRIL 26, 2016 UHF (2 Multiplexes) P. O. BOX ST 11, AWUDOME Greater Accra, Eastern, Northern, Western, Ashanti TABLE 3 - DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL PAY TELEVISION (SERVICE ONLY) 3 NO. COMPANY 1 NEXT GENERATION BROADCASTI NG P. O. BOX CT 774, CANTONMENT S TRAD E Smart TV FIRST AUTHORIS ATION OF NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDER 3-04-2014 GHANA CORPORATION ADDRESS OF COMPANY No. 3 Asafnetse Afua Street, Airport Residential Area P.O. Box CT 744 Cantonments, Accra AREA(S) OF OPERATION Greater Accra Ashanti Has 8 Programme channels 3 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 7 of 18
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TABLE 4 - DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL FREE-TO-AIR TELEVISION PROGRAMME CHANNEL NO. COMPANY TRADE 1. VIASAT G 2. THREE ANGELS 3. CRYSTAL RADIOVISION NETWORK Page 9 of 18 LOGICAL CHANNEL NUMBER (LCN) ADDRESS OF COMPANY VIASAT 1 FEBRUARY 26, 2016 17 25/8 ABAFUN CRESCENT, LABONE PMB 74, OSU- CRYSTAL PRIME, CRYSTAL EXTRA, CRYSTAL PLUS CURRENTLY OPERATING ON BOTH THE ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PLATFORM FEBRUARY 26, 2016 20 P. O. BOX 1163 STILL OPERATING ON THE ANALOGUE PLATFORM APRIL 6, 2016 7, 8, 9 P. O. BOX 9219, KUMASI 4. NET 2 TV NET 2 APRIL 8, 2016 13 P. O. BOX 191, BURMA CAMP STILL OPERATING ON THE ANALOGUE PLATFORM CURRENTLY OPERATING ON BOTH THE ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PLATFORM
NO. COMPANY TRADE 5. TV3 NETWORK 6. HBA TV & COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK GHANA Page 10 of 18 LOGICAL CHANNEL NUMBER (LCN) ADDRESS OF COMPANY TV3 APRIL 1, 2016 11 P. O. BOX M 83, AUGUST 10,2016 18 P. O. BOX SU 355, SUHUM 7. U2 COMPANY U TV JULY 11,2016 26 P. O. BOX 17470, 8. LPT SERVICES 9. ANGEL SERVICES 10. ORAKLE ADVERTISING ANGEL TV NOVEMBER 4, 2016 30 P. O. BOX DS 1891 OCTOBER 24, 2016 29 P. O. BOX 7453 KUMASI OCTOBER 19, 2016 22 P. O. BOX CT 4471 CANTONMENTS- CURRENTLY OPERATING ON BOTH THE ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PLATFORM STILL OPERATING ON THE ANALOGUE PLATFORM CURRENTLY OPERATING ON BOTH THE ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PLATFORM NOT. WILL OPERATE DIGITAL ONLY CURRENTLY OPERATING ON DIGITAL PLATFORM NOT. WILL
NO. COMPANY TRADE 11. C TELEVISION LOGICAL CHANNEL NUMBER (LCN) ADDRESS OF COMPANY C TV OCTOBER 18, 2016 21 P. O. BOX YK 851 KANDA - OPERATE DIGITAL ONLY CURRENTLY OPERATING ON BOTH THE ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PLATFORM TABLE 5 - SATELLITE TELEVISION (PAY TV DIRECT-TO-HOME BOUQUET) 4 NO. AND ADDRESS OF COMPANY TRAD E AUTHORISATIO N 1. MULTICHOICE DSTV 14/4/2000 15 SENCHI STREET, AIRPORT RESIDENTIAL AREA,. PMB CCC 29 CANTONMENTS, TEL: 021-768666 FAX: 021-768667 EMAIL: service@gh01.mck.co.za 2. STRONG DIGITAL FREQUENCY BAND Ku Band COMMENT S MYTV 13/05/2008 Ku Band 4 Television Broadcasting Service comprising of a bouquet of services provided over a satellite transponder and which requires television viewers to pay a subscription fee to watch the television service. Page 11 of 18
TECHNOLOGIES LTD 3. SPARROW VISION 01-10-14 P. O. BOX CT 1628, CANTONMENTS-. IDEASIMPACTGH@GMAIL.COM Ku Band 4. UNCAPPED VISION 5. HOMEBASE TV 6. PLASMA ENTERTAINMEN T P. O. CT 246, 7. MOBILE ZONE 10-11-14 P. O. BOX OS 01859, Ku Band 12-01-15 P. O. BOX GP 22022, INFO@HOMEBASETVGHANA.CO M Ku Band 09-03-15 P. O. CT 246, Ku Band 16-01-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX OD 431, ODORKOR. FROM AX75@YAHOO.CO M THE Page 12 of 18
TABLE 5 - SATELLITE TELEVISION (FREE-TO-AIR DIRECT-TO-HOME BOUQUET) 5 NO. COMPANY 1. MULTIMEDIA COMPANY LTD. 2. BENIE TV TRADE MULTI TV (DD-MM-YY) FREQUENCY BAND 22-01-09 Ku Band 355 FAANOFA STREET, KOKOMLEMLE P.O.BOX GP 17202 THE ON AIR 13-05-13 Ku Band P. O. BOX GP 1986, THE 3. EVOLUTION MULTIMEDIA GROUP 15-08-14 Ku Band P. O. BOX 6027, CANTONMENTS- THE 4. CENTER TV 05-01-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX 64, NKORANZA THE 5. CHAMPION 6. TOSH FOR ALL COMPANY 7. MEGA-CHOICE DIGITAL NETWORK 05-01-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX N 150, NEW TAFO KUMASI 12-05-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX CT 2047, CANTONMENTS, 3 08-2015 Ku Band P. O. BOX JT 57, JAMES TOWN, THE ON AIR THE THE 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 13 of 18
TABLE 6 SATELLITE TELEVISION (FREE-TO-AIR DIRECT-TO-HOME SINGLE CHANNEL) 6 NO. COMPANY TRADE (DD-MM-YY) TYPE OF SERVICE 1. Z TV ZTV 11-08-14 Ku Band P. O. BOX LA 407, THE 2. CAPITALINE MULTIMEDIA 3. PRECIOUS TELEVISION 4. ROYAL IMAGE 5. PAN AFRICAN 6. BETHESDA MULTIMEDIA COMPANY 7. NEW MERCURY BROASCASTING CTV 11-08-14 Ku Band P. O. BOX DS 1628, DANSOMAN, THE PTV 11-08-14 Ku Band DTD 50, CANTONMENTS. THE RTV 15-08-14 Ku Band P. O. BOX KS 1321, KUMASI THE PAN AFRICA TV PHILICO TV PROPHET 1 TV 11-11-14 Ku Band P. O. BOX KN 4129, KANESHIE,. HAJSHIRAZ@GBANGU.COM 07-01-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX 219,. BETHESDAMULTIMEDIA04@GMAIL.COM 9-01-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX 1849. NEWMERCURY2007@YAHOO.COM THE THE THE 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 14 of 18
NO. COMPANY TRADE 8. UNITED SKY MULTIMEDIA 9. ROCK MEDIA COMPANY 10. THE ROCK TV CHANNELS 11. BUSINESS MEDIA AFRICA (BUSINESS 24 AFRICA) 12. MISSION AFRICA TV AND RADIO 13. ANGEL 14. GALAXY MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION 15. NEG FAMILY LIFE (ISRAEL TV) 16. SAHARA MULTIMEDIA GALAXY YV (DD-MM-YY) Page 15 of 18 TYPE OF SERVICE 28-02-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX DTD 50, THE 09-01-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX AH 1348, ACHIMOTA-. THE 23-01-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX KN 1044, KANESHIE- THE 27-01-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX TF 210 THE 28-01-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX 30330, AIRPORT, THE 5-03-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX KS 13875, KUMASI THE 5-02-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX CT 7034 THE 20-01-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX AN 11256 THE 12-05-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX LG 931, THE 17. BBnZ LIVE 15-05-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX 115, THE
NO. COMPANY TRADE (DD-MM-YY) Page 16 of 18 TYPE OF SERVICE 18. PENT TV 29-05-15 Ku Band P. O. BOX LG 526, THE 19. MEGA INVESTMENT & COMMUNICATIONS 20. TRENDY ICON 21. OTV MG-TV 6 07 15 Ku Band P. O. BOX 3, KASSEH-ADA THE 3 08 15 Ku Band PMB 26, KANDA ESTATES, THE 19 08 15 Ku Band P. O. BOX 4513, CANTONMENTS, THE 22. TOTAL TV 19 08 15 Ku Band P. O. BOX NG 331, NUNGUA THE 23. COMET MEDIA 24. SMAVE COMPANY 08 10 2015 Ku Band P. O. BOX KIA 16392, THE 23 03-2016 Ku Band P. O. BOX KA 30605 THE 25. GOLD SCREEN 23 03 2016 Ku Band P. O.BOX KN 3095 THE 26. DAILY TELEVISION 27. KESSBEN TELEVISION 13 04 2016 Ku Band P. O. BOX GP 20777, THE 18 04 2016 Ku Band P.O. BOX 1568, KUMASI THE
NO. COMPANY TRADE 28. ROCKLAND NETWORK (DD-MM-YY) TYPE OF SERVICE 09 06 2016 Ku Band P. O. BOX DT 2292, ADENTAN THE 29. REJOICE MEDIA 27 06 2016 Ku Band P. O. BOX 11554, NORTH THE 30. OBINIM TV 27 06 2016 Ku Band P. O. Box KS 13583 THE 31. ASHANTI TV COMPANY 32. RAINBOW TV 33. HORAMA TELEVISION 34. ONYX MEDIA GROUP (HEALTH & SAFETY TELEVISION) 35. DOMINION TV 36. ASEDA TELEVISION HEALING JESUS TV 12 07-2016 Ku Band P. O. BOX AS 386, KUMASI THE 26 07-2016 Ku Band P. O. BOX CT 11175, THE 21 07-2016 Ku Band P. O. BOX KT 258, KOTOBABI THE 15 08-2016 Ku Band P. O. BOX KB 771, KORLE-BU THE 30 09-2016 Ku Band P. O. BOX KA 9527, AIRPORT - THE 14 09 2016 Ku Band P. O. BOX 1480, KUMASI THE Page 17 of 18
NO. COMPANY TRADE 37. CIADARA ENTERPRISE 38. OBUOBA NETWORK (DD-MM-YY) TYPE OF SERVICE 13-10-16 Ku Band P. O. BOX 198 KANESHIE- 06-10-16 Ku Band H5, Patakuo Estates Dome Accra THE THE TABLE 7 DIGITAL CABLE TELEVISION 7 NO. AND (DD-MM-YY) 1. SIMBA MEDIA GHANA P. O. BOX TN 2121 TYPE OF CABLE(S) AREA OF OPERATION 04-03-15 OPTICAL FIBER Greater Accra THE 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 18 of 18