Broadcasting
StarTimes Unwraps Extra Goodie Promo for Xmas
NTA Star TV Network-StarTimes, triple award winner for best Pay-TV channel for 2013 and leading digital terrestrial technology Pay TV service provider in Nigeria, is offering exciting new contents this yuletide season, in line with its desire to give subscribers quality and amazing offering in its StarTimes Christmas, Extra Goodie Promo.
StarTimes always celebrate Charismas with a rewarding promo for both New and existing subscribers.
New subscribers to StarTimes Extra Goodie Promo can delight in amazing benefits this Yuletide Season.
New Subscribers can purchase the decoder at 4,900 Naira (Four Thousand, Nine Hundred Naira Only) to enjoy Free One Month Classic Bouquet of up to 60 channels.
Also New subscriber can get a decoder at 4,900 Naira with StarTimes YAGI ANTENNA, 10 meter Cable for only 1,000.
New subscriber can buy a decoder for 5,900 Naira with 1 month UNIQUE Bouquet of up to 80 Channels, or can buy a decoder for N5,900 with 1 month UNIQUE BOUQUET and can get a StarTimes YAGI Antenna with 10 meter Cable for only N 1,000.
On the other hand, existing subscribers can recharge only 3,000 (Three Thousand Naira) in a day and get Free 1,000 (One Thousand Naira) worth of airtime and can get a StarTimes YAGI ANETENNA for just 1,500 Naira.
This amazing offer starts from the 18th of November till the 31st of January 2014. As a caring brand with great aspiration of ensuring quality digital TV experinece for its subscribers this campaign unveils the originality of the brand as its major concern is not just to provide digital television experience but to satisfy every household in Nigeria.
In this yuletide season we are also offering our Subscribers New Channels for their viewing pleasure.
This great exciting new Channel addition on its platform is the company’s devotion to satisfying and bringing affordable Digital entertainment to every household in Nigeria.
StarTimes mission to ensure that every home in Nigeria enjoys affordable digital entertainment backed by the collaboration with NTA, a strategic partnership that will help Nigeria in actualizing its 2015 transition deadline.
Subscribers should expect new contents from these stations which include, FOX NEWS, BLOOMBERG TV (Business TV), Dove TV (Christian Entertainment/Inspirational Channel), STAR AFRICA (African entertainment and lifestyle Channel), STAR One (International Entertainments and Reality Shows), STAR MOVIES 1+2 (Hollywood Action, Thriller, Romance and Sci-Fi Movie Channel), STAR CHINESE (Chinese Action movies and Series Channel).
Irete Anetor, manager, Public Relations, NTA Star TV Network said that “StarTimes introduction of additional 7 channels of diverse genres available to our subscribers is aimed at further boosting our information and entertainment offering”
“It is our brand’s commitment to progressively enrich the content and make them available to its subscribers while still maintaining the cost of existing bouquets as it seeks to add its competitive edge and further entrench itself as the preferred Pay Television service provider in Nigeria.
We remain steadfast in giving our subscriber’s value for their commitment to StarTimes; the added channels confirm our rich content diversity as we look into meeting the television” Anetor, added
viewing tastes for the whole family. This will not have a cost implication and will be available among the three popular bouquets of BASIC, CLASSIC and UNIQUE to ensure the majority of our subscribers do access and enjoy our programming.
StarTimes in three years have revolutionized the pay TV industry with up to 80 channels, unbeatable quality channels that reflect the creative diversity in a positive and proper perspective.
Nigerians can now confidently migrate into digital space with Startimes as it provides additional local and foreign entertaining Channels.
All we can say is, Enjoy the best of unlimited Entertainment, Education, Information, Music, Movies and Sports on StarTimes decoder.
As we look forward to celebrating this yuletide season with you, we assure every Nigerian of better years ahead as we spread our network to more than 20 cities with quality signal coverage, quality contents and unbeatable service centers and most especially to help Nigeria keep pace with the rest of the world transiting from Analogue to Digital before due date of 2015.
All we can say is, Enjoy the best of EXTRA GOODIES PROMO, MORE CHANNELS AT SAME PRICE” in our StarTimes Christmas PROMO this yuletide season.
Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has announced the postponement of its maiden annual Public Relations, Reputation, Ideas, Concepts and Excellence (PRICE) Awards and Prizes to January 25, 2026.
NIPR
The event, earlier scheduled for December 7, 2025, was deferred to accommodate stakeholders whose observance of Christmas festivities had commenced earlier than expected.
Chairman of the Organising Committee, Mr. Israel Opayemi, urged stakeholders to note the new date and prepare to participate in the ceremony.
He said the awards would motivate professionals, practitioners and scholars, while enhancing Nigeria’s global competitiveness in the public relations ecosystem and strengthening brand equity for all stakeholders.
Opayemi reaffirmed the Committee’s commitment to delivering a best-in-class award administration and ceremony, describing the PRICE Awards as a credible and enduring platform to identify, celebrate and elevate outstanding individuals, campaigns and organisations shaping the public relations landscape across sectors.
The development of the PRICE Awards peaked in September 2025 when the NIPR President and Chairman, Council, Dr. Ike Neliaku, inaugurated a 12-man committee to organise the maiden edition. The inauguration followed the Council’s adoption of the report of a technical team tasked with establishing the awards.
Netflix has announced a landmark agreement to acquire Warner Bros. and HBO Max in a transaction valued at $82.7 billion, a move analysts say will reshape the global entertainment industry.
Netflix
The deal, which includes Warner Bros.’ film and television studios, HBO, HBO Max, and Warner Bros. Games, was unanimously approved by the boards of both companies. Under the terms, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shareholders will receive $23.25 in cash and $4.50 in Netflix shares for each WBD share.
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos described the acquisition as “a defining moment” for the streaming giant, noting that the company intends to maintain Warner Bros.’ current operations while expanding its production capacity.
“By combining Warner Bros.’ incredible library of shows and movies with Netflix’s culture-defining titles, we can give audiences more of what they love and help define the next century of storytelling,” Sarandos said.
The transaction is expected to close within 12 to 18 months, following the planned spin-off of WBD’s TV networks division, Discovery Global, in 2026. Netflix projects annual cost savings of $2–3 billion by the third year after completion and expects the deal to be accretive to earnings per share by year two.
Industry groups, including the Directors Guild of America and Cinema United, have raised concerns about the impact on movie theaters, while regulators are expected to scrutinize the deal over antitrust issues. Netflix has pledged to continue supporting theatrical releases, with Warner Bros.’ cinema commitments running through 2029.
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav hailed the agreement, saying it “combines two of the greatest storytelling companies in the world to bring to even more people the entertainment they love.”
Observers note that the acquisition comes 15 years after former Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes dismissed Netflix as “the Albanian army,” underscoring the dramatic shift in the entertainment landscape.
A major shake‑up rocks viewers and subscribers of DSTV/GOTV as many channels are set to shut down and be removed on January 1, 2026.
The trigger for the upcoming shut‑down is a breakdown in negotiations between the owners of multiple global channels and the pay‑TV operator.
As of December 2025, the deal between Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and DStv/GOtv has expired and the two parties have not reached a renewal agreement.
Without a new carriage/distribution agreement, the channels belonging to WBD risk being pulled off the DStv/GOtv line‑up.
This is the most significant content cutback the service has seen in years.
The affected channels are:
Discovery Channel
TLC
Cartoonito
Cartoon Network
CNN International
Food Network
The Travel Channel
TNT
Investigation Discovery
Real Time
HGTV
Discovery Family
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