CHALLENGES OF DIGITAL BROADCASTING IN NIGERIA

Isaac Fadeyi Olajide, Maranatha Morenike Olanrewaju

Abstract


The current trend in broadcasting, both in Nigeria and throughout the world, is digitization. The deadline for all broadcasting stations worldwide to switch over to digital in 2015 was established by the International Telecommunication Union, or ITU. Nigeria set a deadline of 2012 for the country's broadcast stations to go digital, however up to this point, the nation has not been able to fully transit to digital broadcasting. Using the secondary research approach, the information for this study was acquired from journals, papers, books, and websites. In this paper, the researcher examined the transformation process in Nigeria. Additionally, the difficulties of digital transmission in Nigeria were looked at ranging from technological, financial, labor, knowledge gap, and other difficulties. As a result, suggestions were made to address the problems. In order to hasten this transformation process, it was stated in this paper that additional funding should be directed towards the nation's broadcasting industry.


Keywords


digitization, broadcasting, challenges, digital, transition.

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