Television broadcasting in Africa: Pioneering milestones

Nnamdi I. Nwulu; Adeyemi Adekanbi; Tochukwu Oranugo; Yemi Adewale

doi:10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735315

Television broadcasting in Africa: Pioneering milestones

Nnamdi I. Nwulu, Adeyemi Adekanbi, Tochukwu Oranugo, Yemi Adewale

Near East University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

8 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The television remains one of the most important medium worldwide for disseminating information and providing entertainment. It has overtime become one of the greatest gifts of electronics engineering to mankind. Although the history of television broadcasting in other parts of the world is widely known (Europe: In the year 1936, North America: In the year 1939), not much is known about the African experience. The first terrestrial television broadcast signals in Africa occurred on Saturday October 31, 1959 and belonged to the Western Nigeria Television Service (WNTS). This was a critical milestone in Television history and today Africa boasts of over 600 television stations (excluding repeater stations). This paper examines events that led to Nigeria being the first country to introduce television broadcasting in Africa, reasons why other prominent African countries failed to achieve this feat and looks at factors that contributed to the birth of the largest terrestrial television network in Africa : The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) which presently boasts of 94 Television stations. We also examine pioneers in Colour Television broadcasting and Satellite Television broadcasting in Africa and conclude with an analysis of the effect Television has had on the emergence of Nollywood as the second largest movie industry in the world.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications
Subtitle of host publication	A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010 - Conference Proceedings
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735315
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications: A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010 - Madrid, Spain Duration: 3 Nov 2010 → 5 Nov 2010

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Name	2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications: A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010 - Conference Proceedings

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Conference	2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications: A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Madrid
Period	3/11/10 → 5/11/10

Keywords

Africa
Broadcasting
Nigeria
Satellite
Television

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Communication

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Nwulu, N. I., Adekanbi, A., Oranugo, T., & Adewale, Y. (2010). Television broadcasting in Africa: Pioneering milestones. In 2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications: A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010 - Conference Proceedings Article 5735315 (2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications: A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010 - Conference Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735315

Nwulu, Nnamdi I. ; Adekanbi, Adeyemi ; Oranugo, Tochukwu et al. / Television broadcasting in Africa : Pioneering milestones. 2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications: A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010 - Conference Proceedings. 2010. (2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications: A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010 - Conference Proceedings).

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Nwulu, NI, Adekanbi, A, Oranugo, T & Adewale, Y 2010, Television broadcasting in Africa: Pioneering milestones. in 2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications: A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010 - Conference Proceedings., 5735315, 2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications: A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010 - Conference Proceedings, 2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications: A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010, Madrid, Spain, 3/11/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735315

Television broadcasting in Africa: Pioneering milestones. / Nwulu, Nnamdi I.; Adekanbi, Adeyemi; Oranugo, Tochukwu et al.
2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications: A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010 - Conference Proceedings. 2010. 5735315 (2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications: A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010 - Conference Proceedings).

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Nwulu NI, Adekanbi A, Oranugo T, Adewale Y. Television broadcasting in Africa: Pioneering milestones. In 2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications: A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010 - Conference Proceedings. 2010. 5735315. (2nd Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Telecommunications: A Century of Broadcasting, HISTELCON 2010 - Conference Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735315

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