HiTV explained

HiTV
Type:Public
Foundation:1 February 2007
Location:Ebute Metta, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Industry:Satellite television
Products:Direct broadcast satellite
Parent:Entertainment Highway

High Television (also known as HiTV) was Entertainment Highway's multi-channel digital satellite television service in Nigeria, launched in 2007. It used Hypercable Digital Terrestrial technology [1] and launched Direct to Home (DTH) Satellite technology on the August 1, 2007.

HiTV later broadcast its material only on satellite at the price of N3,500 ($27.73) monthly. It was the first television platform in Africa to deploy Hypercable, a terrestrial pay-per-view TV decoder system.

HiTV services were stopped in November 2011 due to financial difficulties. The company no longer exists.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: HiTV Hypercable Case Study . Hypercable International . 2008-04-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080401062853/http://www.hycint.com/casestudies/casestudies_HiTV.htm . 2008-04-01 .