Pay-Per-View: The Misunderstood Model
At about midday on 11 July, a friend sent to me-by WhatsApp-a video clip showing Mr Babatunde Irukera, Chief Executive of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC).
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Television: Time for Pay-per-View?
Just before the House of Representatives wenton the break enforced by the fury of the novel Corona Virus Disease AKACOVID-19, I was looking in the direction of the National Assembly’s lowerchamber to see what it would make of its desire to get pay television operatorsin the country to adopt a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) billing system. I bet there werethousands of Nigerians waiting-expecting, actually-to see the House compel theabolition of the monthly contract billing model for the a la carte-likePAYSG. Following the adoption of amotion by Hon. Unyime Idem from Akwa Ibom State, the House resolved tointerface with MultiChoice, the biggest of the pay television serviceoperators, and its competitors to bring about the envisaged PAYG model, asubscriber’s wet dream for as long as I can remember.
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Television: Time for Pay-per-View?
Just before the House of Representatives went on the break enforced by the fury of the novel Coronavirus Disease, AKA COVID-19, I was looking in the direction of the National Assembly’s lower chamber to see what it would make of its desire to get pay television operators in the country to adopt a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) billing system. I bet there were thousands of Nigerians waiting-expecting, actually- to see the House compel the abolition of the monthly contract billing model for the a la carte-like PAYG. Following the adoption of a motion by Hon. Unyime Idem from Akwa Ibom State, the House resolved to interface with MultiChoice, the biggest of the pay television service operators, and its competitors to bring about the envisaged PAYG model, a subscriber’s wet dream for as long as I can remember.
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Much ado about pay-per-view
If you did not hear about the epic fight, which featured Floyd Mayweather Jr., the world-famous boxer who came out of retirement, and his Irishman, Connor McGregor, you are, most likely living under a rock.
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