Digital broadcasting could earn Nigeria an estimated $2 billion (N380 billion) revenue if properly implemented.
Edward Amana, Chairman, Fotora Consult Ltd, said this in Abuja while speaking as a guest lecturer at the 3rd Anniversary of NTA/Startimes TV joint venture in Nigeria.
According to Amana, who is a former Director of Engineering at the NTA, the revenue could be generated from frequency sale in the spectrum that would have been freed up in digital broadcasting.
He said, “The digital dividend – the spectrum gain after the transition can be used for mobile broadband. This will enable broadband penetration into rural areas, with its attendant benefits. Properly managed, the sale of this leftover spectrum by auction should yield over $2 billion, over N308 billion.”
He said the digit dividend will generate thousands of jobs for the youths of Nigeria and provide more channels of diverse programming, giving the viewer more choice, possibility of multi-lingual delivery of programmes and better quality pictures and sound.
