Daar communication launches multichannel TV station ” DAARSAT “.
October 8th, 2008 Ikechukwu Emelike || ikechukwu@stockmarketnigeria.com
Faced with the challenge of setting the pace in the media and entertianment industry, Daar communication plc yesterday launched its multichannel television station “Daarsat”. Daarsat is the brand of Nigeria ’s pioneer independent broadcast company known by its popular brands African Independent Television (AIT) and Ray Power 100.5 FM.
This development is coming 6 months after it’s sucessfull initial public offering which ended in march this year. Speaking at the official listing of N8 billion shares of the company on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Lagos, chairman of the company, Raymond Dopesi said that the company decided to go into digital broadcasting after the presidential approval given last January.
He said that much of the proceeds of the initial public offering was channelled to this effect.
According to Dopesi, “Daar Group is currently investing aggressively towards the realization of our key visions. A total of N19.3 billion has been invested in critical areas of our core business that will deliver medium and long-term range benefits and returns to investors and clients”. He stated further that the television would be taking off with a minimum of 40 top leading global television channels plus a number of top flight local channels. The 40 channels would cut across sports, lifestyle, news, fashion, movies and music. The pay station would among others introduce the latest compression technology with MPEG4 which gives it the capability to introduce real high definition programming to Nigerians.
The group’s asset base is in excess of N30 billion while the shareholders’ fund stands at N11.1 billion with N644 million as total reserve.
Dopesi pointed out that these figures do not include the proceeds of the initial public offer concluded by end of March and assured stakeholders that as soon as the offer proceeds were injected in the diverse communication business, remarkable returns would be achieved in line with the projections made during the IPO for the period 2008 year end through 2010.
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i really thank God 4 ur successful lauching & am so proud of u guys.pls can u send me how to get the equepment,the sat,s/rate & quality numbers.
thanks.
it is a new development in broadcasting industry. i really appreciate all the effort of chief DR. raymond dokpesi by bringing digital pay tv station to this country.i thanks God for his successful launching.i can proud of him, the man of integrity.
i thank God for this new development in broadcasting industry.ithank Dr.raymond dokpesi for is good work
hello,
All your effort may amount to nothing if you cannot give ur viewer access to major football leage in the world such as premiership, la liga, chamionship etc
Is a giant step, highly commendable.congratulations! Like victor said, your effort may yeild nothing if you do not have football chanels that shows premiership la laga and champions league.
congratulations,l am proud of that daarsat will change the face of nigeria,africa .
how do l get the daarsat decorder to buy. l leave in aba,abia state
Is a giant step, highly commendable.congratulations! Like victor said, your effort may yeild nothing if you do not have football chanels that shows premiership la laga and champions league.
I’m glad I invested
Can you please let me have the details on how to access the DAAR satellite.i.e
The frequecy,the symbolic rate and whether Horizontal or Vertical.
Also,are you on the same viewing range like Multi choice or My TV,i.e the direction for the dish.
I also advise that you have access to the English premiership if you want to make it in 9JA.
The DAAR sat web site seems not to be working yet.
If otherwise,can you let me have it.
How do i know the channels they are aired on daar sat? Secondly is there a website i can visit to know more? How much is the subscription and where can i get an agent? I live in owerri imo state.
Great achievement on you guys, I’m so happy to associate with ur success every time and always.You have transformed the industry in Africa and beyond.
Keep it up. Bravo.
it is a new development in broadcasting and we apprieciate ur effort we proud of u we proud of being nigerian
How much is the decoder & subscription and where can i get an agent from shomolu lagos
Can you please let me have the details on how to access the DAAR satellite.i.e
The frequecy,the symbolic rate and whether Horizontal or Vertical.
Also,are you on the same viewing range like Multi choice or My TV,i.e the direction for the dish.
How do i know the channels they are aired on daar sat? Secondly is there a website i can visit to know more? How much is the subscription and where can i get an agent? I live in lagos state.
Please how do I get the decoder to buy. Is it also true that at the point of purchase, you get a free LCD flat screen TV?
it is really a good thing to have another pay TV in Nigeria, very commendeble.But it will be too bad if there is no station that televise sports like Enlish premiereship, la lega seria A,and music television station like MTV,TRACE,BET and CHANNELO and Most especially ENGLISH MOVIE STATION(ACTION)
This is to notify you my intention to be one of your agents as per the new DAARSat you have just come ou with.
i would want you to send all necessary details on how to get to you here in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria or better still, what and what that is require of me to be one of your agents.
I have been working seriuosly hard to get your consent all this while. i shall be looking forward to read from you soon via my e-mail address.
Thanks.
t is a new development in broadcasting and we apprieciate ur effort we proud of u we proud of being nigerian
How much is the decoder & subscription and where can i get an agent from Emmanuel Port Harcourt.
Great job 2 u guys, i really apreciate it, keep it up nd how would i know the full name of all ur channel nd were 2 get it with the price… Thanks
Can you please be more open with the process of acquiring the Decoder and paying the suscription. Your Daar Comm, Web is not eplicit on this.
If you are not yet up and running, please let usknow
Please i want to support what Mr Emmanuel Sokunbi said please be open about the decoder,price and where to obtain it. Thanks
Thank God for people like Dr. Dokpesi, peolpe like us can now bear our chests anywhere and say a Nigerian (Dr.) has done this.it is the right step at the right time. May God continue to bless him, inspire him and crown all his efforts with success. More grease to your elbow. Will the SAT starts operating this year? Where and how can I get one?
please give multi-choice a run for their money.please send me your sat degree,frequency and symbol rate or please displey it on your present channels.
Good job to the management! Hope we can be watching English premiership and the likes, and at what price? I wouldn’t mind being a major dealer in Ibadan.
Just stumbled in on this, please may I be furnished with the uses and advantages of the multichannel thing, could it be used used for internet?
I am asking because I have had my trust in DAAR for a long time for their long record of achievement.
Please keep up the good works.
Daar best not daar sat, even you are not yet started people expects much from you people. please can you reply me on where, how much and what channels we can get from Daarsat?
thanks for been there for nigerands, we appreciate you.please can u let me know how to get your channel and the cost of equipment.
Pls let me know what it take to subscribe to your new channels
Bravo Daar communications on the launch of nu multi channel satlite TV station. How much does ur decoder and ur cost. I can’t wait to kennis Tv and how can I get details on how to install my dish to get ur signals, talking about dish positioning etc.
i would like to know how to reach to your website so that we can know what we are buying ………….So it better ok and one thing try and make sure you can compete with dstv ok not hitv cos Hitv is already useless,and i would advice the owner to coporate with you people so that they will not fall someday…………turkey
what’s up with ur stelitetv startup, how do we get all the goodies? the decoder and all the other stuffs and how many channels?
I need to know what stations to view on your daarsat, the cost and how to get the accessories. How soon is it taking on ?
can u giv me info about daarsat products and prices?Info on websit also welcome
How do i get connected to the daar sat? and i want to know the the monthly subscription charge. Thanks.