StarTimes launches new channels, creates millionaires among customers

TV network – StarTimes has created three millionaires in its third-year anniversary promo tagged StarTimes 3rd Anniversary Splash. It also introduced six new additional channels to its platform.

Other 16 customers emerged winners of N100, 000 each at the prizes draw recently.

The launch of the promo is the company’s strategy to appreciate its over 1.4 million loyal customers in all its 16 cities. “We are not just satisfying and bringing affordable digital entertainment to every household in Nigeria, we are also ensuring they get rewarded for their patronage over the year and their loyal bond to the brand,” Joshua Wang, the CEO of the company, said.

Winners of the N1 million were Bolanle Muideen from Ilorin, who bought his decoder a day before the draw, Kingsley Abanenu from Benin City, and Juliet Ifeoma Awam Broderick, a student of University of Lagos, while Monday Odigie emerged winner of N100,000.

He said StarTimes third year anniversary splash gave away a total value of N14 million worth of cash and product under the promo to all its customers in all its 16 cities and new cities to be covered during this year’s promo. These include N3 million each to three customers, N100,000 each to 16 customers, StarTimes product items, 32’ LED TV to 16 people, 24’ LCD TV to 112 customer, 21’ CRT TV to 128 customers, several mobile TV phones and GPS- 501 car TV series.

According to him, StarTimes mission is to ensure that every home in Nigeria enjoys affordable digital entertainment backed by the collaboration with NTA, a strategic partnership that will help Nigeria in actualising its 2015 transition deadline. It also launched new stations, which include GET TV, OH Africa, NBA TV, Setanta Action, Fine Living, and JIM JAM.

GET TV, which stands for General Entertainment Television, is a 24-hour reality TV channel with the best reality TV programmes in Nigeria – MTN Project Fame West Africa, a popular musical reality TV show that seeks to discover talents and groom them in every aspect to mould them into complete artiste by seasoned, well respected and experienced “faculty member” in an intense academy. OH TV is an African family entertainment channel with a touch of difference.

By: Hope Akporowhe