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Digitalization In Broadcasting In Nigeria

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Digitalization in broadcasting is the application of digital technologies in the process of sourcing, producing and disseminating broadcast content. The digital revolution is changing broadcast journalism by changing the way and manner in which we produce and consume news, which is mostly visible in television broadcasting, considering it’s audio-visual nature that gives room for exploration. Broadcast journalism in Nigeria came in through the invention of radio distribution system in 1933 and the commissioning of Ibadan station in 1939. The concept of television can be traced back to 1938. In that year French physicist Alexander Edmon Becquerel observed the eletro chemical effects of light. (Bitner, 1991, p. 112) Television broadcasting in Nigeria kicked off on October 1, 1959 with the establishment of Western Nigerian Television (WNTV) which blaized the trail not only in Nigeria but also in Africa. (Akinwalere, 2013). …show more content…

The scheme for Nigerian transition from analogue to digital broadcasting started in 2004 when the country attended the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) conference in Senegal and another in Geneva, and it was collectively agreed that by 2015 all VHF channels should have gone digital. The endorsement for digitalization of broadcasting in Nigeria was immediately followed with the inauguration of presidential advisory committee on digitalization on Monday, the 13th of October, 2008 in Abuja (Dunu & Ukwuepe, 2009, p.

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