Pan African News channel, TVC NEWS launches on BskyB UK

TVC News, the first genuine 24-hour pan-African TV news channel from the stables of the Continental Broadcasting Service Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria, has launched its signals on Monday, 17th June 2013, on the UK’s BskyB platform (Channel 572).

The pan-African news channel aims to challenge stereotypes and correct factual inaccuracies and misperceptions about Africa and its peoples.

TVC News is a 24-hour pan-African News Channel offering a fresh perspective on African and world events. Broadcasting from Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital and with offices and correspondents across Nigeria and Africa, TVC News brings its viewers the latest news 24 hours a day, telling the news as it is, with reporting that is as fearless as it is informative.

Deploying state-of-the-art equipment and using a network of bureaux across the continent, TVC’s dynamic news team keeps viewers up-to-date with fast, accurate, and relevant information, and all with an African twist. TVC News is the continent’s first truly pan-African news channel, looking at the world through African eyes.

The 24-hour news channel meets the needs of its audience with objective, accurate and relevant news. Apart from challenging stereotypes and correcting factual inaccuracies about Africa, the pan-African news channel also provides excellent news coverage across Africa and the world, background reports, features, analyses, and coverage on under-reported regions from an African perspective.

TVC News is also a platform to promote goods and services and opportunities available in Africa at the global scene, providing accurate and easy access to information about Africa and the opportunities present in Africa.

BskyB is the acronym for British Sky Broadcasting Group plc, formed in 1990 by the equal merger of Sky Television and British
Satellite Broadcasting. BSkyB is the largest broadcaster in Britain and Ireland with over 10 million subscribers

TVC News is still on Channel 326 on StarTimes.