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New DTH platform Montage TV unveiled in Lagos
Montage Cable Network, (MCN), a digital satellite television company which promises to offer top of the range family conscious entertainment, lifestyle, news, documentaries, movies, children movies and sports channels was yesterday launched in Lagos.
The Chief Executive Officer, CEO of the pay television Mr. Bamidele Adetunji said the new cable network would serve as alternative to DStv, adding that the network is qualitative and affordable as monthly subscription is pegged at N5,000 irrespective of the number of channels on its network.
Unveiling the station to select media and other critical audience at a press conference at the station’s head office on Victoria Island, Adetunji said with a 36 channel range, Montage Cable Network is coming to a competitive market with cutting edge programmes and would not compromise on customers viewing and technology preference.
He said: All decoders come standard as Personal Video Recording (PVR) that record video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive or any other mass storage device. This affords our viewers the opportunity to record any of our programmes which they could later view at their convenience.”
He listed some of the exciting channels on its offerings to include Sports News, a sports station, Atmosfair, a a rounded programme and documentaries channel, Atmosfair+ which feature a variety of biographies and biopic and culturally stimul;ating African movies and series; fightbox, a unique sports channel dedicated to combat sports from Judo to Taekwando, Karate and Sumo; and MTV base. Others are Sky News, Fox Movies, African Movie channel, Amoreyo, a musical television channel and Cubayo TV a destination for Latino music.
Adetunji who announced former President Olusegun Obasanjo as its first subscriber said it is ready to serve the best of digital programmes to its subscribers.
Some of Montage channels includes:
SPORTS NEWS: A comprehensive Sport channel focused on delivering up-to-date sport news from all over the world. New fixtures, results, and analysis targeting the sports loving audience, the programming comprises professional coverage of sporting events in the ever exciting and entertaining world of sports.
ARTMOSFAIR: “Art is the most fair form of Expression”; A Montage bespoke channel. Artmosfair aims to deliver a well-rounded programme variety, with documentaries that are set to provide alternative quality factual and family entertainment programming. Artmosfair+ is a channel that features a wide variety of Biographies, Biopic and culturally stimulating African movies and series.
FIGHTBOX: Fightbox HD is a unique sports channel dedicated to combat sports from around the world. From MMA to judo and taekwondo, from karate to kickboxing and sumo, Fightbox offers the best selection of martial arts from over 30 different disciplines with HD coverage of popular international competitions and live events.
MTV BASE: MTV Base is a 24-hour music and general entertainment channel. The channel focuses primarily on music from the world of R’n’B, hiphop, reggae, soul and urban. MTV Base is a world class music destination.
SKY NEWS: Sky News is a news channel that brings you up-to-the-minute news updates on headlines, analysis and top stories from business, politics, entertainment and more in the UK and worldwide.
FOX MOVIES: FOX Movies is the movie channel made by one of the world’s favorite movie studios, 20th Century FOX. It is a destination for the entire family to enjoy everything from recent blockbusters to genuine classics starring real icons. Comedy, drama, action, sci-fi, horror and thrillers all are on FOX Movies making it a “constellation of everything movie”.
AFRICAN MOVIE CHANNEL: African Movie Channel (AMC) is a global player in the rapidly expanding African film industry, which is the second largest film industry in the world. African Movie Channel started operations in April 2006, when it launched Europe’s first channel dedicated to top quality Nollywood and other African movies.
AMOREYO: Amoreyo is a music television channel for soothing and romantic music. It reveals Love, as seen through the eyes of different cultures, nations and ethnic groups, represented by their music and wisdom. This is music television bearing unique content which conveys positive messages and energy.
CUBAYO TV: Cubayo TV is the destination for 24 X 7 Latino music brought to you by the biggest names in the business. From the streets of Havana to the beaches of Miami this channels captivates audiences with its electrifying rhythm and music.
…and many more!
For more details about Montage TV visit: www.montagecabletv.com
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