[contextly_sidebar id=”GDGt4kvV6O8yGsYYJFs0jMz41rQXR7F3″]Speaking to Citi News, General Manager for Kesseben TV, Danso Ahinkora was hopeful of coming back on-air.
“We are still engaging with them, we’ve been engaging NCA since 2014. There’s been some level of miscommunication and misunderstanding and we need to rectify all those. So that is what we are taking our time to ensure that we are all on the same page in order to regularize the legitimacy of the things we do.”
Mr. Ahinkora also lamented that they being off air is causing financial loss to the television station.
Stations shutdown operating illegally
The NCA had argued that the nine stations OB TV, Kessben TV, Clive TV, ECN, Zoe TV, BTA, ATV, Care TV, and Elijah TV breached the guidelines under Section 2(4) of the Electronic Communications Act, 2008, Act 775 and used a third party satellite infrastructure provider to broadcast their programs via satellite.
In a statement, the NCA said the nine stations affected were notified last year and given a grace period to regularize their operations but failed to do so.
“From time to time, the NCA conducts monitoring exercises and when any unauthorized services are detected, the appropriate enforcement measures are taken. In this recent case, the stations were detected sometime last year and notice was sent to the third party provider and the satellite company. A number of engagements went on, including the grant of a grace period to ensure compliance,” the statement added.
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By: Godwin A. Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana