Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) on Tuesday joined the list of more than 60 channels on Dstv to give Ghanaian subscribers access to Ghana Television (GTV) with Dstv's digital quality pictures.
GTV's service would be available on Dstv channel 142 (Dstv West Africa Bouquet) and bouquets in Ghana which offer a full range of options, including Dstv select, which offer a selection of channels.
At the launch of GTV on Dstv in Accra, Mr Samuel Baimbill Johnson, General Manager of MultiChoice Ghana, which provides the Dstv services, said their commitment to Ghana was long-term adding that Ghana was one of their most important markets and would continue to be so for a long time to come.
The addition of GTV to the Dstv bouquet was part of MultiChoice Africa's ongoing commitment to deliver as many African channels as possible on its platform. Zambia, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and Mozambique are already enjoining free-to-air broadcasting services.
He noted with GTV on Dstv, viewers in very corner of Ghana can now access the channel with a digital quality signal resulting in a much clearer picture.
The installation of the equipment is valued at 250,000 dollars and sponsored by MultiChoice Ghana as part of its social responsibility in addition to others such Multi Choice Resource Centres in 20 schools across the country to provide input into education through the medium of Television.
GBC Director General, M. William Ampem-Darko noted that the launch had been made possible through a groundbreaking agreement between MultiChoice Africa and GBC and said he was confident that the addition of the new Channel would add even more value and viewing pleasure to their subscribers in Ghana.
He asked MultiChoice to consider giving GTV a global presence to make their role more meaningful and said they needed to cooperate and not to compete.
"Let us liaise for the full implementation of the contract and shape it if need be to save us from the break in transmission which is most of the time an embarrassment to us," he said.
He urged staff of the technical department to live up to expectation to make the project viable.