The House of Representatives has initiated moves to investigate the alleged N1.8 trillion tax owed the Federal Government by Multichoice group, the operator of DSTV and GoTV services. The Green Chamber’s decision to probe the TV entertainment and other services providing firm was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Saidu Abdullahi during […]
MultiChoice Group (MCGJ.J), Africa’s largest pay TV conglomerate, disclosed on Thursday that its subsidiary entities in Nigeria had settled a tax dispute with Nigerian tax authorities, thereby agreeing to pay about $37.3 million to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). In 2022, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) froze MultiChoice Nigeria’s accounts due to its […]
Multichoice Nigeria, the major Pay-Tv operator in the country, has announced another price upward price review across its DStv and GOtv packages by at least 19%, barely five months after it jacked up the prices which was vehemently opposed by millions of its subscribers nationwide. The latest increment of the prices is the second this […]
Multichoice Group, Africa’s leading pay TV services provider, has reported that 44% of subscription revenue in the Rest of Africa (RoA) was generated from Nigeria in the financial year ended March 31, 2023. The pay TV entertainment services company’s just published full-year financial statement showed that the RoA’s business generated a trading profit of ZAR0.9bn, […]
… orders firm to submit audited financial statement The Competition and Consumer Protection (CCPC) Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday refused to grant the prayers of a complainant over the recent hike of pay TV subscription rates by MultiChoice, the operator of DStv and Gotv, in the country. The three-member tribunal, headed by Mr […]
A Competition and Consumer Protection (CCP) Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Thursday restrained MultiChoice Nigeria Limited from hiking its subscription rates for DStv and GOtv packages scheduled to take effect from tomorrow, April 1. A three-member tribunal, presided over by Thomas Okosun, which had Sola Salako Ajulo and Ibrahim EL-Yakubu as members, gave the order […]
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has opened discussions with MultiChoice Nigeria over its increase of subscription prices for users of the DStv and GOtv packages. The Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Mr. Babatunde Irukera, was quoted by the News Agency of Nigeria, as confirming the discussions with the pay TV services […]
Andersen Tax Nigeria, one of the Nigeria’s leading tax and business advisory companies, has queried how the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) arrived at the N1.8 trillion tax notice it served on MultiChoice Nigeria, warning that the current dispute between the tax agency and company over the tax figures could hurt the reputation of both […]
L-R: Tope Oshunkeye: Designation, Marketing Manager, DStv; winner of One Million Naira and Big Brother Naija Head of House Chair, Zainab Abudullai and Senior Advisor, Private Banking, Heritage Banking Plc, Adora Zulu-Okafor, during the gift presentation in the ongoing ‘Upgrade Promo’ by Multichoice Nigeria, yesterday.