2021 BSM Index
TOP 50 BRANDS NIGERIA® 2021
| #16 | Channels Television |
|---|---|
| BSM Index | 66.51 |
| YoY | – |
| CEO | John Momoh |
| Year Founded (in Nigeria) | 1993 |
| Website | www.channelstv.com |
| Head Office | 44/48, Isheri- north, lagos |
| Nationality | NG |
| Customer Base | – |
| Number of Branches | – |
| Annual Turnover | – |
| Employees | – |
| Marketing Budget | – |
Channels Television is a leading independent news and media television channel in Nigeria. It has established itself as a trusted source and a first point of call for news updates and analysis in the country and around the world with insightful presentations. The media group has earned a reputation as an aggressive news source on all electronics platforms, providing a balanced account on its coverages.
Operating in Nigeria’s hugely popular broadcast media market, Channels Television is the first and only thriving national TV brand, dedicated solely to the dissemination of news.
Channels TV was established with the aim of cultivating and upholding the highest ideals in reporting the news with objectivity and fairness, as well as satisfying the right of the individual to be informed. The Company was licensed in 1993 and began transmission two years later under the name, “Channels Television”, and now broadcasts to a well discerning audience of over 20 million people.
A BBG-Gallup research shows Channels attracts 17% of Nigeria’s adult population weekly, or nearly 20 million people, the first Nigerian and African media organization to stream its news and programs live, the first and only TV station in Nigeria with over 1,000,000 YouTube subscribers, and the first and only TV company in Nigeria with almost 7,000,000 social media followers, fans, and subscribers.
Channels’ flagship news presentation, the “News at Ten” is today, the most popular and most watched news in Nigeria, while the station has earned a reputation as an aggressive news outlet, which provides a balanced account of news coverage.
The company is staffed with some of the best broadcast journalists in the country, with various awards of excellence to their credits. Channels’ team has also produced feature programmes, with commendations throughout the country; video footage of events and happenings in Nigeria, shots by Channels News crews have been used widely by other global media organisations such as BBC-TV, CNN, ITN and McNeil/Lehrer News hour.
