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TVC News commemorates 365 days
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From left: Gbemiga Ogunleye - Deputy Director News - TVC News; Lemi Olalemi - Chief Operating Officer; Nigel Parson - Chief Executive Officer; and Funke Sogunle - Director Commercial; during the media briefing to commemorate 365 days of TVC News.
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TVC News, the 24-hour pan-African News Channel owned by Continental Broadcasting Service Nigeria and broadcasting from the commercial capital - Lagos, has commemorated 365 days of transmission. The channel started transmissions on 28 February 2013.
As part of activities marking the milestone, a Media briefing was held in Lagos and a celebratory cake was cut with staff in attendance.
TVC News aims to "challenge stereotypes and correct factual inaccuracies and misperceptions about Africa and its peoples."
The Chief Executive Officer TVC News and the former Head of Aljazeera English, Nigel Parsons at the inception of the channel said: “Without shying away from reporting the conflicts or the corruption, the famines or the wars, the mission of TVC News is also to tell the many positive stories coming out of Africa.” He added: “Stories – good or bad – will be told ‘through African eyes’.”
TVC News provides a mixture of news, current affairs and other informative programming from across Africa and beyond. The daily programming focuses on subjects such as politics and business, the arts & culture, health, youth and gender issues, sports and entertainment, and weather reports.
Using the latest state-of-the-art broadcasting equipment, TVC News has engaged the services of veteran broadcasters, experienced reporters and a top class managerial team. Supported by correspondents and reporters operating from bureaux across Africa and the world, the channel aims to provide its viewers with “breaking news as it happens” while setting new standards in African broadcasting.
With its mobile app, smartphone/tablet users can watch live news and follow latest happenings from around the world from its website, www.tvcnews.tv; and by installing its apps via: mobile.tvcnews.tv and clicking on the live streaming button. They can also follow TVC News on twitter with the handle @tvcnews_africa.
The investment at TVC News in terms of human, technical and financial resources is very impressive, and the channel has managed to make an impressive entry into the market. It has covered ground-breaking international news, such as the United States Presidential election, Mali election, the Kenya Mall bombing, among others, and has won several international awards and recognitions. It has also launched on the British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) network on Channel 572.
Indeed, it has been a bold move to bring Africa to the world and Chief Operating Officer - Lemi Olalemi has urged staff to "dedicate ourselves to the idea of doing things properly," so as to move the channel to even greater heights.