NIGERIA Broadcasting Commission [NBC] has signed a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] at the World Trade Centre in Dubai with Transatlantic Media Company (TMC) in order to maximize the opportunities inherent in the broadcast media during the 22nd edition of Cable, Broadcast and Satellite [CABSAT] event schedule to hold in Dubai.

Disclosing the direction and content of the agreement, President and CEO of the company, Dr. Bayero Agabi, said the company, which is the producer of Cyber Africa television and magazine, would market CABSAT in Nigeria and Ghana as Africa’s regional partner.

At the event, he informed, broadcast technocrats and content producers would be attracted to deliberate on the future of Africa’s cable, broadcast and satellite prospects.

“As the world adapts to digital content delivery, it is the thrust of our organisation to help project the inherent values of Africa’s culture and heritage at the world stage via our superb broadcast content. We are committed to assist NBC to fast track the migration from analogue to digital broadcast in 2016”, he said.

In a similar vein, NBC would also collaborate with the company to ensure Nigeria’s participation at the event. A statement by the Commission confirmed that the partnership with “TMC for CABSAT 2016 is part of our agency’s mandate to ensure that appropriate modalities are put in place to make Nigeria meet up with International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Digital Switch Over (DSO)”.