NTA2 is a television channel available in Lagos, the largest city of Nigeria. It is one of the two secondary channels owned by the Nigerian Television Authority, the only other such channel being NTA Plus in Abuja.
| Country | Nigeria |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Lagos State |
| Headquarters | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English, Yoruba |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Nigerian Television Authority |
| Sister channels | NTA Lagos |
| History | |
| Launched | April 1980 |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| VHF | Channel 5 (Lagos) |
History
editNTA2 came to be in 1980 over a dispute between the Nigerian Television Authority and Lagos Television over possible VHF frequencies to be used. The NTA strongly opposed the plans of the state government to set up a television station on channel 5. Ultimately the NTA remained on channel 5 while Lagos Television was relocated to channel 8.[1] The station, unlike channel 10 (NTA Lagos) catered a more urban elite, which also included widely travelled Nigerians, as well as its status as the main commercial centre that also housed most of the foreign missions in Nigeria.[1]
While the other NTA stations operated on a 60% Nigerian content quota, NTA2 did the opposite. Its operation was the most widely-commercial out of the whole network. The influx of foreign programming was in order to cater local interests in Lagos alone. The station primarily carried entertainment content, such as sitcoms, music videos, melodramas and international feature films. Most of the content carried was American. It and NTA Ikeja were set to compete with Lagos Television in programming strategies.[1]
In the 1990s, the station opened at 4pm. By this time the channel carried a wide variety of international cartoons, dramas and sitcoms, the latter of which were mainly black sitcoms from the USA. The emergence of private television stations in Nigeria caused NTA2 to gradually lose its prestige.[2]
NTA2 was a full-time affiliate of TVAfrica, unlike other NTA stations that only used the network for sporting events.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "An Ethnographic Study of Women in a Nigerian Context" (PDF). University of Glasgow. 1993. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "NTA 2 Channel 5 was pure gold for kids in the 90s". Pulse. 9 February 2017. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Broadcasting Policy and Practice in Africa" (PDF). Article 19. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2023.