4G

Digital TV
Broadband

Satellite TV
RCCG
Monthly Holy
Ghost
Service

October 27, 2016

ADEBAYO, ABIODUN F
abioadex2000@yahoo.com

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INTRODUCTION

Projecting the National Monthly Holy Ghost Services and Special Services of RCCG at the
Viewing Centres (Over 100th of Miles away from the main event) seems to be increasingly
economically difficult, not to mention technical challenges such as Poor TV signals as a result
of poor weather conditions, technical issues with the Internet Service Providers (ISP), High
latency/ Slow buffering (due to heavy user traffic on the internet link), Poor audio quality,
mode of signal reception, and also Unavailability of big multimedia players such as MULTI-
CHOICE, CHANNELS, etc. to broadcast the coverage real-time.

Apart, from the challenges stated above, the vendors capability matters, and usually ranges
from the cost of services deployment, Legal/Copyright issues, Technical know-how,
Organization policy using the best Industry Standards guidelines, outdated technologies, are
some of the other technical hitches being experienced by the end-users whilst streaming real-
time events.

The issue of having multimedia carriers such as (CHANNELS, MULTI-CHOICE, LTV, NTA) can be
resolved by having them on spot to cover the monthly events live, which will allow for high-end
quality broadcast, and at the end of the day would have lessened the end-user technical
encumbrance while streaming.

However, the only official TV provider for the RCCG Monthly and Special Services is DOVE
MEDIA TV. They beam this coverage to an average of 10 Million viewers around the globe, via
the Internet and Satellite TV. In as much, this coverage is broadcasted from a source, it will be
ideal to have pragmatic backups in cases where one medium or channel of communication
fails.

In this article, three workable solutions have been recommended.

Terrestrial TV Signal Bands

4G Broadband Internet
Satellite TV Bands

These solutions have been rated on a scale of 1 to 5, on its reliability and efficiency

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 Terrestrial TV Signal Bands (Rated 3.0)
These are radio waves which are beamed over the air (earth surfaces) through
a transmitter. The signal scattered over the air and hit the recipients antenna.
Although, this technology exist for quite a time but had evolved from the
analog signal to digital signal band.

A radio signal can be an effective medium for transmission.

Types of Radio signals

Analogue
Digital

Transmitter

Also, most analog radio signals beamed over the air, are decrypted (i.e. requires no subscription fee to
get the coverage). For digital signal, it uses a decoder and most of its signals are encrypted (requires a
subscription fee) e.g. GOTV and whilst some are free-to-air (i.e. requires a one-off fee)

Examples of Analogue Signal TV in Nigeria.

NTA, SIVERBIRD STATION, LTV, etc.

Examples of Digital Signal TV in Nigeria.

AFRICA MAGIC, ETV, DOVE TV, etc.

Pros and Cons of Terrestrial TV Signals

Pros.
1. Not susceptible to weather condition.
2. Easy to use and Install.
3. Cheaper to maintain, technically
4. The information signal of a radio wave is widely dispersed
5. Less expensive on subscription fee

Cons.
1. Rarely occur transmitter failure.
2. The signal strength fades as a result of a poor line of sight on the positioning of the receiving
antenna.
However, recommended vendors for digital TV for RCCG's events: STARTIMES Decoder (DOVE TV
on Channel 464)

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 4G Broadband Internet (Rated 4.0)

Broadband internet has triple play features I.e. its synchronous usages for
(Internet (Browsing, Chatting, Messaging), TV (Streaming), & Telephony
(Skyping).

In streaming real-time events via the Internet can be done on these devices: PC, MOBILE, and the
Internet-enabled TVs (Apple TV).

Here are 5 top Internet providers in Nigeria, rated accordingly

SPECTRANET
SWIFT Networks Limited
SMILES Communications Nigeria
ipNX Nigeria Limited.
GLO Nigeria
Here is an excerpt from a website on the top Internet Service Provider for the year
https://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/top-5-4g-lte-broadband-providers-in-nigeria.122470/

Pros and Cons of 4G Broadband Internet.

Pros.
1. Faster and reliable medium of communication.
2. Not susceptible to weather condition
3. Much more reliable medium for Gaming, Chatting, Video Streaming, and Teleconferencing
4. Easy to use and install.

Cons.
1. Sometimes poor Internet reception at the end-user
2. Large users traffic on a site which causes slow buffering / high latency experiences
3. Issues with the end-users systems compatibility (Installation of proper of Hardware and
software into your PC and MOBILE)
4. Sometimes network failure on the host/source link which affects the end users viewing.
5. Relatively expensive as result of bandwidth purchased.

Nevertheless, here are recommended websites for RCCG's events: www.holyghostservice.tv,

www.rccg.org, new.livestream.com/rccgonline, www.youtube.com, www.liveway.tv

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 Satellite TV Bands (Rated 2.0)
These are signals beamed from space radio station (e.g. DVB Satellites) and
received with an outdoor parabolic antenna usually referred as Satellite Dish.

Also, most Satellite TV Signal are encrypted such as DSTV (requires a

subscription fee) and while some are free-to-air (requires a one-off subscription fee) such as MyTV,
MULTI TV

Pros and Cons of Satellite TV.

Pros.
1. The signal of a satellite signal is widely dispersed even in a rural and urban areas.

Cons
1. Signal loss as a result of poor weather condition.
2. Technically difficult to maintain
3. Relatively expensive based on the subscription fee

Consequently, here are recommended vendors for the Satellite TV covering the RCCG's events: DSTV
Channel: 349

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