So.....Aiyaz Khaiyum has been lying to Fiji about this too? Tsk tsk tsk... Tanya Waqaniikas status shared on Friends of Media FIJI DID YOU KNOW- Fiji TV is the name of the company. No one is employed by Fiji One or Sky Pacific. How many TV Stations does Fiji TV have?- Two (2) TV stations (Fiji One and Sky Pacific)- a) Fiji One (Free to air - viewers can watch free via a terrestrial signal (antenna) or a digital signal (Sky Pacific). b) Sky Pacific transmits on a digital platform and it has 25 channels (inclusive of Fiji One channel on its Sky PAC platform). FBC and Mai TV only transmits on a terrestrial signal and both only have 1 TV station with 1 channel each. Free to air means - free to the viewers. Coverage- actual physical area/s in Fiji that can receive a TV signal. Viewership means what each actual household is watching on their TV sets. A vital difference between the 2 is that you can change your viewership by changing the channel on your TV set. Coverage can only be changed by adding another TV transmitter or satellite signal to increase the physical area in Fiji that can receive a TV signal. Basically, so long as the public has coverage, than viewership can be changed by pressing a button on a TV set. Fiji TV has 85% coverage of Fiji via a terrestrial signal (all those towers you see on the hilltops where all Telcos (FBC, Mai TV, Digicel, cfl, via phone,etcetera). FTV has 12 transmitter towers - 9 on Viti Levu, 1 Malake (Ra), 1 (Delaikoro - Labasa) & 1 (Vunisea, Kadavu). FBC has 7 transmitter towers and Mai TV has about 3. Terrestrial - you catch the signal with an Antenna. Digital signal- only SKY Pacific. None of these 3 TV broadcasters have transmitter towers in Rotuma, Lau Group, Yasawa Group, Lomaiviti Group, Beqa and some other remote areas of Fiji. eg- FTVs transmitter tower in Vunisea can only be seen the areas close to Vunisea. For those in kadavu(areas of Nakasaleka, Ono, etc- they cannot view Fiji One on a terrestrial signal. Same as well for those in Vanua Levu- only those close to Delaikoro can receive the terrestrial signal. How then does one in Savusavu, Taveuni, Rotuma, other parts of Kadavu, Lomaiviti Grp, Lau, etc view Fiji One- purchase a Sky Pacific and receive the signal on a digital platform. Normal price for Sky is $99.00. Roadshow prices were $50 & $70 respectively.- total equipment inclusive of installation costs. Sky Pacific prices are much cheaper than buying an antenna to view any of the 3 TV broadcasters( antenna prices range between $80-$120) and this is not inclusive of installation costs if done by professionals. The rural and remote dwellers purchase SKY and receive a crystal clear digital signal and watch Fiji One (only) for FREE. They opt not to take up the sky pacific remaining 24 channels and pay the monthly fee of $49 (approx $1.63 per day to watch 25 channels). We has visitors from upper Naitasiri(only 20mins) from Monasavu. None watch the 3 TV stations on a terrestrial platform- cannot catch. But, a handful have sky pacific and boy do they watch only Fiji One. Certainly makes their day when they see our celebrities (Breakfast Show hosts, Music Masti host, Chef Lance Seeto, etc) walking through the building. They know who they are because they watch Fiji One on a digital platform. What is SKY PACIFICs coverage - 100% of Fiji and 12 other Pacific Island countries Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa, PNG (population of 7.6m- covers the entire country and no other broadcaster in PNG delivers the same), Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Cook Islands, Niue, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru, Tahiti and French Polynesia, Tokelau. Thats why Fiji One presenters will always acknowledge its Pacific viewers/communities during the Coke Games, Mana Choral Fest, News, Breakfast Show, etc because they are watching LIVE on their time Zones all the sky PAC programs and Fiji one channel as well. Sky PAC is in 12 Pacific Island leaders homes. When we have visitors from the Pacific Islands visiting Fiji TV - their faces lit up when they seethe Breakfast Show hosts- Mavis Gaunavou and Taitusi and also the rest of Fiji TV celebrities. How big is Sky Pacs coverage- In fact, Sky Pacs signal goes up to Indonesia, parts of Aust, NZ, Parts of China), Etc. There are about 3-4 Sky Pacific decoders in our Fiji diplomats residences and office in Beijing and Shangai and they watch all 25 channels on Sky PAC. All the Pay per view local rugby games- they paid and were watching. In fact, it would be strategic for our Embassies where Sky Pacific signal reaches to have Sky PAC in the embassy. So when investors want to know what Fiji is all about- show them Fiji One and Pacific Channel(channel on Sky PAC). They will know our country through the 55% minimum local programs produced and broadcast by Fiji TV(Noda Gauna, sigi Drigi, Talk Business, News, Total Sports, Taste of Paradise, Breakfast Show and many more. Fiji TV produces around 50 local Programs per annum (not including local programs from SPC,etc). Its competitors cannot even produce 1/3 of what Fiji TV does. Fiji TV is NOT just Fijis No 1 broadcaster- it is the biggest and leading Pacific Broadcaster in the Pacific(No 1) - became No 1 in the Pacific when Sky PAC was launched. Not even Australia and NZ broadcasters have the coverage that Sky PAC has. The difference is certainly clear now By Sakiasi Ditoka
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:47:14 +0000