The Consolidated Group Incorporated (CGI), the official service provider of DStv in Liberia, has invited the Liberia Broadcasting System (LBS) to upload its television content to the DStv satellite platform, a move that could make Liberian programs available to viewers across Africa and beyond.
The invitation comes after years of public concern and debate over why Liberia’s national broadcaster has not been carried on the DStv platform. The issue has recently sparked controversy involving LBS Director General Eugene L. Fahngon and the management of DStv Liberia.
In a letter dated July 8, 2026, addressed to LBS Director General Hon. Eugene L. Fahngon, CGI renewed its offer to the national broadcaster.
“We again invite Liberia Broadcasting System to uplink her contents to our DStv Satellite facility. This opportunity will enable LBS contents to be viewed across Africa,” the letter stated.
Consolidated Group Incorporated, which provides DStv services in Liberia, is owned and operated by Liberian businessman and politician Simeon Freeman.
According to the letter, LBS will not be charged any fee for having its television channel carried and continuously shown on the DStv platform. In simple terms, DStv is offering to broadcast LBS without charging the national broadcaster a carriage or platform fee.
However, LBS will still have to pay for the cost of “uplinking” its content. Uplinking is the technical process of sending a television signal from a ground station to the satellite that DStv uses to distribute channels to viewers. This means that while DStv is providing space on its platform at no charge, LBS must pay the cost of transmitting its signal to the satellite.
“The continuous display of LBS content on the DStv platform will be at no cost to LBS; however, the cost of uplinking LBS contents to the DStv satellite will be at cost to the Liberia Broadcasting System (LBS),” the letter explained.
The communication also states that before the process can begin, LBS must formally accept the offer in writing. Once the acceptance letter is received, engineers from both DStv and LBS will work together to assess the technical requirements needed to transmit LBS’s television signal to the DStv satellite.
After the assessment, both parties will determine the actual cost of the uplink service. However, the letter says the amount LBS will be required to pay will not exceed US$40,000. This means the final cost could be lower than US$40,000, but it cannot be more than that amount.
“Based on the acceptance letter from the Liberia Broadcasting System to this offer; our technicians will work with LBS technicians to determine the exact cost to uplink LBS contents to our satellite; said cost may not exceed forty thousand (US$40,000),” the communication stated.
The letter, signed by Ms. Simeone Freeman, Business Development Manager of Consolidated Group Inc./DStv, also expressed the company’s desire to partner with Liberia’s national broadcaster to increase the visibility of Liberian television content.
According to CGI, placing LBS on the DStv platform would allow Liberians living abroad to watch programs produced in Liberia, including news, entertainment, cultural shows, sports, and other locally produced content.
The company believes the partnership would help expand the reach of Liberian broadcasting beyond the country’s borders while keeping Liberians in the diaspora connected to events, culture, and developments back home.
“We at Consolidated Group Inc. look forward to partnering with Liberia Broadcasting System in lifting Liberian contents to the DStv satellite, which creates an opportunity for Liberians in the diaspora to view contents created in Liberia,” the letter concluded.
