GBC must cash in on live coverage of election petition – Gabby

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GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

TELL THIS BRAIN DEAD Director-General Major Albert Don- Chebe (Rtd) TO LEARN FROM PBS. ON HOW GBC, A PUBLIC TV STATION CAN MAKE MONEY

TELL THIS BRAIN DEAD Director-General Major Albert Don- Chebe (Rtd) TO LEARN FROM PBS. ON HOW GBC, A PUBLIC TV STATION CAN MAKE MONEY
OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

Author: OBAA YAA

...So, the people around the president including his wife and those Team “B” staffers were aware of the president failing health. Therefore, who were they kidding when they ruin insults on whoever ques ...
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Author: OBAA YAA

...So, the people around the president including his wife and those Team “B” staffers were aware of the president failing health. Therefore, who were they kidding when they ruin insults on whoever questions the former president health?
As much as I hate to admit Rawlings was right with his statement. If they have had listen to those who were concern with the president health, he might be alive today...
TerriblY Spe cifiC 10 years ago

Why waste resources to cover NPP pink shit ive? Its just stupid waste.

Why waste resources to cover NPP pink shit ive? Its just stupid waste.
GTV-TV3 on OFMTV.COM 10 years ago

Watch GTV, TV3, TV AFRICA AND ADOM TV FOR FREE ON WWW.OFMTV.COM

Watch GTV, TV3, TV AFRICA AND ADOM TV FOR FREE ON WWW.OFMTV.COM
OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, h ...
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When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, he had the gut to recommend his fellow journalists to be executed by PNDC. Pratt even recommended Baako to be killed by the regime, thank God Baako was instead touchered violently and severely but his life was spared. This is what Kwesi Pratt can do. Now Pratt is a secret agent to NDC and US Embassy in Ghana. May God forgive Pratt and spare him the untold evils that will come upon him and his generations. The souls of those journalist killed through Pratt's recommendations to PNDC will never forgive Pratt. Now Pratt has the guts to take Diplomatic Passport and smuggled his weak-headed children to work at the Ministries under Mills NDC, may God forgive Pratt and his dependance and spare them of the evils ahead of them...
Soomui 10 years ago

Of course we can trust Gabby to say something like "....... unlike the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) which operate solely on taxes from the public, GTV had the opportunity to commercialize its operations."

Is Gabb ...
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Of course we can trust Gabby to say something like "....... unlike the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) which operate solely on taxes from the public, GTV had the opportunity to commercialize its operations."

Is Gabby by any chance aware that we won independence in 1957? Why cant these Busia-Danquah people wean themselves off their colonial 'masters'? They just love to be slaves for others dont they?

Even when as in the above instance there was absolutely no need to refer to the BBC, because the BBC is completely state sponsored, Gabby has to make reference to and promote the BBC before he can gain his composure to speak.

What surprises me even more is how Gabby can miss what is otherwise, a glaring opportunity such this to castigate the BBC for running as a socialist state sponsored organization.

Gabby Otchere Darko, perhaps you might have missed the boat somewhere along the line but Ghanaians are perfectly well capable of solving their own problems without hanging on to the apron strings of authoritarian colonial diktat.

If those colonial 'masters' could solve our problems, they would have done so during the over 400 years that they imposed themselves upon us as dictators. More anon!
OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

Author:SGT ANANI FIADZOE...

Every civilized person in this world
can be afraid of a thief, arm rober,a
murderer and diabolical idiot which
Tsikata is one, that is why we have
Police whose duty it is to protect us
fro ...
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Author:SGT ANANI FIADZOE...

Every civilized person in this world
can be afraid of a thief, arm rober,a
murderer and diabolical idiot which
Tsikata is one, that is why we have
Police whose duty it is to protect us
from Tsikata and his NDC bunch of criminals and that is why prison is
built so that we can quarantine all
those criminals. Tsikata must be
sent to quarantine and be forced to
stay out from the community, it is
because of that we the civilized citizenry are scared of Tsikata not
for any other reason. OK!! check it out...
osei yaw - london 10 years ago

What does one expect from this Danquah Institute; an Institute named after Akyem terrorist JB Danquah tells the sort of body it is; buffoonery is what it sells; Akyems sell stupidities and foolishness through this their Danqu ...
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What does one expect from this Danquah Institute; an Institute named after Akyem terrorist JB Danquah tells the sort of body it is; buffoonery is what it sells; Akyems sell stupidities and foolishness through this their Danquah Institute

- let's have a look at a bit of what they sell; firstly, they don't have respect for Asantes; they enjoy being abusive to Asantes even though, they are envious and jealous of powerful Asantes; Akyems knowing they are of a weak and insignificant Akyem tribe

- Akyems say that they were able to to kill one of the Asante Kings in a war across river Prah; they say they got Asante King Prempeh out of exile in Sechelles; that, their Akyem JB Danquah was able to hoodwink Asantes into joining him JB Danquah to found the destructive UP

- Akyems see this their Danquah Institute as a think tank; which is a laugh coming out of ignorant and semi-educated lot

- in civil Law, Plaintiffs or Claimants or Petitioners, initially pay Court charges; but, if a bit of an idiot Akyem Akufo Ado and his band of dreamers are not paying court charges, then, it is they who should be paying for being given oxygen of publicity by GBC, TV, print and speech media; hear this, dim Akyem Gabby of Danquah Institute

Osei Wusu-Khanin/osei yaw - london
Akans Prophecies 10 years ago

Nosense Akyem and Asante's are brothers in arms till thy kingdom come. The same customs the same tradition ,the same language. It is only a river that seperates them. Your information is ridiculous, elementary coming from a n ...
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Nosense Akyem and Asante's are brothers in arms till thy kingdom come. The same customs the same tradition ,the same language. It is only a river that seperates them. Your information is ridiculous, elementary coming from a northerner pepeni who was born in asanteland , probably Sewhi, emancipated as an Ashanti. Dont bury the gods ! They are the source of the Akans creation protected by Wisdom.
Al Hajj AAA Rashiid(OH. USA) 10 years ago

GHFUO, in your attempt to belittle the D-G you may have been economic with the truth or just stack ignorant.

FYI, PBS still gets some subvention from the US government. Congress appropriates funds to PBS, that was why Mitt ...
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GHFUO, in your attempt to belittle the D-G you may have been economic with the truth or just stack ignorant.

FYI, PBS still gets some subvention from the US government. Congress appropriates funds to PBS, that was why Mitt Romney in the first Debate said he would stop funding PBS as President, even though he liked some of their programs(Big Bird) and even the moderator of the debate who works for PBS.

However it would be fair to say that PBS also raises funds from donations etc from their seasonal fund drives.

Stop misleading the public when you do not have all your facts right.
Soomui 10 years ago

Al Hajj Rashid, I think you are also misleading the Ghanaweb public with the continuation of commentary and analysis that is entirely unassociated - in fact irrelevant with the Ghanaian situation. All this your PBS and FYI an ...
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Al Hajj Rashid, I think you are also misleading the Ghanaweb public with the continuation of commentary and analysis that is entirely unassociated - in fact irrelevant with the Ghanaian situation. All this your PBS and FYI and what, Big Bird, means jackshit to me and are all unnecessary distractions from our situation on the ground. I am not interested in how things are done in America. I am interested in how we should do be doing things in Ghana.

Some of us have recovered from the colonial and mental slavery, you know and therefore we would want to do things in a way that is best suited to our socio-economic conditions.

If you are a Ghanaian, please come down to earth and make an effort to dissect the Ghanaian problem at hand so that we can get long-lasting Ghanaian solutions. Interfacing other peoples fanciful solutions will definitely not work on a long-term basis. It has been proven time and again in this country and Africa as a whole that foreign interventions on the most part dont work.
Al Hajj AAA Rashiid(OH. USA) 10 years ago

Soomui, the reason you are having problems with my contribution is simply for lack of adequate understanding.

What I wrote was rather to support the Ghanaian situation, PBS(Public Broadcasting Service) in the US gets some ...
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Soomui, the reason you are having problems with my contribution is simply for lack of adequate understanding.

What I wrote was rather to support the Ghanaian situation, PBS(Public Broadcasting Service) in the US gets some funding from the government yet GhFUO said GBC should learn from PBS.

How sad! There is nothing GBC is going to learn from PBS. And FYI, means For Your Information, and Big Bird is a TV character for kids that depicts a big talking yellow bird.

Soomui if you really read and understood my contribution you would have realized that what I wrote was to debunk Ghfuo's statement that GBC should learn from the PBS, and I was telling him GBC does not need to learn anything from them because the PBS does not know "FOKO" worth learning by the GBC.
Abigail 10 years ago

This is why i admire Dr.Nyaho Tamakloe when he said Ghana lacks leaders.Instead my friend Gaby to go and confront the Director who of course waited for the unfolding events to express his disdain,to do a serious work,you go o ...
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This is why i admire Dr.Nyaho Tamakloe when he said Ghana lacks leaders.Instead my friend Gaby to go and confront the Director who of course waited for the unfolding events to express his disdain,to do a serious work,you go over the media to do a one man show.Dont worry it doesnt affect the issue on the court whether live or not that is a fact.You leaders you should learn how to help the leaderless!!!Ghana
KNYC (USMC) 10 years ago

This is call marketing, and none of GBC Exct. have no idea how to cashin.This is the reasons why we as a country are moving backward. Lack of vision with big english ideas.

This is call marketing, and none of GBC Exct. have no idea how to cashin.This is the reasons why we as a country are moving backward. Lack of vision with big english ideas.
Ato 10 years ago

Abigail I think that in all fairness Otchere Darko making his views clear in the public domain through the media amounts to giving the clue-less GBC Director free advice. This is in bearing in mind that, it is not in any case ...
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Abigail I think that in all fairness Otchere Darko making his views clear in the public domain through the media amounts to giving the clue-less GBC Director free advice. This is in bearing in mind that, it is not in any case, a normal practice for politicians in opposing Parties in this part of the world to extend a hand of friendship and advice to each other. To expect that kind of exchange would unfortunately be asking for too much. However Otchere Darko in spite of his normal anti-NDC rambunctiousness did offer that advice and we must be grateful for it.
Let us be realistic. I cannot imagine Otchere Darko, a well-known NPP fire-brand, walking up to an NDC appointed functionary like the GBC Director and proffering advice. No matter how good that advice is, they will refuse it. Not too long ago, the former NDC President, in spite of all the odds and concurrent advantages, refused to occupy the newly-built Presidential edifice – the Golden Jubilee House, that had been built at great cost by the preceding govt of the NPP.
In doing so they concocted all sorts of unrealistic reasons relating to the structure, including the cost and financing of the project, the inappropriate aesthetic design, the lack of security considerations and what have you, to childishly justify the inability for the NDC President to move from the old gory slave castle and to live there. Even more petty still, when eventually the NDC somehow managed to acquire some good sense to acknowledge the superior reasons as to why the President should move in the Golden Jubilee House, they then decided to change the name of the place back to the original colonial epithet, Flagstaff House, as if they were not aware of both the unfortunate and unpleasant historical as well as functional implications of the name Flagstaff House.
This is how bizarre politics can get and so I think that the advice by Otchere Darko through the media is sufficient. What remains now is to see whether the NDC will concur.
UFO 10 years ago

Many people are watching this telecast all over the world. Many through the internet. GBC could have cashed in on this. At least you could have made internet watchers pay some dollars to defray some of the cost but you did ...
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Many people are watching this telecast all over the world. Many through the internet. GBC could have cashed in on this. At least you could have made internet watchers pay some dollars to defray some of the cost but you did not. Its not too late though but taking it off entirely will not go down well with GBC and Ghana as a whole.
KOFI LAMPTEY 10 years ago

in fact i was so impressed by Gabby's stand and advice on this issue that i soon realized why the npp is such a money making machine......so full of ideas to create wealth and jobs.....imagine that for over 19 yrs the ndc con ...
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in fact i was so impressed by Gabby's stand and advice on this issue that i soon realized why the npp is such a money making machine......so full of ideas to create wealth and jobs.....imagine that for over 19 yrs the ndc continued to beat about the bush searching for oil with our MEAGER RESOURCES AND DROVE GHANA INTO HIPIC EVENTUALLY.....BUT KUFFUOR CAME AND WITHIN HIS FIRST TERM STRUCK OIL IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES WHICH WAS CHALLENGED BY NDC AND EVEN MOCKED IN PARLIAMENT......to cut a long story short, what stops the GBC from running adverts intermittently whilst the court is also intermittently sitting and waiting for the next response to an issue....or what even stops the gbc from running adverts as a scroll at the bottom or the side of the screen....NDC IN LEADERSHIP ALWAYS CREATES A SITUATION WHEREBY THIS COUNTRY BECOMES SO BEREFT TO IDEAS AND ONLY DO CHOP CHOP CHOP TILL GHANA GOES HIPIC....IDE BII KEKE..
dennis awah 10 years ago

Kofi, i will show you why your long comment is nothing more than your small minded attempt to justify a badly thought out idea.I will challenge Gabbys premise; he says that before this petition going live very few people wat ...
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Kofi, i will show you why your long comment is nothing more than your small minded attempt to justify a badly thought out idea.I will challenge Gabbys premise; he says that before this petition going live very few people watched GBC programs (where are his figures? this is a statement based on opinion and not fact)then he goes on to say that the petition has increased their viewership???????? i will disagree because there is more than one tv station airing the petition live and more than one radio station airing it live. so how does that increase the viewership of GBC??? it is reasonable to believe that someone who prefers metro tv and wants to watch the petition will not need to change channels???? once again where are the figures to prove his argument?????

Kofi i am not surprised by your statement where you profess admiration for Gabbys stand and advice! you are a typical npp supporter who loves the sound of words but does not understand the issues at hand. once those big words come from the mouth of an npp guru then the whole world is saved????? you do not understand how television stations make revenue and make money from airtime so you will think Gabbys advice is significant, it is not. his advice is bereft of advice because his premise is flawed, he has provided no figures to show the improvement or not of the viewership of GBC neither has he shown an understanding of the work of TV.
PS just a little tit bit for you. What is the main form of funding live telecasts of events that take days/weeks/months to conclude eg World Cup football, Olympics etc? if you know the answer then you will understand what gabby is saying is ignorance. Full of ideas my foot;
Bright soul. 10 years ago

Kofi sorry you lost the argument.
GTV is the only mandated station for the SC telecast.All other stations worldwide tap from GTV. GTV hs become globally popular now.

Kofi sorry you lost the argument.
GTV is the only mandated station for the SC telecast.All other stations worldwide tap from GTV. GTV hs become globally popular now.
KOFI LAMPTEY 10 years ago

WHY CUDNT NDC STRIKE OIL IN 19 YRS AND WHY DID THEY EVEN DOUBT NPP WHEN THEY FOUND THE OIL USING APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL AND TECHNOLOGY?......SIMPLY PUT, NDC IS SO BANKRUPT WHEN IT COMES TO INCOME CREATION...THEY ONLY MAKE NOIS ...
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WHY CUDNT NDC STRIKE OIL IN 19 YRS AND WHY DID THEY EVEN DOUBT NPP WHEN THEY FOUND THE OIL USING APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL AND TECHNOLOGY?......SIMPLY PUT, NDC IS SO BANKRUPT WHEN IT COMES TO INCOME CREATION...THEY ONLY MAKE NOISE AND LOOT THRO FAKE J-DEBTS.
Symbiosis 10 years ago

As for income creation by the NDC, forget about it. Their real problem is that even the highest educated persons in the NDC, are still illiterate when it comes to civility, enlightenment, ethics, hard work, the taking of init ...
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As for income creation by the NDC, forget about it. Their real problem is that even the highest educated persons in the NDC, are still illiterate when it comes to civility, enlightenment, ethics, hard work, the taking of initiative and the creation of good ideas. A casual look at the physique and comportment of their General Secretary tells it all.
KOFI LAMPTEY 10 years ago

THE NDC SIMPLY CANT CREATE WEALTH .......WHY CUDNT NDC STRIKE OIL IN 19 YRS AND WHY DID THEY EVEN DOUBT NPP WHEN THEY FOUND THE OIL USING APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL AND TECHNOLOGY?......SIMPLY PUT, NDC IS SO BANKRUPT WHEN IT COMES ...
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THE NDC SIMPLY CANT CREATE WEALTH .......WHY CUDNT NDC STRIKE OIL IN 19 YRS AND WHY DID THEY EVEN DOUBT NPP WHEN THEY FOUND THE OIL USING APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL AND TECHNOLOGY?......SIMPLY PUT, NDC IS SO BANKRUPT WHEN IT COMES TO INCOME CREATION...THEY ONLY MAKE NOISE AND LOOT THRO FAKE J-DEBTS.
MENSAH 10 years ago

I know where you are coming from and I understand it very well.KOFI LAMPTEY'S stance on GBC to take advantage on little time left in between the actual petition procedure in action,would have been paramount/benefitial or usef ...
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I know where you are coming from and I understand it very well.KOFI LAMPTEY'S stance on GBC to take advantage on little time left in between the actual petition procedure in action,would have been paramount/benefitial or useful.
But,it looks like,GBC has not taken that advantage due to lack of ideas to take advantsge in what we call:TIMING.
TIME IS A VERY,VERY IMPORTANT WORD.
ONE CZN LOSE FAVOUR BECAUSE OF MISSED TIMING OR EVEN A PROTOCOL BROKEN,WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME OF THE DAY IN A CERTAIN ENVIROMENT.
WE ARE ALL TOLD,WHEN GOD GETS READY,WE'VE GOT TO MOVE.
THAT IS TIMING,GOD IS TALKING ABOUT.
ECCLESTIASTICS3:1 SAYS "TO EVERY THING,THERE IS A SEASON,AND A TIME FOR EVERY PURPOSE UNDER THE HEAVEN".
GOD PREPARES SEASONS(FOR OPPORTUNITIES,BREAKTHROUGHS,CHANCES),IN CERTAIN DURATIONS,INSTANCES,CIRCUMSTANCES,YOU AND I HAVE TO DISCERN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE TO REACT TO HARNESS IT TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
THE TIME TO TAKE THAT ADVANTAGE COMES FROM YOU AND I,BUT NOT GOD.
SORRY TO SAY,MANY OF US AFRICABS LACK WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT NOW.EVEN,I THINK,ONLY THE DISCERNING WILL GRASP THIS VERY IMPORTANT THING AND MEDITATE ON IT TO ACRUE THE BEST THAT COMES FROM GOD.
A WORD TO THE WISE,IS ENOUGH.
EMBEDDED IN EVERY PROBLEM ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES,AS WELL.BUT EBERY OPPORTUNITY COMES WITH CHOICES TOO.
GBC CHOSE NOT TO TAKE ADVANTAAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AT THIS TIME OF THEIR ERA.TIMING IS AT THE ESSENCE.
JESUS CRIED ON THE MT.SINAI,THAT ISRAEL DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM,THE TIME OF HIS VISITATION.
THEY ARE SILL WAITING FOR JESUS'S FIRST COMING BUT NOT HIS SECOND.
WHY:THEY ARE STILL BLIND,HAVING EYES, BUT CANNOT DISCERN THE TIME OF THE DAY.TIMING IS A MYSTRIOUS WORD,WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH.BECAUSE ONE CAN MISS MILLION OF DOLARS BECAUSE OF WRONG TIMING.
THAT IS WHY I FIND MR.LAMPTEY'S IDEAS CREDIBLE TOO.
HE WHO HAS EARS,LET HIM HEAR.
MAY GOD BLESS US ALL,IN JESUS' NAME!
AMEN.
Symbiosis 10 years ago

Dennis Awah, so you think "Gabbys advice is bereft of advice?" (lol). Your poor logic, lack of insight and lack of common sense clearly implies that you are an NDC man. I am beginning to think that the NDC is actually some ki ...
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Dennis Awah, so you think "Gabbys advice is bereft of advice?" (lol). Your poor logic, lack of insight and lack of common sense clearly implies that you are an NDC man. I am beginning to think that the NDC is actually some kind of mental disease.

For starters, GBC has the coverage rights of the trial. All the other Radio and TV stations are picking off GBC. Just this alone should be able to cover the daily technical expenses incurred by the GBC. Unless of course they are unjustifiably doing this for free.

Out of this arrangement, GBC can reap, not hundreds of thousands of Cedis a day, but millions of Cedis, considering the weight and significance of the trial internationally - today and tomorrow.

Dennis Awah, if I were you, I would hide my ignorance of the issues and facts as they are.
Sammy Kweks 10 years ago

How many people pay TV license in Ghana? Those who were shouting for live coverage of the election petition must be allowed to pay. Nothing is free in this world....haba. We want free education, school feeding programs and fr ...
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How many people pay TV license in Ghana? Those who were shouting for live coverage of the election petition must be allowed to pay. Nothing is free in this world....haba. We want free education, school feeding programs and free everything. How many people pay proper tax in Ghana? How many self employed, hawkers, kayayee pay tax in Ghana.

Until we have proper house addresses...until everybody/every_Ghanaian resident in Ghana is registered and given a unique identifier/social_security_number with information of children and spouse etc.....NOTHING WILL WORK.
MENSAH 10 years ago

Where is the GBC COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT? What GBC has is any media house and advertiser's dream.

If the commercial/business development dept can't see this, it should be scrapped now. It is useless

Where is the GBC COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT? What GBC has is any media house and advertiser's dream.

If the commercial/business development dept can't see this, it should be scrapped now. It is useless
raw 10 years ago

$66,000 a day x 30 days WOW! I think now that it has come out that they are earning such amount they should cross examine if they being paying their Tax properly!

$66,000 a day x 30 days WOW! I think now that it has come out that they are earning such amount they should cross examine if they being paying their Tax properly!
Ato 10 years ago

Not only that. We must now ask why in spite of such huge income, we the viewers are not getting commensurate quality TV shows on that channel.

As for the tax, the people who are managing the IRS are as equally useless as t ...
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Not only that. We must now ask why in spite of such huge income, we the viewers are not getting commensurate quality TV shows on that channel.

As for the tax, the people who are managing the IRS are as equally useless as those in the GBC so we also shouldnt expect much from them either. We will leave that subject for another day.
Steven Peprah 10 years ago

i would like to know since when the GBC have been making such a huge income per day.the GBC should be seriously audited. If gorverment instution sch as GBC can generate $66,000 a day why should docters ,teachers and so on be ...
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i would like to know since when the GBC have been making such a huge income per day.the GBC should be seriously audited. If gorverment instution sch as GBC can generate $66,000 a day why should docters ,teachers and so on be strike.
Timbuktu 10 years ago

The GBC can charge top dollar for 30-second commercial ads placed during the transmission of the SC proceedings.

The GBC can charge top dollar for 30-second commercial ads placed during the transmission of the SC proceedings.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

I WAS WATCHING THE PROCEEDINGS ON THURSDAY ONLINE. IFACT, WHEN THE COURT WAS ON RECESS, THE ENTIRE SCREEN WAS DARK FOR LIKE AN HOUR OR SO. IF YOU REMAIN IRRESPONSIBLE LIKR THIS. HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO BE PROFITABLE. INFACT, GBC ...
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I WAS WATCHING THE PROCEEDINGS ON THURSDAY ONLINE. IFACT, WHEN THE COURT WAS ON RECESS, THE ENTIRE SCREEN WAS DARK FOR LIKE AN HOUR OR SO. IF YOU REMAIN IRRESPONSIBLE LIKR THIS. HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO BE PROFITABLE. INFACT, GBC CEO MUST BE FIRED FOR HIS GROSS STUPIDITY. BRING IN SOMEONE KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE MEDIA N TV BUSINESS TO TAKE OVER. I WONT BE SUPRISED TO FIND OUT IF THE GBC HASNT MADE A PROFIT IN THE LAST 3 YRS. PLS, CHECK THE GBC BOOKS. HAS THE GBC HAD A POSITIVE CASH FLOW IN THE LAST 3 YRS? DONT USE THIS CURRENT LIVE COURT PROCEEDINGS TO COVER YOU INEFFICIENCIES AS GBC CEO.
Symbiosis 10 years ago

Yesterday, I made the following observations on Ghanaweb on this same issue.

"If that Don Chebe man is not capable of continuing the telecast of the most important subject matter in Ghana today he must resign forthwith.
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Yesterday, I made the following observations on Ghanaweb on this same issue.

"If that Don Chebe man is not capable of continuing the telecast of the most important subject matter in Ghana today he must resign forthwith.

It is incredible that GBC with sole coverage rights cannot find or strategize sponsorship schemes to alleviate its costs.

He himself admits that everybody wants to see this Supreme Court Show and he means he cannot translate this into tons of money??????????????

Why is it that our govts always pull these funny people out of their hats to head and run down our state institutions and make it seem that state institutions dont work??

Mark my word if or when the GBC drops this privilege to cover the trial, one of the other smaller TV stations will pick it up and make billions out of it."

Today, after sleeping and thinking over it, I am now saying that this is one of the greatest media bonanzas (opportunity) that has ever come our way in this country and Ghanaians are running away from it and like usual, we are making excuses as to why it cannot be done instead of brainstorming and creating reasons as to why it should and can be done.

Wrong people go into politics then they appoint wrong people to run state institutions to our collective disadvantage and loss.
john 10 years ago

Gabby is ignorant and uneducated fool.

Gabby is ignorant and uneducated fool.
john 10 years ago

Foolish Gabby

Foolish Gabby
Kbt 10 years ago

Respect.

Respect.
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

Tweah! The only person who appears foolish here is you! That's why you can't make any sense of what he said. In fact, he made a load of sense, and the earlier what he said are taken seriously the better for that god-forsaken ...
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Tweah! The only person who appears foolish here is you! That's why you can't make any sense of what he said. In fact, he made a load of sense, and the earlier what he said are taken seriously the better for that god-forsaken country!

I am sick and tired of people like you, whether you support the NDC or the NPP.

ANDY-K
Seidu 10 years ago

So call, John, it is your uneducated family who are fools, leaving on a fools paradise. you lack knowledge, as the bible says lack of knowledge my people perish. grow up,.

So call, John, it is your uneducated family who are fools, leaving on a fools paradise. you lack knowledge, as the bible says lack of knowledge my people perish. grow up,.
MENSAH 10 years ago

GOD PREPARES SEASONS:(CHANCES,OPPORTUNITIES,BREAKTHRIUGHS,BLESSINGS) AT CERTAIN TIMES IN ONE'S LIFE.
ONE HAS TO DISCERN THAT VERY TIME AND ACT ON IT TO TAKE THAT ADVANTAGE WHICH COMES BUT ONCE.
IT WOULD NOT INVOLVE ANY BRIB ...
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GOD PREPARES SEASONS:(CHANCES,OPPORTUNITIES,BREAKTHRIUGHS,BLESSINGS) AT CERTAIN TIMES IN ONE'S LIFE.
ONE HAS TO DISCERN THAT VERY TIME AND ACT ON IT TO TAKE THAT ADVANTAGE WHICH COMES BUT ONCE.
IT WOULD NOT INVOLVE ANY BRIBERY OR CORRUPT ACT,BUT THAT WHICH COMES DIRECTLY FROM GOD.
GOD PREPARES THE SEASONS,BUT THE TIMING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE,COMES FROM YOU AND I.WE ONLY HAVE TO DISCERN THAT VERY TIME AND TAKE ADVANTAGE ON IT.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN ECCLESTIASTICS3:1
"TO EVERY THING THERE IS A SEASON,AND A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE UNDER THE HEAVENS.
RECOGNIZE THE PACKAGE THAT COMES TO YOU IN EVERY DISTINCTIVE SEASON AND KNOW THE RIGHT ONE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AT THAT PARTICULAR INSTANT.
FOR TIME IS AT THE ESSECE.
TIME IS THE ONLY GIFT GIVEN TO MANKIND EQUALLY BY GOD:
IF YOU COME TO CANADA OR GO TO ENGLAND,RUSSIA,SOUTH AFRICA,GHANA,EGYPY,IN EVERY VILLAGE,TOWN OR CITY,THEY ALL HAVE 24 HOURS IN A GIVEN DAY.
HOW EACH PERSON USES THAT TIME,DETERMINES WHAT COMES TO HIM(HIS PAY OR REWARD).OUR REWARDS IN LIFE ARE DETERMINED BY THE KIND OF PROBLEM(S),"AS IN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES",WE USE OUR TIME IN CHOOSING TO SOLVE(DELIVER)
TIMING IS A VERY,VERY IMPORTANT WORD WE SHOULD NOT OVERLOOK.
ONE CAN MISS MILLION OF DOLARS AND OTHER HUGE OPPORTUNITIES,JUST BY WRONG TIMING:LATENESS,AS WELL AS,NOT ABIDING BY THE PROTOCOL IN ONE ENVIROMENT OR THE OTHER,AT A CERTAIN TIME.GOING TO A PERSON THAT CAN GUARANTEE AN OPPORTUNITY,IN A WRONG TIME.EG WHEN HE IS BUSY,IN A BAD MOOD,ETC.ONE CAN LOSE ON A LOT.
NAOMI ADVICED RUTH,HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW,:DO NOT GO TO BOAZ(THE RICHEST MAN IN BETHLEHEM),WHEN HE IS BUZY.
NAOMI WAS TEACHING RUTH,THE IMPORTANCE IN TIMING.
BE VERY ALERT IN REACTING ON TIMING,SO A GREAT ADVANTAGE/ OPPORTUNITY COULD BE HARNESSED AND NOT LOSS.
GBC COULD HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE ON THE LITTLE TIME,IN BETWEEN,THE ACTUAL PETITION PROCEDURE,AS COMMERCIAL TIME.
THEY MIGHT HAVE CASHED IN HUGE MONEY,BUT NOT COMPLAINING ON LOSING, RAHTER.
THEY HAVE NOT RECOGNIZED THE ESSENCE IN TIMING.
EVERTHING WE NEED OR WANT IN OUR LIVES ARE ALREADY AROUND US(IN OUR LIVES),ONLY AWAITING THE RECOGNITION OF IT.
HE WHO HAS EARS,LET HIM HEAR.
Daabodaaabo. 10 years ago

"NOTHING IS ERROR" AS A WISE MAN PRESCRIBED. IF TRUELY GBC IS COLLECTING MORE THAN $70,000 PER DAY THEN NO LUCRETIVE AVENUE IN GHANA IS LARGER LIKE THAT. EE!! GTV, I WISH YOU POOR WORK WELL DONE FOR COLLECTING $2100000 PER MO ...
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"NOTHING IS ERROR" AS A WISE MAN PRESCRIBED. IF TRUELY GBC IS COLLECTING MORE THAN $70,000 PER DAY THEN NO LUCRETIVE AVENUE IN GHANA IS LARGER LIKE THAT. EE!! GTV, I WISH YOU POOR WORK WELL DONE FOR COLLECTING $2100000 PER MONTH FOR YOUR NUMEROUS BLAMES ON TECHNICAL. HITCH.
Daabodaaabo. 10 years ago

A COMPANY WHICH IS EARNNING MORE THAN $70000 PER DAY COULD NOT TAKE CARE OF THE COMPANY SHOULD BE CLOSED FOR THE FAILURE TO PREVENT A HAVOC WITHIN A MONTH. CLOSE DOWN GBC, YOU ARE WASTE TO THE SYSTEM AS WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE ...
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A COMPANY WHICH IS EARNNING MORE THAN $70000 PER DAY COULD NOT TAKE CARE OF THE COMPANY SHOULD BE CLOSED FOR THE FAILURE TO PREVENT A HAVOC WITHIN A MONTH. CLOSE DOWN GBC, YOU ARE WASTE TO THE SYSTEM AS WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE MONIES GO
Whatever 10 years ago

If Gabby want a continuation of the live broadcast the he should pay for it and not ask GTV to resort to longwinding creativity over this when they already have offers of juicy advertising revenue already cooked for them

If Gabby want a continuation of the live broadcast the he should pay for it and not ask GTV to resort to longwinding creativity over this when they already have offers of juicy advertising revenue already cooked for them
Yaa Donkor 10 years ago

It is lack of innovation and vision. When the whole world's attention is glued to GTV during live telecast that is when to maximize returns on commercials.

It is lack of innovation and vision. When the whole world's attention is glued to GTV during live telecast that is when to maximize returns on commercials.
Nana 10 years ago

Truely Ghana needs people like you, and the more of you the better to move Ghana forward because of your insight.

Truely Ghana needs people like you, and the more of you the better to move Ghana forward because of your insight.
Fo Kofi 10 years ago

GBC CAN GET SPONSORS TO PAY FOR THIS TELECAST AND MAKE SOME MONEY!!!

GBC CAN GET SPONSORS TO PAY FOR THIS TELECAST AND MAKE SOME MONEY!!!
Barima Yaw 10 years ago

why

why
Woman's wisdom 10 years ago

It is far from the fact that GBC is loosing money by this live telecast. Rather, it is Jon Mahama and his NDC thieves who are scared of their timely disgrace that awaits them on their doorsteps. They have tried through thick ...
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It is far from the fact that GBC is loosing money by this live telecast. Rather, it is Jon Mahama and his NDC thieves who are scared of their timely disgrace that awaits them on their doorsteps. They have tried through thick and thin to stop this live telecast because they are unable to tell us the usual lies that thy are accustomed to because we are are watching it live. Shame on NDC shame on jon Mahama, and shame on the nkomfem president.
BRAVEBOY 10 years ago

This free market principle boy understands nothing than copying the white man. As we speak, the white man is by himself struggling to tame the animal he has created with greed as her motto.

Bankers excessiveness, corporat ...
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This free market principle boy understands nothing than copying the white man. As we speak, the white man is by himself struggling to tame the animal he has created with greed as her motto.

Bankers excessiveness, corporate interest above social interest, tax avoidance, etc. The system like every human system is so flawed that they are looking for answers in secret.

This is why Africa must fashion out her own systems and not just copy. If we were not following things blindly, this case would not have come to court in the first place. There is something called election reforms and even the white man will use that option than jump up to court on this massive scale.
Firstly, GTV is a public institution and I doubt if they can make those ventures he is suggesting. Secondly, I wonder, who in their right mind will pay to watch such a public show of a nation's stupidity. We watch because it is free, put a charge and people will leave or turn to radio.
I am very happy that by some good fate, Ghana did not see these current crop of NPP gurus in power and believe me, we have been spared some dangerous kamikaze experiments with our country. Ghana will do well matching on together for now, than allow ourselves to be rushed through a white man's system that is by itself creating extreme problems for the very originators. Free market works most times for the interest of strong nations or generously favoured nations, such as South Korea, India, and Singapore, but we Africans should not underestimate our potentials which is a direct worry to the west and thus their need to keep us in our place. If we are to fashion out our own destiny, deviants like Nana Addo and Gaba must be prevented from taking decisions for mother Ghana. This is a warning and we refuse it at our own peril.
Chabba 10 years ago

John Mahama and his NDC are smelling defeat and from the live TV broadcast, it is increasingly becoming difficult for them to execute any skulduggery to twist the verdict in their favour. Pulling off the plug on the live TV t ...
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John Mahama and his NDC are smelling defeat and from the live TV broadcast, it is increasingly becoming difficult for them to execute any skulduggery to twist the verdict in their favour. Pulling off the plug on the live TV telecast is the last kicks of a dying horse---a desperado effort. Recently John Mahama went to France and told a BBC correspondent, "I did not rig the elections and I know the SC will give the right verdict". When you hear I did not rig the elections.......I did not rig the elections.....then your guess is as good as mine.
Bobsam 10 years ago

Government job not GBC. Its a public service and the government pay for their services.
TV license is the job of the government not GBC. GBC is not a money making company, if the boss is saying it cost $66,765 tell the boss ...
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Government job not GBC. Its a public service and the government pay for their services.
TV license is the job of the government not GBC. GBC is not a money making company, if the boss is saying it cost $66,765 tell the boss he will lose his job for mismanaging. It shouldnt cost any extra money when GBC have all these Mobil Van and staff why should it be extra cost
DAVID AMPONSAH 10 years ago

you can put commercials wheslt you are showing the procedings.

you can put commercials wheslt you are showing the procedings.

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