Kemisola Oye
IN a dramatic twist reminiscence of mass protests, thousands of Emmanuel TV fans, the broadcasting arm of Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) are moving away with enthusiasm from the DStv cable platform to Free to Air (FTA) Decoder.
This followed the delisting of the channel on the 17th of January this year from the MultiChoice platform following allegations which viewers have described as “flimsy and spurious”.
MultiChoice had reportedly written to SCOAN alleging that viewers of Emmanuel TV were no longer strong enough for it to retain the Christian channel on its stable.
But SCOAN disagreed with the pay-TV position even as the Church requested empirical proof which MultiChoice allegedly failed to provide but still went ahead to remove the channel in what some SCOAN members described as a “premeditated decision”.
Eighteen-Eleven Media reports that Emmanuel TV has hitherto been under pressure and attack for “airing offensive broadcasts against the mental health of some people in the world”. Those in this category are of the LGTBQ school who manifested and received deliverance during SCOAN’s services. “This obviously is the crux of the matter as the church has no control over whom the holy spirit would arrest during its church services”, a member of the church who craved anonymity told our correspondent.
A career diplomat who does not want his name in print weighed in on the issue.
“I really don’t have facts on the matter but my immediate thought from the smokes was that it has to do with the same issue YouTube frowned at which is talking about homosexuality. The West is very intolerant of any criticism of the demonic practice. DStv may actually be fighting a proxy war for the West” he said.
Meanwhile, SCOAN in its Sunday service had announced its migration from DStv, GOtv and all other pay cable platforms asking all Emmanuel TV viewers across the globe to follow suit to Free To Air FTA High Definition HD Decoder, Apple TV, FireTV stick, Roku TV, Google TV all to be downloaded on the Apple Store and Google Play where “accessing Emmanuel TV is about to become more versatile, more convenient and more reliable”.
Eighteen-Eleven Media