Joy Prime
Joy Prime is one of the Multi TV channels that broadcasts on digital television. The Multi TV channel is a free-to-air multiple channel digital-direct to home TV service, which belongs to the Multimedia Broadcasting Company Limited. Other channels on Multi TV are Adom TV and Joy News.
Joy Prime has 10.6% audience share among all TV channels in the country, according to Geopoll, a mobile survey platform (January – March 2017). However, the station has a reach of 74% nationwide.
It mainly shows African movies, telenovelas, foreign movies, reality shows, African and Foreign series, lifestyle shows, children’s programmes and live European soccer.
Joy News is owned by the Multimedia Broadcasting Company Limited of which Mr. Kwasi Twum is the majority shareholder at 92.5% while the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) owns 7.5% of the remaining shares. Twum served as an Executive Chairman of Ridgecrest Services Ltd. He is an Executive Council Member of the Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) and a Member of the Board of SOS Children’s Villages, Ghana. GBC is wholly owned by the government of Ghana.
Joy Prime was set up in 2009 by the Multimedia Broadcasting Company Limited. Multimedia Broadcasting Company Limited started its operation in 1995 with a radio station called Joy FM broadcasting from Accra. Over the past two decades, then it has grown to become a conglomerate operating other media outlets such as Adom FM, Hitz FM, Asempa FM, Nhyira FM, Luv FM, myjoyonline, adomonline.com etc.
Audience Share
10.6%
Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
National
Content Type
Free-to-air satellite channel
Media Companies / Groups
Multimedia Broadcasting Limited
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Ownership Structure
Joy Prime is broadcasted on Multi TV which belongs to the Multimedia Broadcasting Company Limited. Kwesi Twum is majority shareholder (92.5%) and state-owned Ghana Broadcasting Corporation a minority shareholder (7.5%). There was a spelling mistake in the available profile at the Registrar General's Department "Multimesia Broadcasting Limited". According to online information, Multimedia Broadcasting Limited belongs to Multimedia Group Limited. However, no profile was available for Multimedia Group Ltd. at the Registrar General's Department.
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Individual Owner
Company
General Information
Founding Year
2009
Founder
George Kwesi Twum
Affiliated Interests Founder
Kwasi Twum founded Joy FM, the first private radio station in Ghana, and he has built a media empire, running Multimedia Group Limited. He is also Executive Council Member of the Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA).
Ceo
George Kwesi Twum
Affiliated Interests Ceo
see above
Editor-In-Chief
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Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
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Other Important People
David Anaglate
Dr. (Col.) Daniel Twum
Henry Dei
Isaac Quartey
Kwasi Lorantef
Affiliated Interests other important people
Director of Multimedia Broadcasting Limited
Contact
Multimedia Company Ltd.;355 Faanofa Street, KokomlemleP.O.Box GP 17202, Accra
Financial Information
Revenue (in Mill. $)
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Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
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Advertising (in % of total funding)
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Market Share
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Further Information
Meta Data
Audience share from TV Stations based on a Geopoll report (Jan.-March 2017).
Registrar General's Department. Date of Registration 1995-02-27. Multimedia Broadcasting Company Limited – BN-60,226. Accessed in May 2017.
