{"id":139006,"date":"2024-01-15T07:14:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T07:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/15\/gtv-wins-viewership-war-over-dstv-twitter-poll\/"},"modified":"2024-01-15T07:14:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T07:14:01","slug":"gtv-wins-viewership-war-over-dstv-twitter-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/15\/gtv-wins-viewership-war-over-dstv-twitter-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"GTV wins \u2018viewership war\u2019 over DSTV \u2013 Twitter poll \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>For the past few days, GTV and DSTV have been at \u2018war\u2019 over the quality of graphics in their coverage of the\u00a02023\u20132024 AFCON.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two broadcasting stations began a social media banter, specifically on X (formerly Twitter), on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-46-838x1024.png\" alt=\"image 46\" class=\"wp-image-610615\" title=\"AFCON: GTV wins 'viewership war' over DSTV - Twitter poll 3\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>GTV and DSTV both said they had secured broadcast rights to show the AFCON 2023 games and wanted Ghanaian football fans to watch on their respective channels.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1705302840_325_image-44.png\" alt=\"image 44\" class=\"wp-image-610611\" title=\"AFCON: GTV wins 'viewership war' over DSTV - Twitter poll 4\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>In a bid to get more viewers on their respective channels, the two began to jab each other, with each telling how best they are and highlighting the flaws of the other.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1705302840_281_image-45.png\" alt=\"image 45\" class=\"wp-image-610613\" title=\"AFCON: GTV wins 'viewership war' over DSTV - Twitter poll 5\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1705302841_770_image-47.png\" alt=\"image 47\" class=\"wp-image-610616\" title=\"AFCON: GTV wins 'viewership war' over DSTV - Twitter poll 6\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>However, in a Twitter poll conducted by TV3 a day after the AFCON opener in Cote d\u2019Ivoire between the host country and Guinea-Bissau.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1705302841_639_image-48.png\" alt=\"image 48\" class=\"wp-image-610617\" title=\"AFCON: GTV wins 'viewership war' over DSTV - Twitter poll 7\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The results show that about 62% of netizens watched the<strong>\u00a0AFCON opener on GTV<\/strong>, while 32.4% watched on DSTV, followed by GOtv, which had 3.25% of netizens watching from their channel and StarTimes sitting last in the poll.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few days, GTV and DSTV have been at \u2018war\u2019 over the quality of graphics in their coverage of the\u00a02023\u20132024 AFCON. 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