For years, Nigeria’s pay-TV giants have played a calculated game, locking free-to-air (FTA) channels—meant to be freely accessible—inside overpriced subscription bun­dles while controlling adver­tising revenue and shutting out smaller broadcasters. Now, their stranglehold on the industry may finally be slipping, as the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) signals a potential reg­ulatory shake-up that could change everything. […]