Nigeria, May 22 -- Sate Television, a Nigerian TV producer, has asked UK's largest cable TV provider, Sky TV UK, to pay it £1 million within 21 days for alleged copyright infringement of its programme, "Urban Kitchen".

In a statement on Wednesday, the legal representative to Sate Television, Remedium Law Partners, also demanded N100 million from Solution Media and InfoTech Limited/Hi-Impact TV, a company registered in Nigeria and the UK, as compensation for allegedly "fraudulently broadcasting" Urban Kitchen "without due authorisation and permission" and another £250,000 for copyright violation.

Remedium is also demanding the airing of Urban Kitchen to stop immediately "until the formalisation of an agreement with Sate TV, pro...