Africa (Sub-Saharan) Digital TV News

Africa ends 1Q 2014 with 14.5 million pay TV subscribers
Jul 11, 2014 – According to Dataxis, at the end of March 2014 there were 14.5 million pay TV subscribers in Africa, up from 11.6 million at the same date in 2013, an increase over the year of 25%.
News categories: Dataxis, Africa, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Zambia contracts with StarTimes for DTT broadcasting system
Jul 10, 2014 – Zambia's Government has signed a US $9 million contract with Star Software Technology Company Limited of China for the supply, installation and commissioning of phase one of the National Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting System in the country.
News categories: StarTimes, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services, Emmanuel Mwamba, Bert Mushala, Ken Xie, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Terrestrial, Zambia

MultiChoice to add Intelsat satellite for Sub-Saharan Africa DTH
Jun 11, 2014 – Intelsat (NYSE: I) has announced that it has signed a 15-year service agreement with MultiChoice, Africa’s leading pay TV provider, on a new satellite to be added to the Intelsat network.
News categories: Intelsat, MultiChoice, Tim Jacobs, Kurt Riegelman, Africa, Content Distribution, Satellite

Asia Pacific compensates for North American pay TV revenue losses
May 28, 2014 – Global pay TV revenues [subscription fees and on-demand movies and TV episodes] will climb to $209 billion in 2020, up from $193 billion in 2013, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Simon Murray, Africa, Asia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Satellite, Terrestrial, Worldwide

MEA generates $8 billion pay TV revenues
May 21, 2014 – Digital TV penetration will reach two-thirds of total TV households in the Middle East & Africa region by end-2014; having crossed the halfway mark in 2011, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Africa, Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, IPTV, Market Research, Middle-East, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

HTTV to provide HbbTV head-end to Sentech
May 20, 2014 – HTTV has announced that it will supply httvStream, its flagship Head End product, to enable Sentech and South African broadcasters to deploy HbbTV services on Sentech's Direct To Home - Satellite (DTH - S) Platform.
News categories: HTTV, Sentech, Régis Saint Girons, Gordon Maynar, ANGA COM, Content Distribution, Digital TV, HbbTV, Satellite, South Africa

Verimatrix to secure Wananchi OTT services
May 19, 2014 – Verimatrix has extended its partnership with the Wananchi Group to secure the revenues of Zuku TV across DTH satellite, digital cable and IP-over-GPON networks, and later this year via over-the-top video services.
News categories: Verimatrix, Wananchi, Richard Alden, Steve Oetegenn, ANGA COM, Content Protection, Digital TV, Kenya, Streaming

Zambia launches Digital Migration Policy
May 16, 2014 – Zambia has launched its Digital Migration Policy to provide guidelines for signal distributors and to develop market structures and a licensing framework for the country's 2015 switch from analogue to digital television.
News categories: Information and Broadcasting Services, ZICTA, Digital TV, Terrestrial, Zambia

Global digital TV conversion almost complete by 2020
May 14, 2014 – Based on forecasts for 138 countries, the number of digital TV homes will increase by more than 1 billion between 2010 and 2020 to 1.68 billion – or up by 185%, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Africa, Asia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, Worldwide