Africa (Sub-Saharan) Digital TV News

Wananchi and Cisco Sign Multiyear Contract to Take Triple Play to Next Level
Aug 2, 2010 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced that the Wananchi Group, Africa's pioneering provider of triple-play and VSAT services, has signed a contract for the purchase of Cisco® network technology solutions and services in East Africa.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Wananchi, Burundi, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Set Top Box, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Multichoice launches DStv MOBILE on Vodafone live!
Jul 27, 2010 – DStv MOBILE (JSE: NPN)(LSE:NPSN) has launched a streaming Mobile TV service on Vodafone live!, the multimedia portal of Vodacom (JSE: VOD). Subscribers are able to view 11 channels and a wide range of on-demand video clips.
News categories: DStv, Vodacom, MultiChoice, 5G, Mobile, South Africa

Kenya and Tanzania favouring ISDB-T for DTT
Jul 14, 2010 – Ministers of Communications from Kenya and Tanzania have told Brazilian Presidential adviser André Barbosa that they are working in favour of the adoption of ISDB-T for digital terrestrial television (DTT) in their countries.
News categories: Digital TV, ISDB-T, Kenya, Tanzania, Terrestrial

IDC Signs Agreement with Wananchi for DTH in Africa
Jun 30, 2010 – International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC) has announced that the Company has entered into an agreement with The Wananchi Group for the development, build up and roll-out of a DTH broadcasting service for Sub-Saharan Africa.
News categories: Wananchi, International Datacasting, East Africa Capital Partners, Africa, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box

MultiChoice selects Pace to develop second-generation HD PVR
Jun 9, 2010 – South Africa-based pay TV operator, Multichoice (JSE: NPN)(LSE:NPSN), has chosen Pace plc (LSE:PIC), its existing HD technology partner, to develop a second generation high definition (HD) personal video recorder (PVR).
News categories: Pace plc, MultiChoice, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa

Altech UEC STB Underpins Successful TopTV Launch in South Africa
Jun 8, 2010 – Altech UEC (Johannesburg: ALT) has confirmed that the South African satellite subscription service provider, TopTV, has successfully launched UEC's purpose built STB in what has become one of the most successful Pay TV launches in recent times.
News categories: UEC, TopTV, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa

MultiChoice launches affordable PVR decoder
May 27, 2010 – Multichoice (JSE: NPN)(LSE:NPSN) has launched a much more affordable PVR decoder that is also capable of delivering HD programmes. The HD PVR 2P decoder is released in time for the FIFA World Cup to give South Africans the chance to experience the benefits of PVR.
News categories: Multichoice, DStv, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa

SMART TV DTT launches in Ghana
May 12, 2010 – Ghana has become the first African country to have SMART TV, a new digital terrestrial television service. The service was launched by Next Generation Broadcasting AB (NGB) in collaboration with Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) with commercial roll-out expected in the coming weeks.
News categories: Next Generation Broadcasting AB, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, SMART TV, Digital TV, Ghana, Terrestrial

Ghana targets 2013 for analogue switchover
May 7, 2010 – The Secretary of Ghana's National Digital Broadcasting Migration Technical Committee (NDBMTC) has announced that the committee has set 2013 as the time frame for the completion of the country's migration to digital TV.
News categories: Digital TV, Ghana, Regulation, Terrestrial