Africa (Sub-Saharan) Digital TV News

DStv on Demand - Yet Another Viewing Platform from MultiChoice
Jun 5, 2008 – With DStv on Demand pc, subscribers are able to enjoy selected programming covering a full spectrum for download or online streaming.
News categories: MultiChoice, DStv on Demand, Digital TV, South Africa, Streaming

FonTV T-DMB mobile TV rolls out in Ghana
May 15, 2008 – After trials lasting nearly a year, Black Star Television has launched its T-DMB mobile TV service, FonTV, in collaboration with Ghana Telecom.
News categories: Digital TV, Ghana, Mobile

Eutelsat Communications reports 8.9% revenue increase
May 15, 2008 – Eutelsat (Euronext Paris: ETL) has reported financial information for the third quarter ended March 31, 2008. The markets of Russia, Africa, Turkey and the Middle East account for almost 60% of new video channels.
News categories: Eutelsat, Africa, Digital TV, Germany, Middle-East, Poland, Results, Russia, Satellite, Turkey, UK

Kenya - DStv Launches Mobile TV with Safaricom
Apr 29, 2008 – Safaricom and DSTV have announced the launch of the first Kenyan commercial Mobile TV service, available only on selected handsets.
News categories: DStv, Safaricom, Digital TV, Kenya, Mobile

Thomson's DVB-H Mobile TV solutions live in 11 Countries
Apr 12, 2008 – Thomson's (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) mobile TV solutions are now in commercial deployments in 11 of the 14 countries that already have DVB-H deployments.
News categories: Thomson, Albania, Content Distribution, Côte d'Ivoire, Digital TV, Italy, Kenya, Mobile, NABShow, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, UAE

Orange announces the launch of Orange cinéma séries, the first premium television service available on all platforms
Apr 7, 2008 – Orange has announced the launch of Orange cinéma séries, the only service of its kind in the world to offer premium television on TV, PC and mobile.
News categories: Orange, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Mauritius, Mobile, Poland, Satellite, Senegal, Slovakia, Spain, Streaming

Namibia takes the lead in mobile television
Mar 25, 2008 – MTC Namibia and MultiChoice Namibia have announced the launch of one of the world's most eagerly anticipated new consumer technologies - mobile television.
News categories: MultiChoice, MTC Namibia, 5G, Digital TV, Mobile, Namibia

Satellite Leads European Digitalisation
Mar 18, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced that according to its most recent annual reach study 83 per cent of the satellite TV households in Europe and North Africa are digitalized.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Africa, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, Market Research, Middle-East, Netherlands, Satellite, Spain, UK

South Africa - Digital TV starts in November
Feb 12, 2008 – South Africa is scheduled to start broadcasting digital TV on November 1 and will discontinue analogue broadcasts in 2011. Set-top Boxes may be subsidised.
News categories: Sentech, Digital TV, Set Top Box, South Africa, Terrestrial