Africa (Sub-Saharan) Digital TV News

Gateway to broadcast English soccer to Africa
Jun 4, 2007 – Gateway Telecommunications has raised $40 million to roll out a pay-TV service (GTV) that will broadcast English Premier League soccer games to sub-Saharan Africa.
News categories: Gateway Broadcast Services, Africa, Digital TV, Kenya, Malawi, Satellite, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

South Africa - High-Def TV satellite for 2010
May 25, 2007 – Sentech intends to launch at least one High Definition Television (HDTV) satellite channel in time for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
News categories: Sentech, Digital TV, Satellite, South Africa

South Africa - Telkom aims to launch pay-TV
Apr 27, 2007 – Telkom Media, majority owned by fixed-line phone operator Telkom, hopes to launch a cheap pay-TV service to rival Naspers’ monopoly, the company has said. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, South Africa

Kenya stops issuing analogue television licences
Mar 17, 2007 – Kenya has stopped issuing licences for analogue broadcasting in preference to the modern digital television broadcasting, the Minister for Information and Communications, Mutahi Kagwe, announced here Wednesday.
News categories: Digital TV, Kenya, Terrestrial

ARABSAT and LUXE.tv Launch First HDTV Channel in MENA
Mar 8, 2007 – ARABSAT has announced the official launch of “”LUXE.tv HD””, the very first High Definition TV channel to be broadcasted over the Middle-East & North-Africa region.” More …
News categories: Africa, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite

South Africa - Digital switch on in 2008
Mar 1, 2007 – South Africa will switch from analogue to digital broadcasting from 1 November 2008, government communications head Themba Maseko revealed last week.
News categories: Digital TV, South Africa, Terrestrial

Gateway Chooses NDS Content Protection for New African DTH Service
Feb 26, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has been selected by Gateway Communications to provide a security system, featuring its VideoGuard® conditional access (CA), for GTV its newly created satellite TV service for Sub-Saharan Africa.
News categories: NDS Group, GTV, Botswana, Burundi, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Satellite, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Gateway to launch pan-African pay-TV Service
Feb 22, 2007 – Gateway Communications has announced the launch of GTV, a pan-African pay-TV satellite delivered service. It will provide a unique bouquet of content with a subscription price aimed at penetrating the underserved African television market.
News categories: Gateway Communications, Africa, Digital TV, Satellite