Kenya Digital TV News

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

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation-DStv to launch Mobile television
Oct 24, 2007 – Television viewership in the country is set to undergo a major transformation following the partnering by national broadcaster KBC with Digital Mobile Television (DMTV) Limited to bring mobile TV to the country.
News categories: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), DStv, Digital TV, Kenya, Mobile

Kenya to switch to digital TV by 2012, says information minister
Oct 4, 2007 – On 17th June 2015 it will be mandatory that all TV stations countrywide switch from the current Analogue format to new digital broadcasting format.
News categories: Digital TV, Kenya, Terrestrial, TV Services

New Sub-Saharan pay television to broadcast in 18 African countries
Jun 23, 2007 – A new Pay TV company has begun beaming its programmes in the five East African countries before rolling out to 13 other African countries in an ambitious project. More …
News categories: Africa, Digital TV, Kenya, Malawi, Satellite, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Strong growth forecast for MENA pay TV
Jun 19, 2007 – The pay TV market in the Middle East and North Africa will grow by 36% over the next five years. Informa Telecoms & Media's report shows that the region's 4.5 million pay TV subscribers at end-2006 will grow to 6.1 million in 2012.
News categories: Africa, Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Cable TV, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Market Research, Middle-East, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Satellite, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Zimbabwe

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

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

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