South Africa Digital TV News

IMPALA welcomes inclusion of MHEG-5 in South Africa DTT trial
Feb 2, 2009 – The International MHEG Promotion Alliance (IMPALA) has confirmed that MHEG-5 is included as part of the recently started DTT trial in South Africa. The DTT trial, which began in November, is designed to test a variety of technical factors.
News categories: IMPALA, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Set Top Box, Smart TV, South Africa, Terrestrial

Intelsat, Convergence Partners Form New Dawn Joint Venture to Grow Africa's Telecommunications Infrastructure
Dec 9, 2008 – Intelsat has announced a joint venture with a South African investor group to build and launch a new satellite optimized to deliver wireless backhaul, broadband and television programming to the African continent.
News categories: Intelsat, Convergence Partners, Africa, Content Distribution, Satellite, South Africa

South Africa Issues Tender For The Provision Of Mobile Television
Dec 9, 2008 – The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has published an Invitation To Apply (ITA) calling for interested individual Electronic Communications and Broadcasting licensees to apply to provide mobile digital TV services.
News categories: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation, South Africa

Naspers Limited Interim Results
Nov 26, 2008 – Naspers (JSE:NPN, LSE:NPSN) has announced its results for the six months ended September 2008. Pay-television (Multichoice) recorded exceptionally strong growth of 171,000 new subscribers. Irdeto shipped 8.3m units in 1H FY08.
News categories: Naspers, Multichoice, Irdeto, Angola, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, Ghana, Kenya, Middleware, Mobile, Namibia, Nigeria, Results, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Three years of phenomenal growth for DStv Compact
Nov 12, 2008 – MultiChoice's DStv Compact Bouquet has played a large part in the phenomenal growth of DStv over the last 3 years. The total DStv base is now at over 1.5 Million subscribers, with Compact making up almost 25% of these.
News categories: MultiChoice, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers

SecureMedia and Goal Technology Solutions Embrace "Broadband Over Powerlines" to Distribute Secure Digital Entertainment
Nov 3, 2008 – Goal Technology Solutions and SecureMedia have announced that Goal Technology will launch its comprehensive end-to-end IPTV Triple Play services across it's GoalNet Network, protected by SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE CA/DRM System.
News categories: SecureMedia, Goal Technology Solutions, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Fibre, IPTV, Smart Home, South Africa, Video Exchange

Irdeto Secures Africa Debut of High Definition Personal Video Recorder
Sep 12, 2008 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has collaborated with MultiChoice (JSE: NPN) in launching its DStv HD PVR. Content stored on the PVR hard drive is encrypted using a unique key stored on the Irdeto smart card, unlike other systems that use fixed encryption keys.
News categories: Irdeto, MultiChoice, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa

A newcomer is shaking up satellite television in Africa
Aug 14, 2008 – Gateway Communications's satellite-television subsidiary GTV, a company created just over a year ago, has signed up more than 100,000 customers in 20 countries - which, it reckons, translates into 1.25m regular viewers.
News categories: Gateway Communications, GTV, Africa, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Digital TV, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Satellite, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Subscribers, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

MultiChoice South Africa to launch HD service with Pace in time for 2008 Olympics
Aug 8, 2008 – Pace (LSE:PIC) is supplying its TDS850IMC HD personal video recorder (PVR) for the launch of MultiChoice South Africa's high definition (HD) service.
News categories: Pace plc, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa