South Africa Digital TV News

MSNBC's free satellite TV launched in South Africa
Jan 21, 2008 – Satellite TV will never be the same in South Africa, as Free2view has unveiled southern Africa's newest window to the world, MSNBC Africa.
News categories: Free2View, Digital TV, Satellite, South Africa

MultiChoice Licenses onHandTV from S3
Jan 15, 2008 – Silicon & Software Systems (S3) has announced that leading Pay-TV operator MultiChoice has licensed S3's onHandTV™ Software Development Kit (SDK) for DVB-H to further develop their interactive Mobile Broadcast TV services.
News categories: Silicon & Software Systems, MultiChoice, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, South Africa

MultiChoice celebrates 2 million subscribers
Nov 28, 2007 – MultiChoice South Africa has announced that its combined subscriber base in South Africa and the Africa business has reached the two million mark.
News categories: MultiChoice, Africa, Digital TV, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers

Naspers Reports Growth And Increased Investment Activity
Nov 27, 2007 – Over the period the total pay-TV subscriber base grew by 109,000 to 2.3 million subscribers, with strong growth across the African continent. Irdeto shipped 26% more smart cards compared with the same period last year.
News categories: Naspers, Results Presentation, Africa, Broadband, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Greece, Results, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers

South Africa's MWeb to offer 'triple-play' service
Nov 22, 2007 – On November 25, MWeb will launch a discounted "triple-play" bundle of satellite pay-TV, broadband Internet access and voice telephony.
News categories: MWeb, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa

South Africa Announces Satellite And Cable Broadcasting Licences
Sep 12, 2007 – The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has granted broadcasting licences to: Walking on Water; On Digital Media; e-SAT; Telkom Media; and, MultiChoice Africa
News categories: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, Official Press Announcement, Cable TV, Digital TV, Satellite, South Africa, TV Services

CyberFund, Inc. Announces That ROK Powers Vodacom Live and On-Demand Mobile TV Service
Sep 5, 2007 – CyberFund, Inc. (OTCBB:CYFD) has announced that Vodacom, South Africa's leading cellular network with more than 24 million customers, is launching "MobileTVPlaya", its live and on-demand multi-channel mobile TV service, streamed over 2.5G GPRS cellphones.
News categories: Mobile, South Africa

OpenTV's High Definition PVR and PUSH VOD solutions selected by Multichoice South Africa
Aug 14, 2007 – OpenTV Corp. (NASDAQ GM: OPTV) has announced that MultiChoice South Africa (MCSA), the pioneer of multi-channel television in Africa and a Naspers group subsidiary, selected OpenTV as a key partner for the rollout of advanced digital television services on their DStv platform.
News categories: Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, South Africa

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