TV & Radio in Africa.
Feb 7 2020
BBC Africa TV programmes are now available to viewers in South Africa on the popular free-to-air channel Soweto TV. The deal means viewers to Soweto TV also gain access to the BBC’s global news programme for Children produced by Angelina Jolie My World, multi-award-winning investigative series Africa Eye, weekly health, fitness and food programme Life […]
Jan 23 2020
Nigeria’s Communications Commission (NCC) has granted OneWeb permission to provide satellite communications over and into the giant country. OneWeb is not alone and the NCC has granted similar access licences to Inmarsat, Eutelsat, SES, Intelsat, Avanti’s Hylas-2, and the UAE’s Yahsat. To date, the NCC has not included SpaceX’s Starlink mega-constellation for access to the […]
Oct 2 2019
Zimbabwe, a nation that’s mired in corruption and by any normal measure is bankrupt, is looking for some $690 million (€632m) for its 2020 budget year in order to finance its media sector. Harare local newspaper, The Herald, is reporting that the cash is needed to ensure that citizens and international audiences receive news and […]
Jul 9 2019
Ethiopian private and public broadcasters, and the local media market are poised for growth following two agreements signed between SES and the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB), and the Ethiopian Broadcasting Cooperation (EBC) that will result in the creation of a dedicated Ethiopian TV environment. In particular, the AEB agreement will see the most popular […]
Apr 18 2019
At CABSAT, the Egyptian National Media Authority (ENMA) has selected Rohde & Schwarz R&S THU9evo transmitters for a multi-million Dollar contract to support their DVB-T2 network. After extensive evaluation of DVB-T2 transmitters from all leading vendors, Egypt’s ENMA has selected an advanced system solution from Rohde & Schwarz. To be installed at nine sites across […]
Mar 13 2017
African pay TV revenues will climb from US$4.4 billion (€4.1 billion) last year to reach US$6 billion by 2021, according to research by Dataxis. For the year ending 2016, Africa pay TV subscribers stood at approximately 18.7 million subscribers, representing an increase of approximately two million subscribers compared to the previous year. Of these 18.7 […]
BBC switch from SD to HD on satellite
Joint UK/international BBC News service from March
Loss of channels on Freesat 4K TV Boxes after a reset
Digital UK becomes “Everyone TV”
Rollout of BBC One HD for the English regions
ITVX launch month delivers 55% increase in ITV’s streaming viewing and 65% increase in online users
New Broadcast 2040+ researchBBC to switch off all SD satellite channels
ITV2/3/4 HD FTA
Feb 16 2021
BritBox South Africa to launch in 2021
BBC Studios and ITV today announced that their joint streaming venture BritBox will launch in South Africa in the second half of 2021. The ad-free subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming service will expand into its fifth worldwide territory, following successful launches in the US & Canada, the UK and, most recently, Australia. Last year BritBox announced […]
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By Expat • BritBox, South Africa • Tags: BritBox