Broadcasting, Page 12
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Mon, January 20th, 17:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
SuperSport wins Olympics broadcasting rights
SuperSport International has been awarded the broadcasting rights for Sub-Saharan Africa for the Olympic Winter games in 2014 in Sochi, Russia, and the Olympic games in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. → Read more
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Mon, January 20th, 15:00 · Nick Sato
MultiChoice, Equity Bank partner to finance digital set-top box uptake
Equity Bank and DStv pay-television parent firm MultiChoice have announced a partnership to boost set-top box uptake in Kenya ahead of the anticipated migration to digital broadcasting. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 18:00 · Tom Jackson
DStv adds VOD feature to iOS app
South African pay-TV service DStv has added a new video-on-demand (VOD) feature to its iOS application allowing customers on its premium service to download videos from DStv Catch Up, also incorporating live streaming of sporting events in the SuperSport iOS and Android apps. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 09:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
Digital TV channels already being switched on in Kenya
Digital television channels are already being switched on in Kenya ahead of the digital migration scheduled for February, although radio remains the favoured media outlet in the country, shows a new report by the country’s regulator. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 15:00 · Nick Sato
COFEK meets CCK and pay-TV providers over free-to-air channels
The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) today met with pay-TV providers and the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) in a bid to iron out issues over free-to-air (FTA) channels not being free on pay-TV platforms ahead of the anticipated migration to digital broadcasting. → Read more
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Mon, January 13th, 16:20 · Nick Sato
GOtv says no monthly subscriptions for free-to-air channels
Kenyan pay-TV provider GOtv has moved to allay fears subscribers will have to pay a monthly subscription to access free-to-air (FTA) channels. → Read more
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Mon, January 13th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
DA calls for SABC breakup, sale of Telkom shares
South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has released its Communications Policy to form part of its 2014 election manifesto, calling for the breakup of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) into separate commercial entities and privatisation of other state-owned entities. → Read more
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Fri, January 10th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
Digital switchover in Nigeria to cost $426m – NBC
The analogue to digital switchover in Nigeria will cost around NGN68 billion (US426 million), according to the regulatory body in charge of Nigeria’s broadcasting industry, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). → Read more
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Fri, January 10th, 17:20 · Tom Jackson
Kenyan-Ugandan team launches Africa storytelling app
Ugandan Brian Asingia and Kenyan Franco Abott have launched DreamAfrica, a cross-platform app with illustrated e-books of African stories, and hope to scale into animated television series and game development in the future. → Read more
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Wed, January 8th, 15:40 · Tom Jackson
Tanzanian heritage digitalisation project seeks further funding
The Tanzania Heritage Project, which is digitalising over 100,000 hours of material held in the archives of the Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation, is seeking further funding to continue the process. → Read more
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Tue, January 7th, 18:20 · Tom Jackson
Rwanda sets new date for digital migration
The Rwandan government has set July 31 as the new date for the country’s migration from analogue broadcasting to digital following problems over the limited number of set-top boxes (STBs). → Read more
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Tue, January 7th, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
TMG sells Nu Metro cinemas for $7m
South Africa’s Times Media Group (TMG) has sold the country’s second largest cinema chain Nu Metro to local independent private equity firm One Fifty Capital for ZAR75 million (US$7.03 million). → Read more
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Tue, January 7th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
Ugandan media houses targeted by anti-porn bill
Ugandan media houses are set to be closed and their editors prosecuted once president Yoweri Museveni assents to the Anti-Pornography Bill passed by parliament at the end of last year. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA broadcasters criticise compulsory STB control systems
South African broadcasters and business associations have spoken out against the government’s decision to install a control system on all set-top boxes (STBs) in the forthcoming digital migration, questioning the decision’s legality and saying it places an “extra burden on consumers”. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 14:40 · Nick Sato
Kenyan analogue switch-off postponed pending appeal
The Kenyan Court of Appeal has ordered the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) to switch back on analogue broadcasting signal pending an appeal by media houses, with the transition to digital broadcasting in and around Nairobi now postponed until February 6. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 08:00 · Guest Post
Guest Post: Simbarashe Mabasha, co-founder, Wabona
In this exclusive guest post for HumanIPO, Simbarashe Mabasha, co-founder of online entertainment streaming service Wabona, discusses the emergence of Africa as a force in video entertainment, and looks forward to a future in mobile entertainment. → Read more
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Mon, December 23rd, 21:06 · Nick Sato
Kenya digital migration effective from today
The Kenyan High Court has dismissed a petition by three media houses - the Standard Group, Nation Media Group and Royal Media Services - against the immediate digital migration. → Read more
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Mon, December 23rd, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
FEATURE: DoC has reasons for optimism in 2014 after turbulent year
It has truly been a terrible year at South Africa’s Department of Communications (DoC). Yet another minister has gone, and until the last month of 2013 the department had achieved next to nothing in meeting its major targets. But two significant breakthroughs in the last weeks of the year may have raised hopes of a more enjoyable 2014. → Read more
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Fri, December 20th, 08:00 · Nick Sato
Kenyan journalists to challenge constitutionality of media bill
Kenyan journalists have announced they will go to court in a bid to challenge the new media bill signed into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta, which they insist will undermine the freedom of the press in the country. → Read more
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Thu, December 19th, 09:40 · Nick Sato
StarTimes subscribers to access free-to-air channels upon disconnection
Kenyan pay-TV provider StarTimes has announced it will provide access to at least six free-to-air channels upon the expiration of a subscriber’s monthly subscription. → Read more
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