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Thu, December 19th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
Ugandan entrepreneur appears on CNN’s ‘African Start-Up’
Issac Oboth, a Ugandan entrepreneur and founder of Media256, last night became the first African entrepreneur to appear on CNN’s new ‘African Start-Up’ programme. → Read more
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Tue, December 17th, 16:00 · Nick Sato
Kenyatta signs into law controversial media bill
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law the controversial Kenya Information and Communication (Amendment) Bill two weeks after parliament adopted contentious proposals recommended by him. → Read more
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Tue, December 17th, 13:20 · Selipha Kihagi
Cameroon holds sensitisation seminar for telecom operators
The Telecommunications Regulatory Board (TRB) of Cameroon has held a two-day sensitisation seminar on the regulatory procedures for use of spectrum for radio-electrical frequencies, bringing together operators from different regions in the country. → Read more
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Tue, December 17th, 10:10 · Nick Sato
CNN Launches ‘African Start-Up’ Programme
CNN International announced yesterday (Monday) it is launching a new programming strand that will shine the spotlight on African startups and entrepreneurs. → Read more
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Mon, December 16th, 18:20 · Nick Sato
CCK drops charges on digital broadcast signal distribution
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has today (Monday) reviewed downwards tariffs for digital signal distribution in a move geared towards facilitating a smooth migration from analogue to digital television broadcasting. → Read more
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Mon, December 16th, 10:40 · Tom Jackson
Court challenge to StarSat porn channels launched
A non-profit organisation is preparing another legal challenge to the launch of porn channels on South African pay-TV service StarSat, the rebranded TopTV. → Read more
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Fri, December 13th, 10:20 · Richard Cutcher
Ghana introduces standard for STBs
Ghana’s communications regulator has introduced a standard quality for the set-top boxes needed for the digital migration that must take place by June 2015. → Read more
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Thu, December 12th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
SABC denies allegations it censored Zuma ‘booing’
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has denied allegations by the City Press newspaper it banned broadcasts of President Jacob Zuma being booed during Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in Johannesburg on Tuesday. → Read more
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Thu, December 12th, 06:00 · Nick Sato
Kenya’s energy ministry launches journalism awards
Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has launched its Journalism Excellence Awards (EJEA), aimed at promoting accurate and comprehensive coverage of energy matters in the country. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 18:00 · Tom Jackson
OPINION: Kenya’s digital migration chaotic until the end
The ruling issued by Kenya’s High Court to temporarily suspend Nairobi’s planned analogue broadcasting switch-off to December 23 while a suit filed by three media houses challenging the migration is held casts further doubt on the likelihood of the move going ahead before next year. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 10:30 · Selipha Kihagi
Rwanda holds conference on media development
Rwanda will hold its fifth annual National Dialogue on Media Development today (Wednesday), aimed at discussing how to improve the country’s media landscape with more than 200 delegates within the country and beyond expected to attend. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 09:30 · Nick Sato
Kenya suspends digital migration date
Kenya’s High Court has issued a ruling temporarily suspending Nairobi’s planned digital migration from analogue broadcasting to December 23, 2013, to allow the determination of a suit filed by three media houses challenging the migration. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SABC collecting Mandela tributes
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has set up a range of forums to collect condolences and tributes from members of the public following the death of former president Nelson Mandela. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 06:00 · Nick Sato
Kenya’s Kiss TV relaunches
Kenyan free-to-air entertainment television channel Kiss TV has relaunched, four months after it shut down most of its broadcasting departments after a series of losses. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 17:30 · Nick Sato
Kenyan court orders submissions over digital migration case
Kenya’s High Court has ordered the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), the attorney general and all interested parties to file their submissions as soon as possible as to why they are opposed to the constitution of a three-judge bench that is set to hear a petition against them by media companies. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA digital TV signal to be switched on by April
Digital television signal will be switched on in South Africa by April 1, 2014, although a date for analogue signal switch-off has not yet been determined, according to the latest gazetted amendments to the Broadcasting Digital Migration Policy. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 13:30 · Tom Jackson
Tanzanian enterprise leveraging entertainment for e-learning
Tanzanian social enterprise Ubongo will next month launch Ubongo Kids, an interactive cartoon which allows children to participate via SMS, on national television, while launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for further rollouts. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 11:30 · Nick Sato
GOtv, K24 in partnership to provide free decoders
Kenyan pay-TV company GOtv and K24 have launched a digital migration partnership that will mean K24 viewers are rewarded with decoders daily in a bid to cushion its viewers ahead of the analogue switch-off . → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 17:30 · Richard Cutcher
ICASA warns media over Mandela funeral broadcasting
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has advised international broadcasters planning to cover former president Nelson Mandela’s funeral they will need the relevant licenses. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
Naspers reaches $100 share price
Naspers, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)-listed multimedia giant, pushed above the ZAR1,000 (US$95) share price mark this morning, the result of strong foreign investments and the weak rand. → Read more
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