LandscapeHD launching in Africa
July 30, 2013
The first commercial DTH satellite broadcasting of a linear 1080p television channel will commence in Africa later this year, as the result of the agreement by Sahara Media of Tanzania to broadcast the Landscape Channel in full HD, commencing this autumn.
LandscapeHD will be available throughout Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Malawi, Mozambique and Burundi with a satellite footprint covering East and Central Africa. LandscapeHD is a free-to-air languagelesss instrumental music channel showing the natural world in the highest technical quality available to satellite broadcasters.
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