Botswana says it will switch off its analogue transmissions in March next year. This is not the first time the country has set a date. Its last target was for June 2015 which was missed. However, the country’s Deputy permanent secretary for Information & Broadcasting Services, Mogomotsi Kaboeamodimo, said migration to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) […]
India, which has managed to miss just about every one of its self-imposed targets to switch off analogue transmission and to convert the population’s TV viewing to digital broadcasting, has hit the buffers again. This time it is a “dire shortage” of set-top boxes. India’s latest absolute cut-off date for the balance of homes to […]
Mexico says it is on track to fully convert the nation’s homes to all-digital viewing. It has already donated 4.6 million digital TV sets (at a rate of 30,000-40,000 per day) to poorer families, and says it estimates about another 10 million will be given away. Mexico wants to switch off its analogue transmissions by […]
The analogue to digital switchover in Kenya has not done favours for many viewers, especially those in the country areas. A study by survey specialists Geo-Poll found that 37 per cent of Kenyans surveyed in July had not bought a digital decoder box. Ownership was slightly better in Nairobi’s urban area where 72 per cent […]
Despite some problems (and Thai TV declining to take up its digital licences) Thailand’s National Broadcasting Telecoms Commission (NBTC) says it is confident that it will have some 39 new digital stations up and running, NBTC committee member Supinya Klangnarong chaired a meeting in Bangkok with all service providers, which include Mass Communication Organization of […]
Exset, a pioneer of TV ecosystems for enhanced digital TV services, has partnered with Istanbul-based Atmaca Electronik , owners of the ‘Sunny’ brand in Turkey. The partnership is designed to deploy Exset’s DMS 2.0 in the country as it moves along the path towards digitisation. Exset’s DMS allows operators to provide value-added services via broadcast […]
China’s Star Times Group is suing the Government of Ghana for $200 million over a cancelled – and allegedly – wrongfully terminated contract. The agreement covered the building and establishing the nation’s Digital TV system. The action will be heard at London’s International Commercial Court. The contract was awarded back in April 2012, and the […]
Lagos Nigeria broadcaster TV Continental has bought 100,000 satellite decoders for distribution nationwide. TV Continental, already highly-regarded for its TVC News channel, says the move is to ensure consumers do not miss out as the nation slowly transitions from analogue to digital TV. Deputy CEO of TVC, Lemi Olalemi, said, “While 100,000 might seem small […]
Uganda’s digital switch-over is underway. Kampala city is already all-digital and its suburbs will go dark as far as analogue TV is concerned on July 31st. A final and absolute switch-off of analogue transmissions would take place on August 31st. Uganda’s Communications Commission and its Director for Broadcasting Fred Otunnu said the July 31st switch-over […]
A report from India’s Television Post says that the pace of installing digital set-top boxes in India’s Phase III towns is “agonisingly slow” and that MSOs face a “herculean task” in digitising their networks. Siti Cable’s COO Anil Malhotra says the distribution of boxes is barely one tenth of that needed in order to meet […]