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DVB-H service begins
Telecom operator Safaricom and DSTV Mobile have begun their DVB-H service, which will be officially launched on the 1st June.
The service will be available in Nairobi initially and offer 10 local and International channels including Super Sport Update, Super Sport 3, CNN, BBC World, KBC, Trinity Broadcasting network (TBN), Channel O, cartoon Network, magic world and Africa Magic.
DSTV Mobile is owned by Multichoice who have already launched DVB-H trial services in Namibia and with partners MTN in Nigeria
Source: Safaricom website
Item added: 6th May 2008



DMTV announces roll out of DVB-H in Kenya
Digital Mobile TV (DMTV) recently announced that it plans to launch a mobile TV service utilising DVB-H technology in Kenya. The service would allow users to view 10 live TV channels on their mobile phones.
DMTV CEO Francois Theron is reported to have said at a press briefing that the company is in the process of concluding an agreement with a mobile operator to market a service in Kenya and that this would make it the seventh country in the world to rollout the product.
The service will be provided in partnership with pay-TV operator Multichoice and the KBC.
Source: Telecompaper
Item added: 30th October 2007

Kenya to digitise by 2015
The Radio Communication Conference (RRC) held in Geneva from May 15 to May16th resulted in a major commitment from participating countries to switch from analogue to digital broadcasting services by 2015.
Assistant Minister for Information and Communication, Hon. Koigi wa Wamwere, who led the Kenyan delegation, said that with the new technology it would no longer be necessary for players in the broadcasting sector to invest in expensive infrastructure for transmission. “Investors will only be required to concentrate on content creation and leave the multiplex operators to handle the distribution of the programmes” he went on to say.
In his paper ‘Establishing a Viable Broadcasting Policy for Africa: What are the Stakes and Options?’ Hon. Koigi wa Wamwere, noted that Africa has no option than to digitise radio and TV broadcasting in line with the worlds change to digital technology or perish as a continent. He said that Africans were already starved of information about their own societies, countries, other African countries and the world.
’Our thirst for information is big and it must be quenched quickly’ He went on to say that for the people to have more information more radio and TV stations were required and because the spectrum was already crowded the only way to obtain the additional space required was through digitisation.
Source:Africa.com &   Thisdayonline
Item added: 4th September 2006

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