Kenya: Why The Nation Is Enthusiastic About the Shift From Analogue to Digital TV

This year, Kenya will migrate its four million analogue TV viewers to the digital platform. The switch over is the culmination of a journey that started in 2006, during the World Radio Conference in which all countries of the world agreed to adopt digital TV broadcasting by 2015.   Subsequently, the Ministry of Information and Communications set up the Digital Television Committee (DTC) to spearhead the implementation and to advise the Government on the migration process. The DTC is made up of representatives from the Ministry of Information and Communications, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, private broadcasters, National Communications Secretariat and the ICT sector regulator – the Communications Commission of Kenya.   One of its first tasks was to advise the Government on the appropriate digital technology, which led to the adoption of the DVB T standard that the public broadcaster, KBC, subsequently used to deploy the digital platform in Nairobi and its environs. In 2010, the Government resolved to upgrade to the DVB T2 standard, which has better spectral efficiency.   KBC subsequently upgraded its digital platform to the DVB T2 standard, which is now available in Nairobi and its environs. Most regions of the country are expected to be covered before the end of this year. More… Source: AllAfrica

May 15, 2012