StarTimes, the digital TV operator, and Eutelsat Communications have announced new multi-year agreements for accelerated roll-out of digital broadcasting services across Africa
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Nigeria committed to digital switchover date
The federal government has reiterated its commitment to achieve the June 2017 Digital Switch Over (DSO) deadline, in line with the directive of the global telecoms body, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to its member countries
Netflix comes to Africa
Movie and TV streaming service Netflix went live across Africa on 6 January 2016
South African TV households to grow 10 per cent by 2018
According to new research from Dataxis, the total number of TV households in South Africa will grow 10 per cent from end-2015 to end-2018
Africa’s pay-TV subscribers up to 15.9mn by Q2 2015
Dataxis has released data showing that the total pay-TV subscriptions across Africa amounted to 15.9mn subscribers as of Q2 2015