The government Ghana has set March 2016 as the new deadline for migration from analogue to digital broadcasting. Deputy Minister for Communications, Hon. Ato Sarpong, explained that the new migration would enable all broadcasting houses transmit on one free platform instead of broadcasting on different platforms which would help reduce ...
As the world marks the June 17th global deadline for analogue switch-off as per the International Communications Union (ITU) Geneva 2006 Agreement, Kenyans are expected to start paying for content from local TV stations apart from the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) which is free. According to a report by the ...
Contrary to persistent claims, the digital migration roll out has not set back democratic gains says President Uhuru Kenyatta. In his state of the nation address, Kenyatta said nothing could be further from truth, Kenyans should know that digital migration will unleash the full potential of this medium, expanding the ...
Plans to move from the analogue to digital mode of transmission are are now in full gear although the country lags behind other African countries who have already started or completed all their phases of digital migration albeit amid controversies. So far, the SA Department of Communications has Gazetted the amendm ...
From Blog.Harris.com Digital Migration in Africa has been dogged with controversies with the main issues being lack of awareness that caught broadcasters and viewers off guard, prices of Set top boxes, Competition between foreign and local investors within the media space and lack of adequate ...
From Blog.Harris.com Despite early preparations and Shs 132 bn injected into the digital migration process its quite evident that all is not in place and there is now an imminent threat of Uganda failing to meet the ITU set deadline for digital migration, necessitating the country ...
Weeks ago four broadcasters went off air one by one in front of baffled viewers after the Communications Authority forcefully disconnected the analogue signals belonging to the four, sparking accusations and counter accusations between the two parties. This is while at the same time roping in angry and certainly opinionated ...
The latest entrant into the digital migration debate is the ICT Association of Kenya which is now calling for a logical, systematic and methodical execution of the process in place of the haphazardness that hopelessly destroys a media ecosystem that has taken ages to evolve. In a statement, ICTAK Secretary ...
On Saturday 15 February 2015 Kenyans still watching KTN , NTV, QTV and Citizen channels dramatically saw the channels disappear starting with NTV followed by Citizen and Finally KTN and no the channels could not be found on pay TV channels either. Startled viewers were left frantically hitting their remotes, ...
From Blog.Harris.com In a confusing turn of events and without any warning, two broadcasters K24 and the state-owned Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) and have switched back to analogue mode of transmission barely two months after hey officially migrated in accordance to the December 31 2014 deadline. ...
After being dogged by challenges such as high cost of switching over for consumers, Uganda is now set to move to digital transmission in three months time although the exact date is still not known. The New Vision Uganda reports that the Uganda Communications Commission was to meet the parliamentary ...
Members of the Africa Digital Network , KTN, NTV AND Citizen will still maintain their analogue signals after a seven-judge bench ruled that the ruling from last year in a case against the Communications Authority will remain as they deliberate and give a ruling later. Last year, the two parties ...
Kenya is not the only country suffering setbacks in digital migration as it is reported that Nigeria's National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is yet to receive the N69 billion needed for the move from analogue to digital transmission. The Guardian reports that the money is needed for subsidy for some homes ...
CC image courtesy of Pvidija flickr Kenya’s switch from analogue to digital transmission has suffered many setbacks the main one being court cases but as they drama unfolds among broadcasters, some households are still using analogue transmission citing the high cost of set top boxes. In ...
The migration from analogue to digital broadcast in Kenya has witnessed unprecedented push and shove as stakeholders among them Communication Authority and ICT ministry on one hand race against time to roll out the crucial exercise before the June 17 2015 global deadline while three media houses on the other ...
Image Credit: umassmed.edu After announcing recently that digital migration in Kenya was on course, Kenya has now set Dec 30th as the deadline for Nairobi to move from analogue to digital and 30th January for the rest of the country. In a recent sitting, the Cabinet ...
Talks between Kenya's Communications Authority and stakeholders on the Analogue Switch Off dates are in high gear in a move that will allow Kenya to switch off analogue television signals in Nairobi and its environs. After Nairobi and its environs, other parts of the country will follow suit just before ...
Uganda is now officially set to embark on digital migration with the Uganda Communications Commission saying the project will kick next month ahead of the global deadline set for June year. According to the Daily Monitor all digital equipment has been procured and is ready for the switch with the ...
With the international Telecommunication Union deadline for global migration to digital terrestrial television set for June 17, 2015, countries across Africa are on the run to have the transition in good time ahead of the later. According to Tanzania’s Minister for Information, the operation has been smooth so far with ...
Following a court petition filed on the 26th of November by media houses; Nation Media Group, Standard Media Group and Royal Media Services against Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), the High Court has suspended the switch from analogue to digital to December 23rd. The suspension by Justice David Majanja is ...
Kenya has pushed digital migration from Analogue to June 2014 in a move the media owners say is all inclusive. The Daily Nation is reporting that Information Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i agreed to push the migration deadline to June next year after meeting the president. Matiang'i is yet to discuss ...
Migration to from analogue to digital broadcasting could earn Nigeria close to $2 billion from the sale of frequency in the spectrum which will have been freed up as a result of the transition. This was said by Mr. Edward Amana, The Chairman, Fatora Consult Limited, while speaking at the ...
image: Pesatalk.com Uganda has began its migration to digital broadcasting, after the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) officially received the signal distribution equipment, marking the commencement of simultaneous broadcasting of the digital and analogue signals in the country’s capital. Commenting on the migration process, Engineer Godfrey Mutabazi, ...
