Kenya

TV migration suffers from funding shortfall

12 Dec 2011

According to business daily a lack of funds will hamper Kenya's migration from analogue to digital TV in 2012. The report says that the government

Kenya to scrap tax on digital set-top boxes after EAC deal

05 Dec 2011

Kenya has won approval from its East African Community (EAC) partners to remove taxes on set-top digital TV converter boxes, according to reports

Broadcasters to jointly apply for 3rd DTT licence

28 Nov 2011

All of Kenya's free-to-air television broadcasters will form a joint company to obtain a licence to broadcast digital signals across the country

Multichoice launches GoTV

19 Sep 2011

DStv owned by MultiChoice has launched a low-cost pay-TV product called GoTV, which in partnership, with state-owned Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

Kenya's KBC confident about digital migration deadline

29 Aug 2011

Kenyan national broadcaster KBC has announced that it is ready to ensure that the necessary infrastructure for DTT migration is in place. MD

Tender for DVB-T2 DTT

28 Feb 2011

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has released a tender asking for interested parties to “express their interest” in two more

DTT in Kenya officially launched

14 Dec 2009

President Mwai Kibaki officially launched DVB-T based Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) broadcasting in Kenya at a ceremony in the grounds of

  The Digital Transition Begins

16 Nov 2009

Kenya began its official journey from analogue to digital TV on the 31st September 2009, when the state broadcaster KBC started the migration from

DVB-H mobile TV service agreement

22 Jun 2009

Kenyan mobile operator Safaricom has signed an agreement with Nokia and DMTV concerning the DVB-H mobile TV service in the country. The agreement

DVB-H service begins

06 May 2008

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

DMTV announces roll out of DVB-H in Kenya

30 Oct 2007

Digital Mobile TV (DMTV) recently announced that it plans to launch a mobile TV service utilising DVB-H technology in Kenya. The service would

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