With two years to the2015 internationally agreed analogue switch-off deadline, Tanzania is the Only East African country to switch off its analogue television signal. The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) switched off analogue signal transmission in Dar es Salaam on December 31, 2012 at midnight. There…

The government plans to switch off all analogue televisions on December 31st. Does the digital migration deadline make any sense to you? Can the average Kenyan afford to make the switch when January is just around the corner?

GOtv has finally unveiled its long awaited new channel bouquet dubbed GOtv plus. The bouquet is available to subscribers in Nairobi at a monthly subscription rate of KES 849. Among the new channels available on the GOtv Plus bouquet are: SuperSport Blitz Nat Geo Wild MTV…

Nairobi residents, and its environs, have up to 31st December 2012 to buy set top boxes or risk losing TV reception as the communications regulator (CCK) plans to switch off analogue TV signal in Nairobi. Once the signal is switched off on December 31st 2012, television…

The communications industry regulator (CCK) postponed its self-imposed December 2012 national deadline for digital migration to after next year’s General Election. The high cost of acquiring set top boxes was cited as the prohibiting factor to the digital migration. Just how have the providers reacted to this?

To celebrate mark its Christmas-themed offer, StarTimes media has reduced the price of its decoders by KES 1,000. As of 1st November to 31st December, StarTimes decoders retail at KES 1,999 from KES 2,999. Under this offer, purchasing a decoder and subscribing to a…

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has licences 60 new dealers in set-top boxes, which will increase the number of licensed dealers from four to 64 as the country approaches a complete transition from Analog into the Digital TV Signal.