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Digital switchover
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Sub-Saharan Africa: slow progress on switchover
As South Africa grinds through towards completion of its protracted switchover to digital TV, Sub-Saharan…
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South Africa makes renewed bid to shutdown analogue transmissions
South Africa’s Minister of Communications & Digital Technologies Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has given an update on…
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Vodafone Deutschland completes digital switchover
Vodafone Deutschland has completed the digitisation of its cable network, following the shutting down of…
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NetCologne and NetAachen kick off digital migration
Germany service provider NetCologne and its Aachen majority-owned joint venture NetAachen have kicked off the…
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South Africa adopts new market-driven strategy for 2020 digital switchover
The long-delayed digital switchover in South Africa will now take place by July 2020 at…
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ITU finalises coordination for Caribbean and Central American digital switchover
The ITU has finalised the coordination process that will enable digital switchover to go ahead in Central…
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Russian state broadcasting network taps Nevion for digital transition
The Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRN) has tapped technology outfit Nevio to provide…
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Ukraine moves ahead with digital switchover plan
Ukraine is moving ahead with plans to complete digital switchover at the end of this…
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South African minister moves forward on digital switchover
South Africa’s minister of communications Nomvula Mokonyane has named the members of the Broadcasting Digital…
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South Africa sets subsidised box deadline
The South African government’s communications department has set a deadline of March 31 for registration…
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UPC Austria completes digital switchover
Liberty Global’s Austrian unit has completed the digitization of its network. UPC Austria, which completed…
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Pay TV numbers rise in Kenya as DTT FTA boxes decline
Digital-terrestrial pay TV subscriptions are rising significantly in Kenya, while the number of free-to-air channels…
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South Africa edges closer towards digital switchover
South African communications minister Ayanda Dlodlo has reiterated her commitment to move the country’s sluggish…
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GatesAir supplying transmitters for Nigerian switchover
TV transmission technology provider GatesAir is providing transmitters for Nigeria’s ongoing digital switchover project, the…
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Georgia moves ahead with digital switchover
Georgia reportedly switched off its analogue TV feed in capital Tbilisi yesterday, with plans to…
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Belarus completes digital switchover
Belarus has completed its switch from analogue to digital TV, according to the Ministry of…
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Belarus to complete switchover tomorrow
Belarus will complete its digital switchover process on schedule tomorrow, according to the leading telco,…
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South Africa targets 84% of population in digital switchover
South Africa will now aim to cover 84% of the country’s total population with its…
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African countries agree switchover, allocation of 700MHz to mobile
Forty-seven sub-Saharan African countries have agreed on frequency coordination for digital switchover in 2015. According…
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Hungary’s digital switchover begins this week
Hungary is due to start its initial phase of digital switchover this week, with analogue…