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Mid East & Africa
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DStv replaces ESPN with SuperSport 9
MultiChoice-owned South African pay TV provider DStv has added sports channel SuperSport 9 to its…
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GlobeCast and Arabsat team up for North African platform
GlobeCast and Arabsat have struck a partnership to offer a new channel platform targeting North…
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Pace strikes deal to make MultiChoice DVRs in South Africa
Set-top manufacturer Pace has struck a deal with South African pay TV broadcaster MultiChoice to…
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South Africa’s Platco Digital to launch FTA DTH platform
Satellite operator SES has signed a contract with South African independent broadcaster e.tv to broadcast…
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Trace to launch interactive music service and mobile brand
Trace, the French youth-focused thematic channel provider, is to launch a new personalised, interactive streaming…
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South Africa’s SuperSport to launch new channels
South Africa’s SuperSport is to launch new HD sports channels on the DStv pay TV…
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Al Jazeera secures MENA English Premier League deal
Al Jazeera Sport has secured rights to English Premier League football in the Middle East…
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New Iraqi bouquet launches on Arabsat
Iraqi government-backed holding company The Iraqi Media Network has launched a new bouquet of Iraqi…
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ViewSat doubles up with MENA expansion plans
Satellite service provider ViewSat is expanding its footprint in the Middle East as demand for…
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Fox names Europe and Africa production chief
Fox International Channels (FIC) has named Jo McGrath as head of production, FIC Europe and…
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YahSat names new CEO
Middle East satellite operator YahSat has named Masood M Sharif Mahmood as its new CEO….
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TVC News launches on Sky in UK
Nigeria-based pan-African news channel TVC News has launched on BSkyB’s platform in the UK. TVC…
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Beta Film’s Autentic plans more Spark channel launches
Autentic has launched a new factual and entertainment channel – Spark – in South Africa….
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MultiChoice adds Cape Verde Television and SA community channels
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice has added a new Portuguese-language channel, Cape Verde Television,…
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Telemundo launches in Africa
NBCUniversal-backed Spanish language broadcaster Telemundo is launching a pay TV channel across almost 50 African…
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Eutelsat begins redeployment of satellites with 3D
Eutelsat’s 3D satellite has gone into full commercial services at 3° East. Traffic was transferred…
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Amhara TV chooses Grass Valley for Ethiopia’s first HD station
Ethiopian government-owned Amhara TV has selected Grass Valley to provide several solutions to build Ethiopia’s…
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Numericable launches new African package, adds new channels
French cable operator Numericable has added two new international à la carte premium channels to…
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Multichoice to launch new M-Net channels
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice is transforming its current M-Net Series channel into three…
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BTL launches DTT in Tanzania with Nagra CA
Nagra is providing conditional access technology for Tanzanian digital-terrestrial TV broadcaster Basic Transmissions Limited (BTL)….
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Africa’s Blueline partners with Cryptoguard
Madagascan digital terrestrial TV operator Blueline has partnered with Sweden-based Cryptoguard for content security. Blueline…
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Encryption would boost HD in MENA, say industry players
The Middle East and North Africa region is still lagging behind advanced markets in the…
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Du makes board appointment
United Arab Emirates-based IPTV and telecoms provider Du has appointed Hana Al Rostamani, an executive…
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Eutelsat 3D satellite launches
Eutelsat Communications has successfully launched its Eutelsat 3D satellite, which will serve customers in Europe,…
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Zuku adds 11 channels to platform
Wananchi Group-owned East African pay TV platform Zuku has added 11 new channels to its…
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DVB-T2 set-tops tipped to reach 18m homes
More than 18 million DVB-T2 set-top boxes are expected to ship in 2015 as part…
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CanalSat in Africa to launch Penthouse Black
CanalSat in Africa is to become the first pay TV platform to carry a new…
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DStv launches two new channels on Access package
MultiChoice-owned South African-based DTH pay TV service DStv has added entertainment channel Mzansi Wethu and…
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Digiturk and Eutelsat partner on 4K channel
Turkish pay TV provider Digiturk has launched a 4K demonstration channel in partnership with satellite…
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Middle East ‘Netflix’ prepares summer launch
A new Middle East-based on-demand service has scored deals with Hollywood studios, Arabic content houses…