TV industry news in Kenya

Angaza Boma bringing solar TVs to rural Kenya

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[Tom Jackson] Angaza Boma is rolling out solar television systems in rural Kenya...

Posted 7 years ago | Like

Digital pay TV company eyes Kenya's key towns

[Carole Kimutai] Kenya's digital pay TV market is becoming more competitive with the aggressive entry of StarTimes Media Kenya, a company that recently launched its services in Kenya's capital Nairobi and second city Kisumu. StarTimes has now launched in Mombasa, the third city as part of its plans to reach seven major towns in Kenya by the end of 2012.

Posted 11 years ago | Like

CNN faces wrath of Kenyans

[Carole Kimutai] Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. On Saturday the scorned woman was Kenya and the culprit was the Cable News Network (CNN), the US cable news channel. On Saturday night, there was a grenade explosion at a busy bus station in Nairobi that killed six people and injured about 63 others - according to latest media reports. Following the attack in Nairobi, CNN immediately broadcast a report about the blast with a graphic headline titled "Violence in Kenya."

Posted 12 years ago | Like

Kenya: Bank sponsors business reality show

[Carole Kimutai] CfC Stanbic Bank will sponsor a television reality show, CfC Stanbic Bank Magnate, which seeks to find and nurture Kenya's future entrepreneurs. The business reality show, which started yesterday, Thursday 27th October 2011, will air on national television broadcaster Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) and Kiss TV.

Posted 12 years ago | Like

Kenya gets GOtv on DVB-T2 technology

L to R: Stephen Isaboke (general manager of MultiChoice Kenya), Samuel Poghisio (Minister for Information and Communications, Kenya) and Felix Kyengo (manager of GOtv)

[Carole Kimutai] The new pay TV provider, GOtv, which recently launched in Uganda, officially launched the digital terrestrial television service in Kenya last week and went live on 14 September 2011. The new pay service is aimed at giving Kenyan TV lovers access to news, children's programming, documentaries, series and movies.

Posted 12 years ago | Like

Kenya begins march to digital broadcasting

[Carole Kimutai] Kenya has begun migrating to digital broadcasting technology ahead of the June 2012 deadline. In December 2009, Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki launched the Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial (DVB-T) technology.

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Big Cat Diary goes live

[Carole Kimutai] In early August, Kenya's president Mwai Kibaki was in the Maasai Mara to witness the unfolding of the world's seventh wonder - the migration of millions of wildebeests from the Mara to the Serengeti in neighbouring Tanzania. Every year, thousands of tourists come to Kenya to view this amazing spectacle.

Posted 15 years ago | Like

DStv launches US$2 pay channel in Kenya

[Carole Kimutai] After weeks of watching grisly images of chaos and violence, television viewers in Kenya now have more reason to keep glued to their television sets.

Posted 16 years ago | Like

New GM at MultiChoice Kenya

[Carole Kimutai] Stephen Isaboke is the new GM of MultiChoice Kenya. He is the first Kenyan to hold this position.

Posted 16 years ago | Like

Kenya gets mobile TV

[Carole Kimutai] Digital Mobile TV Limited (DMTV) officially launched the DStv Mobile television service in Kenya early last week. This launch keeps Kenya at the front of the digital technology race in Africa and highlights the progressive stance that the Ministry of Information and Communication and the Communications Commission of Kenya is taking in the roll-out of new technologies in Kenya.

Posted 16 years ago | Like

New TV company in aggressive rollout as football season begins

[Carole Kimutai] For the first time, the Barclays Premier League football broadcasting rights have been shared between broadcasters. To widen access to live matches across Africa, the Barclays Premier League has granted the lion's share of matches to a new company, GTV (GBS in Ghana).

Posted 16 years ago | Like

Kenyan program manager appointed: promise of more local content

[Carole Kimutai] M-Net has appointed a Kenyan program manager in a move aimed at developing local content for East Africa.

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DStv speaks out on English Premier League broadcasting rights

[Carole Kimutai] The English Premier League attracts millions of viewers around the globe. The latest pay TV entrant in Kenya – GTV – is also promising to broadcast the premier league – a cause of worry for competition and good news for Kenyan viewers who will now have a choice.

Posted 16 years ago | Like

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