The scramble for Africa

A few pioneers are busy carving up the African television market.

The scramble for Africa

A few pionners are busy carving up the African television market, reports Brian Sturgess

Brian Sturgess

LIKE AN earlier innovation, Homo Sapiens Sapiens, digital television started in Africa before it came to Europe. On October 6 this year, a 24-channel digital satellite service was launched, transmitting digitally-compressed television signals from PanAmSat. Its orbital position provides coverage from the Gold Coast to Saudi Arabia, and from Cape Town to the Med. Not until November 16 was a digital satellite service launched in Europe, from Eutelsat's Hot Bird 2. The company behind...

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