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FilmBox Action expands in Africa

April 11, 2023 09.57 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

SPI International’s premium movie channel FilmBox Action has made its debut on StarTimes, one of the leading TV operators in Africa.

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: Africa, FilmBox Action, SPI International, Startimes Edited: 11 April 2023 09:57

DreamWorks expands in Africa

August 4, 2020 09.11 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN) and the African pay-TV operator StarTimes have launched the 24-hour kids and family entertainment channel DreamWorks on the latter’s platform across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Filed Under: Middle East and Africa, Newsline, TV Tagged With: DreamWorks, NBCUniversal International Networks, Startimes Edited: 4 August 2020 09:11

Discovery expands in Africa

July 1, 2020 09.25 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Discovery will launch Investigation Discovery (ID) and Discovery Science in French with the pay-TV provider StarTimes in sub-Saharan Africa.

Filed Under: Middle East and Africa, Newsline, TV Tagged With: Discovery, Startimes Edited: 1 July 2020 09:25

Timeless Drama Channel and Gametoon go on StarTimes

May 11, 2020 09.23 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

SPI International and the African digital TV operator StarTimes have expanded their distribution agreement to include Timeless Drama Channel (TDC) and Gametoon.

Filed Under: Middle East and Africa, Newsline, TV Tagged With: Gametoon, SPI International, Startimes, Timeless Drama Channel Edited: 11 May 2020 09:23

StarTimes’ Xun Gu to deliver DVB World 2020 keynote

January 16, 2020 11.37 Europe/London By Julian Clover

The managing director of China’s StarTimes Group, Xun Gu, will be the keynote speaker at DVB World 2020.

Filed Under: DVB World, Newsline, People Tagged With: DVB World, Startimes Edited: 16 January 2020 11:37

Africa set for 46 million pay-TV subs

January 7, 2019 05.53 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Sub-Saharan Africa is forecast to add more than 16 million pay-TV subscribers between 2018 and 2024 to bring its total to 45.63 million, according to the Sub-Saharan Africa Pay TV […]

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Research Tagged With: Afria, Canal Plus, Digital TV Research, Easy TV, Multichoice, pay TV, Simon Murray, Startimes Edited: 8 January 2019 11:19

StarTimes, SMiT introduce CI Plus 1.3 CAM to Africa

July 6, 2018 08.27 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

StarTimes and SMiT are to jointly launch CI Plus 1.3 CAM with an operator profile function on the African market.

Filed Under: Conditional Access/Security, Middle East and Africa, Newsline, Tech Tagged With: Smit, Startimes Edited: 6 July 2018 08:27

African pay TV revenue to reach $6 billion in 2021

March 14, 2017 11.05 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

According to the latest data by Dataxis for the year ending 2016, the number of pay-TV subscribers in Africa stood at approximately 18.7 million.

Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: Africa, Canal+, Dataxis, Multichoice, Naspers, pay TV, Startimes Edited: 14 March 2017 11:45

StarTimes employs Eutelsat for DTT in Africa

July 7, 2016 09.25 Europe/London By Robert Briel

StarTimes, an operator of digital TV networks in Africa, and Eutelsat Communications have concluded new multi-year agreements to accelerate roll-out of DTT across Africa.

Filed Under: Newsline, Satellite, Terrestrial Tagged With: Africa, Eutelsat, Startimes Edited: 7 July 2016 09:26

Conax/StarTimes extend African cooperation

September 8, 2015 07.35 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Conax has entered into a contract with StarTimes to co-develop a media gateway solution for its Africa operations.

Filed Under: IBC Special Tagged With: Amsterdam, Conax, IBC2015, Startimes Edited: 8 September 2015 07:35

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