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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: Channels, Middle East and Africa, Newsline Tagged With: DreamWorks, NBCUniversal International Networks, Startimes Edited: August 4, 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: Channels, Middle East and Africa, Newsline Tagged With: Discovery, Startimes Edited: July 1, 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: Channels, Middle East and Africa, Newsline Tagged With: Gametoon, SPI International, Startimes, Timeless Drama Channel Edited: May 11, 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: January 16, 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 Forecasts report.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Research Tagged With: Afria, Canal Plus, Digital TV Research, Easy TV, Multichoice, pay TV, Simon Murray, Startimes Edited: January 8, 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, Technology Tagged With: Smit, Startimes Edited: July 6, 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: March 14, 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: July 7, 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: September 8, 2015 07:35

SES Platform Services takes StarTimes to Africa

August 1, 2015 22.19 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

African digital TV operator StarTimes has chosen SES Platform Services, the technical services subsidiary of Astra satellite operator SES, to distribute TV channels for its DTH subscribers across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Filed Under: Channels, Distribution, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite Tagged With: Africa, DTH, satellite, SES Platform Services, SES-5, Startimes Edited: August 1, 2015 22:19

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