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How Africa Utilises Digital
Terrestrial Television
Annemarie Meijer
Commonwealth Digital
Broadcasting
Switchover Forum
17-19 February 2015, Johannesburg, South Africa
2
A Quick Word on the Analog Switch Off
• Analog Switch Off (ASO) for
UHF + VHF per 17 June 2015
• For VHF per 17 June 2020
Analogue TV frequency bands :
• UHF Bands IV & V: 470-862 MHz
• VHF Band III: 174-230 MHz
Source: Cristian Gomez - ITU
3
Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT)
Driven by Private Media Owners
More than one DTT operator active
in Dark Blue countries – Q4-2014
Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
currently only GOtv is active in the
Purple countries. This is expected to
change with StarTimes entering in
2015.
4
Trends in Africa Smart Screen Adoption
Other routes for Digital Broadcast Media to reach users?
• Low cost – sub US$ 50 – smartphones
and tablets now entering the market.
• 20% of all African Mobile users had a
smartphone by year end 2014
• They are a “First Screen” for many Africans.
• But also ‘Media screens without a tuner’.
• Smart-devices allow for media consumption,
but NOT linear TV ( yet! ).
• Bottlenecks: Access to Electricity, and with
current devices, to Broadcast TV content
5
The Role That Satellite Plays
• For cost-efficient national coverage of
DTT an overlay with DTH makes most
sense.
• Satellite already used for distribution of
(regionalised) broadcast signals to DTT
towers.
• C-band is often used in Africa because
it provides a reliable way to deal with
“rain fade”
• Satellite may also play a role in
distributing non-linear content of digital
media to smart devices in Africa.
6
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Commonwealth digital broadcasting switchover forum 2015 annemarie meijer

  • 1. 1 How Africa Utilises Digital Terrestrial Television Annemarie Meijer Commonwealth Digital Broadcasting Switchover Forum 17-19 February 2015, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 2. 2 A Quick Word on the Analog Switch Off • Analog Switch Off (ASO) for UHF + VHF per 17 June 2015 • For VHF per 17 June 2020 Analogue TV frequency bands : • UHF Bands IV & V: 470-862 MHz • VHF Band III: 174-230 MHz Source: Cristian Gomez - ITU
  • 3. 3 Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Driven by Private Media Owners More than one DTT operator active in Dark Blue countries – Q4-2014 Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe currently only GOtv is active in the Purple countries. This is expected to change with StarTimes entering in 2015.
  • 4. 4 Trends in Africa Smart Screen Adoption Other routes for Digital Broadcast Media to reach users? • Low cost – sub US$ 50 – smartphones and tablets now entering the market. • 20% of all African Mobile users had a smartphone by year end 2014 • They are a “First Screen” for many Africans. • But also ‘Media screens without a tuner’. • Smart-devices allow for media consumption, but NOT linear TV ( yet! ). • Bottlenecks: Access to Electricity, and with current devices, to Broadcast TV content
  • 5. 5 The Role That Satellite Plays • For cost-efficient national coverage of DTT an overlay with DTH makes most sense. • Satellite already used for distribution of (regionalised) broadcast signals to DTT towers. • C-band is often used in Africa because it provides a reliable way to deal with “rain fade” • Satellite may also play a role in distributing non-linear content of digital media to smart devices in Africa.