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APCNews
– April 11 2011
– Year XI
Issue 139 • In most African countries TV broadcasting and
telecommunications are treated as separate, vertical markets. But
digital convergence means that telecoms operators have become involved
in broadcasting and broadcasters are looking at how they can deliver
internet and voice services. Kenya launched Africa’s first real
“triple-play” offer -- where customers pay for a package including
television, telephone and internet-- but in most countries till now the
two sectors have been regulated separately. Digital migration is also a
key moment to promote local content production in a continent where up
to 90% of TV programming is made by non-African producers. A new site from APC and Balancing Act
provides African policy-makers, regulators, broadcasters and civil
society organisations with information
on the benefits and challenges related to digital migration and
reports on the experience of Ghana,
Nigeria
and Senegal
(in french).
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