West Africa: Africable Announces First Hybrid Platform DTT/DTH in West Africa

27 February 2015
analysis

London — DTT services in Africa are only available in urban areas, apart from a few exceptions. Deploying DTT in large rural areas is expensive, time consuming to install and not necessarily profitable.

In the short term, the best technical alternative to cover a territory in its entirety and without delay is to use the satellite to relay the DTT signal, writes Balancing Act's broadcast analyst.

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