Kenya Launches Mobile TV Service
APA-Nairobi (Kenya) Television viewership in Kenya is set to undergo major transformation following the partnership by the state-owned national broadcaster, the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) and Digital Mobile Television Limited in bringing mobile television service for the first time in the country.
Under the new arrangement, viewers in Kenya will now view television programs using their mobile telephone handsets making Kenya the seventh nation in the world to roll out the services.
KBC television programs will now be viewed at the click of a button on the mobile telephone handset.
This also comes with such programs as DSTV, Supersport, Big Brother Africa, Channel O, MNET and CNN.
Speaking at the launch of digital mobile television service in Nairobi on Wednesday, Information and Communication permanent secretary Bitange Ndemo said the information communications technology sector in the country is undergoing major leaps.
Communications Commission of Kenya director general John Waweru said the Kenyan market was ripe for more technological advancement and the government was ready to ensure support for foreign investors who come into the local market.
The Digital Mobile Television Limited chief executive officer, Francois Theron noted that the company has provided an easy to use technology for people hungry for news and more entertaining information and hailed the Kenyan market as very receptive to new technology.
"The regulatory framework in the country is apt for business growth," he said.
Posted to the site on 24th October 2007
