StarTimes, the Chinese media company, has completed the second phase of its Uganda satellite TV project and has now reached an extra 400 villages in the country. The pay-TV system will broadcast educational programming as well as conventional channels. Song Wei, Project Director at StarTimes, said connecting villages is set to start this month and [...]
Disney has decided to pull the Fox channel’s distribution in Africa after 11 and a half years. The Walt Disney Company Africa has confirmed the news saying that its FOX channel (DStv 125/StarSat 131) is ending on pay-TV services like MultiChoice’s DStv, StarTimes and StarSat, as well as Zuku across sub-Saharan Africa at the end [...]
A new TV station, SEE TV has been introduced in Uganda targeting viewers that are under the age of 35 and are aware of trends around the world. According to SEE TV officials, ‘’See TV is Uganda’s reality Television channel creating relatable content for Ugandans. We are organizing local talent to bring Ugandan and African [...]
Africa’s leading digital TV operator StarTimes has renewed exclusive rights to broadcast Coppa Italia & Supercoppa Italiana for further three seasons in Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the contract with Lega Serie A, StarTimes extends the exclusive rights to the two Italian premier Cup competitions in English, French, Portuguese and African indigenous languages to the 2023/2024 [...]
StarTimes will be adding new TV content for its subscribers at no extra cost. This move aims at introducing an array of content genres for its viewers. One of the programs that is available is Fashion TV Africa, a typical African style fashion channel that enjoys unique shots of brilliant flair thereby highlighting quality, African-themed [...]
Africa’s digital TV operator StarTimes will exclusively air the African Championship of Nations, FIBA AfroBasket Rwanda 2021. The 30th edition of the AfroBasket, men’s basketball continental championship of Africa will take place from August 24 to September 5 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital city. 16 national teams divided into four groups will be competing for [...]
StarTimes Media has unveiled an aggressive reward programme that will see Nyota bouquet subscribers – the platforms lowest package, enjoy six additional channels which are reserved for higher bouquets upon full month or more subscription renewal at the same cost of Ksh.299. StarTimes Media has unveiled an aggressive reward programme that will see Nyota bouquet [...]
Philippine media and entertainment company ABS-CBN Corporation hit action series are now broadcasted in Sub-Saharan Africa on the StarTimes channel. The company said its primetime action series “Brothers” can now be accessible in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Madagascar, among many others, while “Fists of Fate” began airing in as many countries in Africa last May. [...]
Philippine media and entertainment company ABS-CBN Corporation announced two of its hit action series are now airing on StarTimes in Sub-Saharan Africa. FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano, which is internationally known as Brothers can now be seen in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, among many others. Meanwhile, Sandugo, known abroad as Fists of Fate, began airing in Africa last May 2021, also via [...]
StarTimes and VIDAA are delighted to announce that streaming application StarTimes ON just launched on VIDAA-powered Hisense smart TVs. StarTimes ON is a mobile application by Africa’s leading digital TV operator StarTimes. It combines live TV channels and rich VOD content to offer a premium user experience. StarTimes ON serves 27 million users and ranks [...]
