TV industry news in Uganda

Pay TV subscribers get rewarded

[Walter Wafula] Pay TV customers in Uganda have received rewards from their services providers ahead of the December festive season.

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MultiChoice Uganda's channels on the move

[Walter Wafula] MultiChoice viewers of NTV Uganda can now access it on DStv Channel 283 instead of 141, following an automatic migration on the pay TV platform which occurred on Monday, 1 October 2012.

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[Executive Check] GOtv eyes expansion in Africa as it marks one year of business

[Walter Wafula] GOtv, a low cost pay television service owned and operated by MultiChoice Africa celebrates its first year in business in four markets. Patricia Kiconco, the country manager GOtv Uganda speaks about the performance of the brand and its future plans for Africa.

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[Executive Check] Mobile pay-TV takes shape in Uganda

[Walter Wafula] The mobile phone is changing lifestyles and the business landscape in Africa. Many companies are innovating around the technology to thrive and remain relevant to their customers. Simon Arineitwe, country sales manager at StarTimes Uganda, speaks about the benefits of mobile TV and the firm's plans for the country.

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Uganda's wildlife set for the screen

[Walter Wafula] Uganda Wild At Heart , a television show which comes to screens in February 2011, is set to promote tourism and wildlife conservation in Uganda.

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Inspire Africa TV show premiers in Uganda

[Walter Wafula] Season 1 of Project Inspire Africa, a reality TV show aimed at transforming Africa by discovering and empowering the continent's budding entrepreneurs premiered in Kampala on Wednesday, 4 January 2011.

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Kenya's Zuku TV targets 100 000 Ugandan viewers

[Carole Kimutai] Zuku TV, a consumer brand of the Wananchi Group has an ambitious plan to register 100 000 subscribers in Uganda in the next two years.

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Uganda: Information minister roots for local television content

[Walter Wafula] Uganda's minister of information has urged domestic pay television companies to increase local programming to be more relevant to viewers.

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Television stations battle for superiority in Uganda

[Walter Wafula] Uganda's television houses are battling for superiority in the eyes of advertisers following the release of a new media survey by research firm Steadman Synnovate in Uganda.

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Uganda halts analogue broadcasting licences

[Walter Wafula] If you want a licence to offer broadcasting services in Uganda, you should be prepared to provide only digital services. Uganda has stopped licensing analogue broadcasters as it prepares to migrate to digital television broadcasting, according to the domestic regulator of the broadcasting industry.

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'Who wants to be a millionaire?' launches in Uganda

[Walter Wafula] Ugandans are set to win millions of cash after a local mobile operator introduced the 'Who wants to be a millionaire?' tv gameshow in Uganda. The popular UK show has been localised by fixed line operator Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL), and Protel Studios, a Kenya-based independent content producer.

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Digital broadcasting to encourage niche television in Uganda

[Walter Wafula] The migration of Uganda from analogue to digital broadcasting will give birth to specialised broadcasting by television companies in the country, according to an expert who is piloting digital terrestrial TV in Uganda.

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GTV Uganda licence withdrawn

[Walter Wafula] After succumbing to the current global financial crisis GTV Uganda has now had its licence withdrawn by the country's Broadcasting Council. GTV Uganda can now no longer operate in the country.

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Sports TV granted broadcasting licence

[Walter Wafula] Uganda's Sports TV has officially been granted its broadcasting license meaning that the station is now operating under the law. Sports TV was given the licence on August 21, according to Jacque Kigozi the station's public relations manager.

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