Nigeria, 22 others benefit from China access to satellite TV.
No fewer than 23 countries, including Nigeria have benefitted from the Chinese “Access to Satellite TV, The Nation learnt.
Chinese President, Xi Jinping, announced the programme at the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
The initiative which is being championed by StarTimes, the leading digit-TV operator in Africa is meant to bridge the digital divide between urban and rural areas in Africa.
According to a document by the Chinese Embassy in Abuja, the project is tagged “Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages.”
The document further revealed that “there shall be 10,112 rural villages of 23 African countries benefiting from the project. Each village is aided with two StarTimes Projector TVs, one 32 inch Digital TV set, and 20 DTH decoders with satellite dishes. Projector TVs and Digital TV sets are equipped with solar power systems and DTH access units. The Projector TVs and Digital TVs set are available in the public area of the village, like school or youth development committee, which allows all villagers to enjoy the wonderful digital TV programs of 20 channels including the national station, local channels and international channels.
“The “Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages” project has established a wide coverage of programme signals, a secure and reliable infrastructure network and a comprehensive operating system, enabling people in remote areas to have stable and long-term access to the world’s information, thus bridging the digital divide between urban and rural areas in Africa.”
Credit: The Nation Newspaper.
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