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Qwilt Selected by Afrihost for OTT in SA

by Bob Raikes

Qwilt, a provider of online video delivery and open video caching solutions, in conjunction with local partner Three6Five, announced that Afrihost, a South African Internet Service Provider, has chosen Qwilt’s open caching solution to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Inview Launches ‘Free TV’ Digital TV Service in Abuja, Nigeria

by Bob Raikes

Inview of the UK announced that Nigeria has launched a new digital TV service in Abuja. The service is called ‘Free TV’ and is being developed in partnership with Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission. The …

Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Inview Launches ‘Free TV’ Digital TV Service in Abuja, Nigeria

by Isaac Oburu

INVIEW, the UK-based digital TV software company, is delighted to announce the launch in Abuja of Nigeria’s new digital TV service, known as ‘Free TV’, at an event today in the capital, attended by …

Tags:Broadcast| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| TV Viewing

Entry-level Smartphone Chip Sales Weak

by Bob Raikes

Reports from Asia say that orders for chips to be used in entry level phones have been dropping, while there is continued growth in demand for mid-range and higher end phones. This is the …

Tags:MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Satellite in 91% of TV homes in Middle East and North Africa

by Bob Raikes

Eutelsat announced the headline results of its 2016 TV Observatory in Middle East and North Africa and gave these key conclusions: Satellite consolidates place as core digital infrastructure, reaching into 91% of TV homes …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| Vol 23 - Issue 46

arris

Arris HD PVR has HEVC for Streaming

by Bob Raikes

Arris has launched a new PVR, the DStv Explora 2 decoder, that is for customers in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa for use with the MultiChoice TV service in the region and which will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 45

InfoComm Partners With e-sharp to Bring AV Education to the Middle East

by Isaac Oburu

InfoComm International®, the trade association representing the commercial audiovisual industry worldwide, has signed an agreement with e-sharp Consultancy of the United Arab Emirates to offer AV courses in the Middle East. Their first official …

Tags:Avixa (was Infocomm)| MEA (Middle East & Africa)

InfoCommInternational

InfoComm Starts Training in ME

by Bob Raikes

Infocomm International has signed a deal with e-sharp Consultancy of the United Arab Emirates to offer AV courses in the Middle East. Their first official joint education session will be a one-day InfoComm AV …

Tags:Avixa (was Infocomm)| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Training| Vol 23 - Issue 44

General Mobile Supports Android 7

by Bob Raikes

General Mobile, which is aiming at markets in 20 countries in MEA and West Asia, has released its third Android phone, the GM 5, which is an Android One phone. It has Android 7.0 …

Tags:Android| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 44

South Africa Starts ASO

by Bob Raikes

South Africa has started the process of analogue switch off with some transmitters due to be switched off as we went to press. The process has been fraught with allegations of corruption in STB …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Huawei and Acentic

by Bob Raikes

Hospitality specialist, Acentic, said at Gitex that it would work with Huawei to bring its ‘Hotel Room of the Future’ to the Middle East with In Room Entertainment, Wi-Fi & HSIA tech.

Tags:Back Panel| Hospitality TVs| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Collaboration in the Experience Center at Telkom SA

by Bob Raikes

Barco, through its local partner, Questek, has supplied an OSV-711F collaboration video wall and six ceiling-mountedBarco laser phosphor projectors (PGWX-62L) which project images onto the floor, to guide visitors through the Telkom National Network …

Tags:Barco| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 42