Ghana gets new DTT service Smart TV

May 31, 2010 - PRLog -- Ghana has become the first African country to have SMART TV, a new digital terrestrial television service launched by Next Generation Broadcasting (NGB) in collaboration with Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).

According to Ahmed Wahab, Head of Marketing and Sale, Smart TV offers a smart mix of exciting local and international content for the entire family. It offers both pay-TV service and free-to-air service of existing local stations on the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) network. SMART TV will initially air in Accra and Kumasi and would later be extended to other regions in Ghana in the near future. DTT in Ghana will be based on DVB-T technology and MPEG-4/H.264 video compression.

Smart TV is partnering Fox International Channel as the only platform to provide Fox Entertainment in Ghana. It will start operations in Ghana with 16 channels including FOX, Showtime, Star, TRACE Tropical, Setanta Africa, BBC News, HiNolly, HomeBase, GOD TV, Kids, NET2, Viasat1, TV3 Ghana, GTV and TV Africa. Smart TV is set to launch in Kenya and Uganda later this year.

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