South Africa’s StarTimes-backed pay-TV operation StarSat is still on air despite regulator Icasa ordering it to shut down. StarSat operates under a licence issued to On Digital Media (ODM) in 2008, which has now expired. StarTimes has said that its StarSat platform will continue operating despite the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) ordering […]

TNA Wrestling (formerly IMPACT Wrestling) – a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment and a division of Anthem Sports Group – has announced a partnership with entertainment platform StarTimes, bringing exclusive TNA content to more than 30 countries throughout Africa. The agreement further extends TNA’s reach, making the wrestling organisation’s flagship weekly series TNA IMPACT! widely […]

SPI International has announced the launch of FilmBox Action on African pay-TV provider StarTimes. FilmBox Action is available immediately in the Basic and Smart packages on DTT at channel number 60 and DTH at channel 140.“We are excited to expand our relationship with StarTimes and bring FilmBox Action to their platform. We are long term […]

Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has threatened a Naira 5 million fine (€11,824) against DStv (and other broadcasters including StarTimes, TSTV and Trust TV) for screening a ‘banditry’ documentary made by BBC Africa. Nigeria’s Banditry: The Inside Story was aired in Nigeria in March 2022. The programme (also named as The Bandit Warlords of Zamfara) […]

Nigeria’s parliamentary senate is pushing the nation’s pay-TV providers to reduce their monthly fees. Letters have gone to DStv, StarTimes and GoTV to cut their rates. A Senatorial 7-person committee has been formed to examine recent tariff hikes by pay-TV service providers in the country. The Senate has also directed all pay-TV service providers to […]

China’s StarTimes pay-TV operation is to invest 200 million Kenyan shillings (€1.6m) to boost local production for its viewers. A statement from StarTimes said the new capital injection was inspired by the success of the company’s flagship local content channel, Rembo TV. February 14th saw the premiere of a new drama Nia. Terry Liu, StarTimes’ […]

Africa will add 18 million pay-TV subscribers between 2021 and 2027 to take the total to 57 million, according to the Africa Pay TV Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Subscriber numbers will climb by 46 per cent over this period, but pay-TV revenues will rise by only 35 per cent – indicating […]

StarTimes’ Ghanaian operation says it will invest more than $1 million in covering local football matches this winter. StarTimes Ghana was last season’s (2020-2021) football official broadcast rights holder, and extends that relationship with the Ghana Football Assoc. for this winter’s coverage. The broadcaster says that fans can now look forward to even better television […]

StarTimes, the China-backed pay-TV system, has completed the second phase of its Uganda satellite TV project and says it has now reaches an extra 400 villages in the country. StarTimes will broadcast educational programming as well as conventional channels. Song Wei, project director at StarTimes, said connecting villages will start this month and end before […]

African digital TV operator StarTimes has renewed exclusive rights to broadcast Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana for further three seasons in Sub-Saharan Africa. Per the contract with Lega Serie A, StarTimes extends the exclusive rights to the two Italian Cup football competitions in English, French, Portuguese and African indigenous languages to the 2023/2024 season. Coppa […]