As part of the Ten Thousand African Villages Project, an initiative of the Chinese Government to offer digital TV access to rural communities across Africa, StarTimes will facilitate 1000 Nigerian villages to be connected through Satellite television. The details about the initiative were revealed during the launch ceremony of the project in Kpaduma Village, a […]
As part of the Ten Thousand African Villages Project, an initiative of the Chinese Government to offer digital TV access to rural communities across Africa, StarTimes will facilitate 1000 Nigerian villages to be connected through Satellite television. The details about the initiative were revealed during the launch ceremony of the project in Kpaduma Village, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory.
Speaking to journalists, the Chief Executive Officer, StarTimes Nigeria, Justin Zhang, said: StarTimes was contracted by the Chinese Government to deliver on the project across Africa, adding that no fewer than 1,000 villages in Nigeria will benefit from the project.
He said the initiative could help meet the International Telecommunications Union (ITUs) demand for African countries to achieve digital migration of the TV industry before the year 2020.
We have entered an advanced stage in the installation of satellite TV access to 1,000 villages in Nigeria. The villages identified for this project will receive 2 solar power projector TVs for the community, digital TV sets, 20 satellite dishes and decoders and they can watch more than 100 international and local channels all free of charge, just as we have done in Kpaduma village.
