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Eutelsat delivers Canal+ DTT in Africa
utelsat Communications has
will deliver the content to terrestrial
agreed a multi-year contract
transmitters across the French-speaking
with Canal+ Overseas, the
African countries targeted by Canal+ in an
Canal+ subsidiary in charge of
area stretching from Guinea to the
broadcasting
internationally and in
French overseas
territories.
The contract is part of
Africa’s ongoing move to a
fully digital broadcasting
environment which is one of
the key technology
transformations underway
across the continent. Canal+
Overseas has leased a 72MHz
transponder on the Eutelsat 3B
satellite that will be used to
deliver a new offer of channels assembled by
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Canal+. The channels will be transmitted to
According to Bruno Cattan, technology
Digital Terrestrial Television
and web
(DTT) transmitters in
“...a television service that director of
approximately ten Frenchwill enable a large number Canal+
speaking countries.
Overseas,
of households on the
The Canal+ pay-TV service,
digital
continent to enjoy the best switchover is a
due to launch by the end of the
that television can offer.”
year, will comprise a basic
unique
package of 25 channels and a
opportunity for
selection of national channels per country.
Africa and its broadcasting landscape. “It
The C-band capacity leased from Eutelsat
opens the door to new channels with
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