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Chinese pay TV provider taps digital market in Guinea

Xinhua, August 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

A top management official of StarTimes, a Chinese pay TV provider, is on a working visit to Guinea on possible entry into the local digital broadcasting market.

Guinea President Alpha Conde on Thursday held talks with Gu Xun, the vice president of StarTimes.

The meeting was aimed at finding ways and means of revolutionizing public and private television in Guinea under a public-private partnership framework.

The digital television project will ensure Guinea's national broadcaster, the Guinea Radiotelevision (RTG), broadcasts across the entire national territory.

During the meeting with Conde, Gu expressed his company's willingness to get involved in the digital migration process in Guinea.

Guinea's Investments Minister Kassory Fofana said the digital migration project will cost between 80 to 100 million U.S. dollars.

Created in 1988 in China with its headquarters in Beijing, StarTimes is a group of Chinese media specialised in integration of satellite with terrestrial technology to facilitate transmission of more than 140 local and international channels.

The company operates in 23 African countries with over 4 million African subscribers. Endit