Kano, Nigeria upgrades to digital

The Kano State government has installed two digital transmitters at the state's radio station, Radio Kano, reports All Africa.

The MD of the radio, Alhaji Ghali Sadik, says the transmitters would replace the 28-year old transmitters used by the radio station. "The transmitters were purchased with a view to meeting the deadline given by the National Broadcasting Commission that all broadcast stations must be digitalised by the year 2012."

The purchase and installation of the digital transmitters indicates that the state was ahead in complying with the NBC's directive of digitalising broadcast media in the country by 2012.

Ubroadcast has completed the acquisition of iVu Media, a software company that develops and owns a video content management (VCM) system, says CNNMoney.

iVu Media's VCM works in tandem with a high definition technology, an Internet broadcasting platform that attracted Fortune 500 clients including Sony, Ford and Honda, and Fox Sports.

The iVu Media platform focuses on enhancing the user's online video viewing experience. The platform offers multi-player playback, contextual ad-serving capabilities, user interactive social networking capabilities, multiple viewing options such as PPV and P2V, as well as administrative and business reporting and dashboard.

Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and Romantis say they will cooperate to develop joint business packages for the EMEA, based on RSCC satellite capacity and Romantis hardware products and solutions, states Space Daily.

The companies will develop a commercial cooperation to make joint efforts with promotion and sales of RSCC satellite capacity for the Middle East and Europe and specifically Express-AM44 that was recently deployed.

The companies are to develop customised packages combining a new IP-based unified satellite communication VSAT hardware platform (UHP-1000), produced by Romantis in Germany with satellite capacity of RSCC. Packages will include turn-key solutions for corporate networks, broadband access, and GSM backhaul.