Nigerian govt changes digital migration deadline

The Nigerian government has pushed back the date of its proposed digital migration from 2012 to 2015, says Network World.

The Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria has directed its members, made up of broadcasting entities including television and radio stations in Nigeria, to migrate to digital technologies within the next four years.

Minister of state for information and communication Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande announced the new migration deadline at the 2008 West African Information and Communication Technology exhibition in Lagos. The previous date of 2012 is no longer viable, he said, seeking cooperation from the private sector to ensure migration will happen on the new schedule.

A mobile television technology that enables digitally broadcast audio-visual content to be received on cellphones, laptops, digital cameras and personal media players (PMPs) has been unveiled in Ghana, says Modern Ghana.

The technology has been introduced by Black Star TV, a wholly-owned Ghanaian company.

Company MD DH Kim, explaining the new technology, said it was a revolution in broadcasting that sought to connect and interact with viewers in innovative ways.

LiveU, an enabler of live video transmission over wireless networks, has raised $9 million in Series B funding. Carmel Ventures and return backer Canaan Partners co-led the round, reports PE Hub.

LiveU's expertise is in developing cutting-edge technology for transmission of live video directly from the field to the Internet and TV, by using wireless networks such as 3G cellular data, WiFi, and WiMax, without any need for dedicated infrastructure.

These video transmissions boast high quality and low costs, which allows any Internet portal to provide live coverage to its users. LiveU's business model is based on providing its customers with a remote video transmission service based on pay-by-use pricing.