GOVERNMENT
has licensed telecommunications guru, Strive Masiyiwa’s Kwesé TV, a development
which will bring competition to MultiChoice’s Digital Satellite Television
(DStv).
NewsDay
heard yesterday that Econet Wireless Zimbabwe employees had been given decoders
as Kwesé TV readies to launch the service in Zimbabwe.
Kwesé
TV is changing the face of television, as it is premised on the concept of TV
everywhere and anywhere.
Econet
Wireless Zimbabwe spokesperson, Fungai Mandivheyi was not available for
comment.
Lovemore
Nyatsine, executive assistant to the group chief executive officer, said: “It’s
still premature for me to comment because there are certain procedures that are
being followed. We are actually not licensed, as in that manner, certain
processes need to be done.
Kwesé
Free Sport has 13 million viewers on free-to-air satellite in Kenya, Ghana,
Rwanda, Zambia, Botswana, Uganda, Nigeria, Malawi, Tanzania and Namibia.
It
will launch in 20 countries by year end. Kwesé TV is live in Botswana, Ghana,
Lesotho, Rwanda and Zambia.
It
will launch in Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda. Currently, DStv independent agents
are struggling to facilitate payments due to the foreign currency gridlock,
leaving subscribers stranded.
A
number of banks have removed DStv payment from their platforms except for
accounts that are directly funded with United States dollars.
Kwesé
TV is a brand of Econet Media Limited, the media arm of Econet, one of Africa’s
leading telecoms, media and technology groups. newsday
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