Cape Verde to commence digital TV installations in March


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Rebecca Hawkes

| 15 February 2016




The delayed installation of digital terrestrial television (DTT) transmitters in Cape Verde will begin in March, with an analogue switch-off following in 2017.



Announcing the news, David Gomes, president of the National Communications Agency (ANAC), said the DTT network, which was scheduled for roll out across the island nation from June last year, was held up after a delay in equipment arriving in the country.

In an interview with Inforpress, Gomes said the first phase of the digital TV programme would cover Santiago, Maio, Sao Vicente and Sal. The islands of Santo Antao, Sao Nicolau, Boavista, Fogo and Brava will follow by the end of 2016.

Cape Verde’s budget for the DTT network is around €15 million, he added.