MTG Pay-TV Channels Launched in Uganda and Tanzania

October 6, 2011 World Screen
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STOCKHOLM: Following a distribution agreement with StarTimes, Modern Times Group (MTG) has launched its documentary pay-TV channels Viasat History and Viasat Nature in Uganda and Tanzania.

 

StarTimes, the digital terrestrial television operator, will also include the channels in its pay-TV offering in Nigeria. Viasat History features award-winning history programs, biopics, period dramas and cultural shows, while Viasat Nature offers family-oriented content, including documentaries about nature, wildlife, animal rescue and celebrity journeys. Along with Viasat Explorer and Viasat Crime, the channels are already available to satellite pay-TV subscribers in Nigeria and to satellite and cable pay-TV subscribers in Kenya, following distribution deals signed earlier in the year.StarTimes operates across Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Central African Republic, Guinea and Mozambique.
Hans-Holger Albrecht, the president and CEO of MTG, said, “This is further evidence of our commitment to extend the footprint of our free- and pay-TV operations in sub-Saharan Africa. Our channels have already proven popular with subscribers and we intend to make them as broadly available as possible in these developing markets.”