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Danette Breitenbach 5 Jun 2025









Patricia Kiconco: In just one year GOtv has gone from a startup company to become one of the most recognisable Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) brands on the African continent which is amazing for such a young company; GOtv was the first company in Africa to launch a DVB T2 terrestrial network which is the technology that has been adopted by most a countries including Uganda as the digital standard of choice for the migration.
Specifically in Uganda, over the past year, we have set up three strategic DTT transmission sites in Rubaga, Entebbe and Kulambiro respectively these three sites give us significant network coverage over most parts of South Central Uganda.
Kiconco: Since launching operations in Zambia exactly one year ago, GOtv has acquired a significant share of the African DTT market; we are already one of the largest DTT operators on the continent. In the coming year we intend to continue this generating growth by expanding our coverage network and improving on our already impressive channel offering.
Kiconco: None at all because we are selling different technologies which are priced accordingly, you see all our competitors are using outdated DVB T technology while we are using the latest state of the art DVB T2.
Kiconco: Yes we do. Our new site at Kulambiro was built with mobile television reception and transmission capacity. It is important to note however that mobile television is a service that DStv pioneered in Africa and it has been available to our customers in most of our larger markets including; Nigeria, Namibia and Kenya for a while now.
Kiconco: This is a very welcome development which we view as very positive for the industry; it is our firm belief that the uptake of DTT technology in Africa will only be successful if the prices of the STB are made affordable. This move puts the ball back in our court as operators to pass on the benefit in form of reduced prices to the end consumer.
Kiconco: We believe this will have a positive effect on our sales because we will be in position to reduce our prices and make our product more affordable to a wider audience. The reduction is taxes will leave us with more money to invest in DTT infrastructure and expand our services much quicker than our initial projections.
For more about GOtv, go to gotvafrica.com