Kenya digital TV sale surge

Kenya digital TV sale surge

Demand for digital television sets in Kenya has more than tripled ahead of the 13 Tiseba 2013 deadline for analogue signal switch-off, according to a leading retailer.

Era kaya na iyau ni Nakumatt na TV e tiko na Samsung vata kei na inbuilt na tuners ni DVB-T2 rawati volivolitaki ena kena yaga ni sitoa vakatau Sh30 milioni (AMERIKA$ 350,000) ena veivula yadua ena na ono na vula ki na Okotova 2013.

Na vanua Nairobi sa vakadinadinataka na cecere duadua ni iwiliwili ni volivolitaki, vata kei ira na veivanua ni Nakumatt ena Mombasa, Kisumu kei na Nanyuki talega vinaka tiko, a kaya na Manidia Dairekita ni Atul Shah.

Ena Tiseba ni 2012, Sa yaco kina na imatai ni siqeleti ni TV me ra ciqoma na veivakadonui mai na veitaratara na ilesilesi ni Kenya me Samsung vakavale tokalau kei Aferika (CCK) for its ES 5600K TV with integrated digital TV tuner.

“In association with our esteemed franchisee Nakumatt Holdings, among other authorised distributors, Samsung is now providing such products to meet local demands,” said Robert Ngeru, chief operating officer, Samsung Electronics East Africa. “As a Built for Africa product, all our products also offer a triple protector so you never miss a moment of magic with built-in lightening, surge and humidity protection.”

Ngeru added that all Samsung 2013 TV models are DVB T2 compliant, in accordance with the requirements of the CCK.

Samsung has early in Kenya layout their digital TV business, Chinese DVB-T2 manufacturer have cheap price and good quality, but how to expand the local market, localization also needs to continue its efforts. Always focus in car digital TV manufacturers VCAN, has been developed for Kenya digital TV set-top boxes, in particular DVB-T2C, in Belarus, Rusia, Thailand has been hot selling, VCAN welcome more Kenya business.