Africa: Algeria to Introduce Digital Tv Broadcasting (dtvb)
Algeria is poised to shift to digital TV broadcasting by year 2009 in line the ITU?s proposal to migrate all broadcasting services by 2015 to digital.
Algeria's preparations to migrate was revealed by Mr Mohamed Benfodil, the president of the Algerian Independent ICT Authority (ARPT) during a two days regional seminar organised in Algiers in partnership with the Cairo based Arab bureau of International Union of Telecommunications.
DTVB technology, Benfodil adds, will lead to the development of Algeria's content industry and the availability of more local content in the broadcasting programs.
