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Malawi starts 2nd phase of China-aided satellite TV project
STORY: Malawi starts 2nd phase of China-aided satellite TV project
SHOOTING TIME: Sept. 27, 2024
DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:34
LOCATION: Lilongwe
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the handover ceremony
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PAN ZEBIN, StarTimes' CEO in Malawi
3. various of the first phase of the satellite TV project in Malawi
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PAN ZEBIN, StarTimes' CEO in Malawi
5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BALDWIN CHIYAMWAKA, Malawian Secretary for Information and Digitalization
STORYLINE:
Receiving China-aided equipment, the Malawian government inaugurated the second phase of its satellite TV project on Friday.
A handover ceremony was held in the capital city of Lilongwe.
Following the ceremony, the Chinese company StarTimes will undertake the distribution and installation of the satellite TV equipment to 200 villages by the end of the year.
The company will install 4,000 digital decoders, 400 solar projection satellite TV systems and 200 digital TVs for free in public areas and households of the 200 villages.
SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PAN ZEBIN, StarTimes' CEO in Malawi
"Totally, we are benefiting 200 villages, and each village will have 20 family households. That means, totally 4,000 decoders will be installed in these 200 villages."
As part of the Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages program, the project in Malawi successfully completed its first phase in 2019.
During the first phase, StarTimes equipped 500 villages across Malawi with satellite TV sets, and trained a number of local technicians.
SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PAN ZEBIN, StarTimes' CEO in Malawi
"Actually, phase one was very successful. We have the request from the Malawi government for an extension to let more and more Malawian households, especially those who live in rural areas have access to satellite TV."
SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BALDWIN CHIYAMWAKA, Malawian Secretary for Information and Digitalization
"Once the 200 TV stations are installed in 200 villages, for free, they'll enable a number of things. We believe that's progress towards bridging the gap of the digital divide. It means many more people will have access to satellite TV. That's number one. Number two, it's a very, very good source of information for people in their rural areas. We're expecting them that they'll be able to keep up with the current affairs."
The project of Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages was conceived during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2015.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lilongwe.
(XHTV)
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