Tanzania leads East Africa in switching to digital television
Workers wait for customers at a TV shop in Nairobi. The pricing of set-top boxes is among factors that have delayed the switch to digital TV in the region. Photo/FILE
Tanzania is the first East African country to switch off the analogue television signal despite fears that the pricing of set-top boxes would disrupt the process.
Set-top boxes convert the digital signal into a format compatible with analogue TV sets.
