Analog-to-Digital TV Migration: K-Net, Helping Ghana Migrate Harmoniously

Oscar Nichor, Chief Operations Officer (TV Broadcast) at K-Net, talks about the analog-to-digital TV migration process in Ghana.

“The proximity has helped, as well as the fact that, as a local company, we understand the industry and know the developments in the industry and what to do even beyond a contractual obligation in order to help Ghana migrate harmoniously. So much of that has been done. If you look at where we are, K-Net, being a local company that had been involved with serving broadcasters in Ghana over a period, has also looked across to see what is pertaining in other African countries and realized that Ghana wants to put up a first-class facility. To do that, you need to compare what is on the ground and then come up with the class that you want to offer. So, as a local company in Ghana and trying to place Ghana on the map, it would have been different if it were not a Ghanaian company. Apart from that, there have been very regular interactions and it is all because we are stationed right here and it does not cost much to make an approach or a suggestion. So many things could not have been foreseen and they were suggestions that came from K-Net to enhance what we have now. In terms of robustness of the network in particular, we observed over a period of time and proposed some changes or additions that were not originally included. These were core variations. Some of these suggestions are still being seriously considered, but we also understand that what is important is the migration deadline. The first thing is to migrate and then scale up to the enhancements that we think we are capable of introducing to add more excitement”, says Oscar Nichor.

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