Business Day reports that Kenya has launched a mobile TV service. It is the third African country after Nigeria and Namibia to do so.

The service was launched by South African continental pay-TV operator MultiChoice through its Kenyan subsidiary, MultiChoice Kenya, in conjunction with mobile operator Safaricom and the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation.

The technology being used is Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H), the same as that in Nigeria and Namibia.

Meanwhile in South Africa, the launch of a mobile TV service is reportedly being delayed by government.