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Business: Startimes extends Pay TV solutions to Mombasa

Thursday, 16 August 2012 21:08 Digital - Digital TV
StarTimes Media Kenya, digital pay TV company, has extended its signal to Mombasa. This comes three weeks after it launched services in Nairobi and Kisumu.


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