On June 28 and 29, more than 400 guests including leaders of the media companies from 48 countries in Africa and Asia attended the 8th African Digital TV Development Seminar hosted by StarTimes Group in Beijing.

StarTimes is the implementation company of "Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages" project announced by the Chinese government in December, 2015. The project will provide, free of charge, two projector TV systems, one digital TV system and satellite TV receiving system for 20 households to each of 10,112 villages in 25 African countries.