Despite intense pressure from broadcasters, communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni appears adamant that analogue TV will be switched off this week.
from South Africa’s two biggest terrestrial television broadcasters, communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni appears adamant that analogue TV will be switched off this Thursday.
“The benefits of the digital migration and ending dual illumination far outweigh any short-term inconvenience that may happen after the analogue switch-off,” the department said.The department’s comments come after the SABC on Friday issued a statement in which itthe minister’s plan to switch off analogue broadcasts on 31 March.
Government had originally promised to deliver more than five million government-subsidised free boxes to indigent homes but has delivered only about a fifth of that number. Although the original target may have become too high given many South Africans have moved to satellite in the intervening years, e.tv and the SABC contend that government’s roll-out of free boxes has fallen well short of what’s necessary.
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