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    Home»Sections»Broadcasting and Media»July 2020 TV migration deadline won’t slip: Mokonyane

    July 2020 TV migration deadline won’t slip: Mokonyane

    Broadcasting and Media By Duncan McLeod19 October 2018
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    Communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane

    Communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane said at a press conference in Pretoria on Friday that government has set July 2020 as the firm and final deadline by which time analogue terrestrial television broadcasts must be switched off.

    This date will not be allowed to slip and, if possible, government will complete the migration of TV broadcasts from analogue to digital systems earlier than that date.

    Mokonyane said the Free State will have its analogue transmitters switched off by no later than 31 December 2018. This will be followed by the Northern Cape by 31 March 2019, while migration work is carried out in the North West in the same period.

    The time for talking is over. We all have to get on and deliver it on behalf of citizens

    The minister blamed — and apologised for — the political instability that caused significant delays in South Africa’s migration project. The country is more than three years past a deadline government agreed to with the International Telecommunication Union, an agency of the United Nations, to complete the project.

    Mokonyane said government remains open to ideas that will help it expedite the migration process, provided this doesn’t involve returning to issues that have already been settled.

    “The time for talking is over. We all have to get on and deliver it on behalf of citizens,” she said. “Let’s make sure we do this as if the deadline is tomorrow. 2020 is the project deadline, but miracles can happen, and if energies can (be mustered to) drive this to complete it before 2020, then so be it.”

    At the same media briefing, the minister said state-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech will run a national call centre where consumers can find out more about the project, including technical information. This will be supplemented by the call centres of the SABC and e.tv, which will handle broadcaster-specific questions.  — © 2018 NewsCentral Media

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