Despite intense pressure from broadcasters, communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni appears adamant that analogue TV will be switched off this week.
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The SABC board on Friday labelled government’s plan to switch off analogue television broadcasts on 31 March as an “unsustainable risk” to the rights of millions of indigent South African households.
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse said the state-owned company is trying to ram through a “massive” contract for set-top box installations. Sentech has denied the allegations.
The auction of mobile broadband spectrum will continue into next week after already raising more than the R8-billion expected.
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has proclaimed 31 March as the date that South Africa will switch off analogue television broadcasts.
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni on Tuesday repeated a claim that South Africa has switched off analogue broadcasting in five of the nine provinces. But this isn’t strictly true.
Sentech has kicked off the process of “digital restacking”, an important step in freeing up frequencies for mobile broadband services.
North West will on Wednesday become the third province in South Africa to have its analogue television signals switched off.
eMedia Holdings has reported a sharp increase in revenue and profits for the six months to 30 September 2021, driven by a surge in advertising sales.
eMedia has filed papers in the high court to stop the communications minister from declaring a March 2022 date for analogue television switch-off.