Sentech, South Africa’s state-owned signal distribution operator, is in search of a new CEO.
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MultiChoice and the SABC have reached a last-minute agreement over rights to broadcast Rugby World Cup games.
Netflix and other international streaming video providers may in future require operating licences in South Africa.
Sentech will at midnight on Monday move TV broadcasters out of the “digital dividend” frequency bands.
The SABC may once again be teetering on the edge of financial collapse, with worries over the corporation’s sustainability.
Communications minister Mondli Gungubele has revealed that R44.2-billion is owed from 9.2 million unpaid accounts.
Government is intent on going ahead with the switch-off of analogue television at the end of March, despite the very real threat it poses to free-to-air broadcasters.
The SABC is Sentech’s biggest client. But that’s not stopping the state-owned signal distributor from formulating plans to compete with it.
The SABC should become a proper private enterprise incentivised by profit and driven by competition and innovation.
Most South Africans know about the major streaming providers, but there are plenty of others – at least 18 in total, by TechCentral’s count.