Communications minister Roy Padayachie says the country is on track to switch off analogue terrestrial television broadcasts by December 2013, paving the way for spectrum that will be freed up through the migration
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SA consumers may be able to begin buying set-top boxes for digital terrestrial television in little over a year from now, but the full switchover from analogue could take far longer
The SABC has been ordered to apologise to the Mail & Guardian newspaper for broadcasting an “inaccurate” and “distorted” story about one of the newspaper’s journalists
National treasury has allocated a significant budget to the department of communications over the next three years to assist in the country’s migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television
Former SABC CEO Solly Mokoetle says he has not been asked to take up the position of director-general at the department of communications. Speculation has been mounting that Mokoetle is in line
Embattled SABC CEO Solly Mokoetle has resigned due to an “irretrievable breakdown” in the relationship between himself and the public broadcaster’s board
Cabinet on Wednesday discussed the issue of which standard SA will adopt for digital terrestrial television broadcasting. Curiously, however, no reference was made to the issue in Thursday’s cabinet statement
A Southern African task team has recommended the adoption of the updated European standard for digital terrestrial television. Our politicians should waste no time in endorsing this and
Communications minister Roy Padayachie has withdrawn the controversial Public Service Broadcasting Bill pending further consultation, and wants to consider new models for funding the SABC and community media.
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