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Analogue TV switch-off delayed again for "consultations" - all the missed deadlines in one handy table
South Africa's digital TV failure — 12 missed deadlines and almost 12 years late South Africa recently missed its 12th deadline for the switch-off of terrestrial analogue TV broadcasting signals that will mark the completion of the country's migration to vastly superior digital transmissions...- Jan
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- analogue switch-off broadcasting digital migration cyril ramaphosa digital terrestrial television (dtt) frans mthombeni khumbudzo ntshavheni mondli gungubele
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- Forum: Broadband and IT News
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Minister gives update on South Africa's digital TV migration and analogue switch-off
South Africa has 244,000 digital TV boxes to install — with registrations declining Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has revealed that set-top box (STB) registrations are declining, with an average of 15,288 per month between April and July 2022. Speaking at a media briefing...- Jan
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- broadcasting digital migration digital terrestrial television (dtt) khumbudzo ntshavheni set-top box (stb)
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Analogue TV switch-off delay interfering with South Africa's 5G rollouts
Analogue TV switch-off delaying Vodacom and MTN 5G plans Further delays to South Africa's broadcast digital migration is holding back Vodacom's and MTN's rollouts of services on their newly acquired spectrum. The mobile network operators' deployment of additional 4G and 5G capacity is stalling...- Jan
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- 5g analogue switch-off broadcasting digital migration cell c jacqui o'sullivan mtn rain telkom vodacom
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Minister announces new analogue switch-off plan after ConCourt loss
South Africa's new plan to switch off analogue TV and release mobile network capacity Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says a new date for South Africa's analogue switch-off will be announced after September 2022. The Constitutional Court declared the department's 30 June 2022...- Jan
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- analogue switch-off broadcasting digital migration digital terrestrial television (dtt) e-tv emedia khumbudzo ntshavheni
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South Africa's cellular operators ready to move out of Covid-19 lockdown spectrum
Mobile operators on track to migrate out of emergency spectrum South African mobile operators are on track to migrate out of their emergency spectrum assignments and start using the frequencies they bought at auction in March. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa)...- Jan
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- analogue switch-off broadcasting digital migration cell c digital terrestrial television (dtt) jacqui o'sullivan mtn radio frequency spectrum rain schalk visser telkom vodacom
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Indoor digital TV antenna tested - it failed
We tested indoor digital TV antennas and they failed to pick up a single channel MyBroadband bought two indoor television antennas to see if the more expensive "digital" antenna was worth the price difference but ended up not being able to watch anything with either antenna. South Africa's...- Jan
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- analogue switch-off broadcasting digital migration digital terrestrial television (dtt)
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SABC must submit plan for making money from digital TV - Minister
SABC must explain how it's going to make money — besides TV licences Communications minister, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has given the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) until 30 June 2022 to explain how it plans on generating more revenue. She also said her department is working with...- Jan
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- analogue switch-off broadcasting digital migration digital terrestrial television (dtt) enoch godongwana khumbudzo ntshavheni sabc tv licence
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Two months to roll out 250,000 digital decoders
Two months to roll out 250,000 digital decoders Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says that government has to distribute almost 250,000 more digital set-top boxes (STBs) and install around 450,000 in the next two months. That is only slightly less than the number of households they...- Hanno Labuschagne
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- broadcasting digital migration digital tv migration
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