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  1. Jan

    Cape Town TV and Right2Know protest analogue TV switch-off

    Protest wants to delay analogue TV switch-off in South Africa Several civil society organisations and a community television channel are campaigning against the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies' plan to switch off all analogue TV signals in South Africa by the end of March...
    • Jan
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    • analogue switch-off e.tv emedia khumbudzo ntshavheni right2know sthe khuluse
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. Jan

    DStv dropping four E-tv channels

    DStv cuts four channels MultiChoice is dropping four E-tv channels from the DStv platform on 1 April 2022, eMedia has announced. “eMedia and MultiChoice have renewed a channel supply agreement in which Multichoice have opted not to carry certain eMedia channels, namely eMovies, eMovies Extra...
  4. Jan

    Icasa says spectrum auction will go ahead

    Bring it on — Icasa to Telkom The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is forging ahead with plans to auction off sought-after radio frequency spectrum. This is despite threats from Telkom that it would reinstate an application to interdict the auction if Icasa did not...
    • Jan
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    • e.tv emedia independent communications authority of south africa (icasa) mtn radio frequency spectrum spectrum auction telkom
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  5. Jan

    Spectrum auction court dates set

    South Africa's big network capacity fight — court dates set The Pretoria High Court will hear arguments in Telkom’s case against the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) over the auctioning of long-awaited radio frequency spectrum on 11–14 April 2022. The Acting Judge...
    • Jan
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    • e-tv emedia independent communications authority of south africa (icasa) khumbudzo ntshavheni mtn radio frequency spectrum rain spectrum auction telkom vodacom
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  6. Jan

    Telkom sub-1GHz interference map shows one reason it is fighting the auction

    Spectrum chaos in South Africa Telkom says that while trying to use emergency network capacity handed out at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, it ran into significant problems. MyBroadband spoke to Telkom’s head of network planning and engineering Lebo Masalesa, who explained that “digital...
    • Jan
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    • digital dividend e.tv emedia independent communications authority of south africa (icasa) lebo masalesa spectrum auction telkom
    • Replies: 46
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  7. Jan

    Sentech begins digital dividend restacking in Northern Cape and North West

    Digital TV signal disruptions announced State-owned signal distributor Sentech announced that it has begun restacking digital TV frequencies in towns where the migration from SABC’s old analogue signal has been completed. It warned that disruptions to digital terrestrial TV signals could last...
    • Jan
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    • digital dividend e-tv emedia independent communications authority of south africa (icasa) khumbudzo ntshavheni radio frequency spectrum sentech telkom
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. Jan

    Showmax vs Video Play vs eVOD vs TelkomOne - South African streaming services compared

    South African streaming services compared South African companies MultiChoice, eMedia, Telkom, and Vodacom all offer streaming services that provide on-demand access to TV shows and movies. A rapidly growing market, the streaming industry in Africa had 5.11 million subscribers as of September...
    • Jan
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    • e-tv emedia evod multichoice showmax telkom telkomone video play vodacom
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  9. Jan

    Vodacom files court papers opposing Telkom's interdict of spectrum auction

    Vodacom joins fight against Telkom Vodacom has filed papers in the Pretoria High Court to oppose Telkom’s application for an urgent interdict against the spectrum auction that industry regulator Icasa wants to hold on 8 March 2022. Telkom approached the Pretoria High Court last week Tuesday to...
    • Jan
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    • byron kennedy e-tv emedia independent communications authority of south africa (icasa) radio frequency spectrum spectrum auction telkom wireless open-access network (woan)
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. Jan

    Telkom files High Court papers to block spectrum auction - again

    Telkom launches legal strike against spectrum auction Telkom has filed High Court papers to block the Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (Icasa) from going through with an auction of sought-after radio frequency spectrum. Spectrum is the lifeblood of wireless networks...
    • Jan
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    • e-tv emedia independent communications authority of south africa (icasa) mtn siyabonga mahlangu telkom vodacom wireless open-access network (woan)
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  11. Jan

    SABC's analogue terrestrial TV signal switched off in Northern Cape

    Second province in South Africa switches off analogue TV Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni oversaw the switch-off of the last analogue TV transmitter in the Northern Cape today. The successful migration from analogue to digital television means that Northern Cape (and Free State)...
    • Jan
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    • digital migration digital terrestrial television (dtt) e.tv emedia khumbudzo ntshavheni m-net multichoice sentech
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  12. Jan

    eMedia advertising revenue hits R1.1 billion

    eMedia profit jumps 1,600% eMedia benefited from the rise of economic activity in 2021, seeing a profit increase of 1,607% for the six months ended 30 September 2021.
  13. Jan

    Sentech only needs two months to shut off E-tv's analogue transmitters - Minister

    We can shut off E-tv's old TV signal in two months — Minister Sentech switched off all 84 of M-Net’s old analogue terrestrial television sites in two months, and the state-owned signal distributor can shut down E-tv’s remaining transmitters in the same amount of time. This is according to...
    • Jan
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    • digital terrestrial television (dtt) e.tv emedia khalik sherrif khumbudzo ntshavheni m-net multichoice sentech
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  14. Jan

    Telkom asks Icasa for more 2300Mhz spectrum and wants to give back its 2400MHz

    Telkom applies for extra 4G spectrum The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has published an application from Telkom for extra capacity for its cellular network. Telkom is asking for an additional 27 megahertz (MHz) of bandwidth in the 2300MHz spectrum band it...
    • Jan
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    • e.tv emedia independent communications authority of south africa (icasa) radio frequency spectrum spectrum auction telkom
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  15. Jan

    E-tv taking Minister to court to delay South Africa's digital TV migration

    E-tv threatens legal action over digital TV eMedia Holdings plans to launch legal action against communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni over government's intention to switch off analogue TV signals in South Africa by January 2022. The CEO of eMedia, Khalik Sherrif, says that they have...
    • Jan
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    • broadcast research council of south africa (brcsa) e.tv emedia gary whitaker khalik sherrif khumbudzo ntshavheni
    • Replies: 57
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  16. Jan

    eMedia launches video streaming play - eVOD

    eVOD — E-tv's Netflix contender launched E-tv and Openview owner eMedia has launched an on-demand video streaming service called eVOD. Launched with MTN as the technology partner, eVOD features E-tv’s original soaps and telenovelas as well as local and Hollywood movies.
  17. Jan

    What you get on Openview for the price of a decoder

    Openview channel list — What you get for R1,499 Satellite TV service Openview offers a range of digital TV channels and radio stations at a once-off price that is cheaper than two months of DStv Premium. When it comes to movies, TV shows, news, and sports entertainment, South Africans can...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    SABC will launch dedicated sport channel and radio stations on Openview

    SABC will launch dedicated sport channel and radio stations on Openview The SABC and eMedia Holdings have announced a new broadcasting carriage agreement that will see the latter’s Openview service broadcast existing and new SABC channels and radio stations. The agreement is intended to make...
  19. J

    TV Licence fees must become compulsory in South Africa - eMedia CEO

    TV Licence fees must become compulsory in South Africa - eMedia CEO TV licence fees should be compulsory for every South African household and the SABC must be supported by the government, according to eMedia Holdings CEO Khalik Sherrif. Sherrif was speaking at a recent parliamentary committee...
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