Digital TV Smackdown

This call for a review by e-tv could delay the digital migration well into next year by tying it up in court, which could result in government and Icasa extending the period of dual Illumination – running both analogue and digital platforms – beyond April 2012.
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Rubbish! Government can instead opt to stop the dual illumination until all concerns are processed to completion. This is what happens when public consultation consists of a short meeting formatted entirely of: This is what we are going to do; instead of : What do you need?
 
She also said that Sentech intends to charge 70% of what it charges to distribute an analogue channel for a digital channel. This is despite the fact that digital television can provide eight to nine channels using the same spectrum allocation that one analogue channel would occupy.
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More more more more more more more!
Apparently every state organ thinks that there is an endless supply of money.

But, once again, ICASA fail to regulate on actual costs. This seems to be a glaring problem with them on every avenue.

ICASA chooses who may play, and then does not force them to play fair, the result is that the consumer of the services offered suffer, every time.
 
All in all, an interesting article, thanks Lloyd Gedye (and RPM).
I am still not motivated at all to purchase an overpriced converter.
 
this is the downside of democracy you have to cater for every one other wise you are anti competitive or racist or something ... mmmmm this is surely a funny country, its like trying to force microst to produce idiot proof OS.
 
Why do they even bother distributing TV via terrestrial transmissions ?

Sentech already has the Vivid satellite TV thing going and that is digital and carries eTv and a load of other junk. Why not just let people get digital satellite receivers instead of these stupid terrestrial STBs ? Besides, the stuff they broadcast looks good enough in MPEG2 - they don't need H.264/AVC/MPEG4_Part10

Seriously, terrestrial spectrum can be used a lot better for low latency telecoms services.

Smackdown terrestrial TV broadcasts !
 
Im I right in thinking that we have the same situation right now prior to our Digital conversion? etv currently use a Sentech owned company (vivid) or theres Orbicom who dont want em? WHy wasnt there a moan earlier about this?
As for local content I cant see it costing too much to dub or subtitle progs into 3 languages.
 
I agree with regulating sentech on prices, but then etv's so called "incentives" channel "etv classic" is such a joke, its just old programming rebroadcast, no wonder you will need 5 million people b4 breaking even, if there is good content then there are watchers, as with unfair signal distribution??? I'd like to see all the TV companies use all of the signal band they were given, in fact make a law that if they don't use it they get fined big time, something like 10million a month per channel that they are not doing anything with.

If WiMax spectrum are so precious then why not DVB-T???? use it or loose it.
 
What disturbs me about all of this, is that apart from all the "benefits" digital migration is supposed to bring, we are going to PAY MORE for it! So much for more choice and competition.
 
BTW, does the thread title have anything to do with the lame WWE episodes that are shown on eTV? :p
 
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