Even Namibia has switched off analogue TV

Don't expect to see much movement in SA until after the local elections in 2016 given that the ANC don't want to upset their voters by forcing them to buy decoders and, quelle horreur, TV licences :whistle:
 
They don't have the cANCer problem that's why they are doing it.
 
There's no money to be made, so it's just not a priority for govamint.

SABC does not have any cash to sponsor decoders, as their whole budget goes into salaries.
 
Mortymoose said:
Right you lot down there in that 3rd world country....... About all this electricity, beef, lamb, fish and beer that we are exporting to you from beautiful and unpopulated country.......
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Yeah man, our country is going backwards 100 years with these greedy pigs in charge.
 
Why can't they enforce the tv licensing against the new digital decoder/STB. I really don't want to pay for my TV license after they recently said tv license money pays for content and universal access. I DON'T WANT UNIVERSAL ACCESS. I want opt-in access, which means I'll never have to pay a cent, because I hate their content.
 
SABC... Complex but yet typical South African problem. A Tsotsi running the show and they know switching to digital will mean riot when freeloaders are cut off. Same as Eskom and everything else.

At some point this place is going to get interesting. The minority supporting the majority can only last so long before it folds and its Zim 2.0 (which the locals think is wonderful :wtf:)
 
foxtrotunicorncharliekilo said:
SABC... Complex but yet typical South African problem. A Tsotsi running the show and they know switching to digital will mean riot when freeloaders are cut off. Same as Eskom and everything else.

At some point this place is going to get interesting. The minority supporting the majority can only last so long before it folds and its Zim 2.0 (which the locals think is wonderful :wtf:)
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Yup, it's coming.
 
What are the results of not switching over in time? I heard there was a risk of signal bleed and interference from neighbouring countries?
Would be epic if the SABC signal became so degraded as to be unwatchable. OK I know its alredy degraded and unwatchable but you know what I mean.
And then there is the whole lack of spectrum transfer and allocation stunting economic growth.
 
Under ITU rules, as of 2015 Analogue TV broadcasts are no longer protected against any form of interference, be it digital noise from a neighbouring country or the local radio ham down the road. Analogue will effectively be 'unofficial' broadcasts.

Digital Radio is next on the list!
 
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