No More SABC for Zimbabwe

[Solarion]

Sentech has scrambled SABC's television channels in Zimbabwe, Business Day reported on Wednesday.

The switching-off of the three SABC free-to-air channels meant Zimbabweans now could only view state broadcaster, the Zimbabwean Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), the paper reported.

According to the report, the High Court in Johannesburg had ordered signal carrier Sentech to encrypt the signal last year.

This was after eTV's subsidiary eBotswana requested the same court to scramble the signal in 2011, to curb growing broadcast piracy in the region.

Business Day said Sentech could not be reached for comment at the time of going to press.


Source : Sapa /mom/fg/ks
Date : 03 Jul 2013 08:10

Gonna be lots more babies being made now.

 

[Maverick Jester]

They still pay for SABC because it can only be viewed via dstv decoders, and without subscribing, the channels cannot be viewed.

Actually, I read this again-this can't be true, especially in the context of this article.

 

[Hemps]

When we visit Namibia, places that have dstv dont have any sabc channels?

 

[b_crazy]

Actually, I read this again-this can't be true, especially in the context of this article.

It's a fact. I suggest you do some research.

Sentech provides satellite feeds to Zim. You need a dish, a decoder and an LNB to be able to receive these feeds. If your subs aren't paid up, you cannot receive the feeds, including SABC. What this means is if you receive SABC on your Zimbabwe-registered decoder you won't be able to receive the feeds anymore because those specific channels will be encrypted.

Understand?

 

[Maverick Jester]

It's a fact. I suggest you do some research.

Sentech provides satellite feeds to Zim. You need a dish, a decoder and an LNB to be able to receive these feeds. If your subs aren't paid up, you cannot receive the feeds, including SABC. What this means is if you receive SABC on your Zimbabwe-registered decoder you won't be able to receive the feeds anymore because those specific channels will be encrypted.

Understand?

Sure would be easier to understand if you actually said that in the first place:

They still pay for SABC because it can only be viewed via dstv decoders, and without subscribing, the channels cannot be viewed.

DSTV != Zimbabwe-registered decoders. So again, what you said is not true.

 

[b_crazy]

Sure would be easier to understand if you actually said that in the first place:



DSTV != Zimbabwe-registered decoders. So again, what you said is not true.

[-]You do know there's dstv outside SA right?[/-]

Edit: fxck it, forget about it. You tell me what is true.