Sentech management disagrees with analogue switch-off approach

[Daniel Puchert]

TV signal disaster in South Africa

Management at South African signal distributor Sentech's offices in KwaZulu-Natal don't agree with the current approach to the analogue switch-off, saying government shouldn't measure progress based on installing set-top boxes.

Instead, it proposes that the government ensure communities have access to the required equipment through the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), for example, before switching off analogue TV signals.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

bribes r us it seems, dont forget those TV licenses.

 

[Thorium]

In a meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies in November 2024, it was revealed that dual illumination had cost South Africa R1.23 billion over the past 10 financial years.

“The department and USAASA requested National Treasury to approve a reprioritisation of R140 million from USAF funds to cover the dual illumination shortfall for 2024/25,” the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies said in its presentation.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

The Brain Drain catching up fast ....

 

[Bliksis]

5 more threads incoming.

 

[_TrXtR_]

How many years has it been? And they want me to pay a tv license for that?

 

[Lupus]

Funny thing is, Multichoice/M-Net cut their analogue off like 9 + years ago, knew the engineer who switched it on in 1986 and switched it off 30 years later.