Set-top box winning bidders announced

[Kevin Lancaster]

Set-top box winning bidders announced

The names of 26 bidding organisations that have each won a piece of South Africa’s R4.3bn set-top box tender have finally been revealed.

 

[grok]

Handed out? Like t-shirts & meal vouchers at election time?

 

[cerebus]

The poor definitely need more TV.

 

[Milano]

How will the current spectrum used by analogue be used in future?

 

[Hemi300c]

ANCTV

 

[Nerfherder]

What was the point of tendering and then basically giving it to everyone ?

 

[skimread]

Can someone calculate how much 5 million set-top box will suck from the Eskom grid?

 

[Kilgore_Trout_Redux]

Would be intetesting to see the ANC ties of all the bid winners.

 

[ellyally]

Guaranteed the voting masses get their free 'gifts' days before voting day

 

[RichardG]

Does anyone know what channels are currently available.

 

[Fudzy]

This has passed it's sell-by date IMO. The millennials have adopted mobile media.

 

[Sl8er]

TL;DR

*waits for the "damning" report on the amount of corruption involved*