{"id":547985,"date":"2006-02-13T16:58:46","date_gmt":"2006-02-13T16:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/547985-sabc-s-digitisation-on-track.html"},"modified":"2006-02-13T16:58:46","modified_gmt":"2006-02-13T16:58:46","slug":"sabc-s-digitisation-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/547985-sabc-s-digitisation-on-track.html","title":{"rendered":"SABC’s digitisation on track"},"content":{"rendered":"

The broadcaster aims to have the digitisation process complete before 2010. <\/font><\/p>\n

Rapeti says SA is likely to launch digital terrestrial broadcasting within the next two years. <\/font><\/p>\n

Last year, Rapeti announced at an SABC vendor briefing that digitising the SABC’s systems would cost about R1.2 billion over the next six years. <\/font><\/p>\n

She says the R1.2 billion budget was developed for the full transition and overhaul of the SABC’s production infrastructure for radio and television broadcasting as well as information systems and IT solutions. <\/font><\/p>\n

"The pricing advantage for technology solutions is, of course, through the effect of Moore’s Law where relative to price, the performance of technology always increases. In economic terms, the supply and demand of technology solutions is also in our favour where, as more of the world’s broadcasters adopt digital solutions, this can drive down supplier pricing," says Rapeti. <\/font><\/p>\n

She says the SABC’s forecasted spend is unlikely to increase. "We will manage within and downwards of this planned spend by taking factors such as forex and supply pricing into account. <\/font><\/p>\n

"With respect to the overhaul and re-capitalisation of our IT infrastructure, we have commenced the enterprise resource planning project with the first significant delivery milestone scheduled for early next year. <\/font><\/p>\n

Rapeti says the SABC has completed phase one of its newsroom production systems, where more than 80% of bulletins are produced and served off digital server-based solutions. <\/font><\/p>\n

"Ikwekewezi FM was our first station to be launched off an upgraded digital platform last year. We are refining the project blueprints for phase two in the newsroom as well as the expanded roll-out of digital production and studio system for public radio." <\/font><\/p>\n

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