{"id":70306,"date":"2013-02-11T12:06:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T10:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=70306"},"modified":"2013-02-11T13:31:28","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T11:31:28","slug":"doc-to-drop-digital-tv-decoder-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/70306-doc-to-drop-digital-tv-decoder-appeal.html","title":{"rendered":"DoC to drop digital TV decoder appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minister of Communications, Dina Pule<\/a>, announced at the Digital Broadcasting Switchover Forum today (11 February 2013) that her Department would drop the appeal against a recent South Gauteng High Court decision.<\/p>\n

E-tv<\/a> took court action against Pule for giving the task of administering South Africa\u2019s set-top box (STB) control mechanism to state-owned signal distributor, Sentech<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The court sided with e-tv, saying that free-to-air such as the SABC<\/a> and e-tv itself should have control over the conditional access system.<\/p>\n

Among other things, STB control is meant to prevent the use of decoder-like boxes (also known as STBs) that are subsidised by the state outside South Africa.<\/p>\n

These STBs will be needed to receive the new digital terrestrial television (DTT<\/a>) signal that is set to replace South Africa\u2019s ageing analogue broadcasting standard.<\/p>\n

\"Dina

Dina Pule and DTT<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe are committed to finding a solution that will ensure that we fast-track the process of rolling out DTT,\u201d Pule said.<\/p>\n

Pule said that towards this end, she instructed the Department of Communications<\/a> to withdraw their appeal against the South Gauteng High Court decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have taken this decision to illustrate our goodwill in the discussions we are having with our broadcasting partners,\u201d said Pule.<\/p>\n

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