SADC spurns Brazil, adopts DVB-T2
It’s official. Southern Africa will adopt the European standard for digital terrestrial broadcasting. In addition, the region has adopted the latest version of the standard, known as digital video broadcasting terrestrial
Decision time for digital TV standard
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) task team, which is investigating which digital terrestrial television broadcasting standard the region should adopt, will report its findings on 22 November. The task team will submit its findings at a SADC meeting of ministers in
Sadc delay in digital standards decision
The Southern African broadcasting industry will have to wait another month to hear which standard will be used in the migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television. A task team, which was expected to report back to the Southern African Development
Digital migration might be delayed, says Nyanda
Government remains committed to switching off analogue terrestrial television, and completing the switch to digital broadcasts, by November 2011. But communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda has conceded the deadline may have to be revisited if the country decides to adopt a new standard for digital television. Nyanda was speaking at a press conference in Pretoria, where he announced the new members of the Digital Dzonga advisory council, which will advise government on the country’s planned migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television.
Time to clear the picture
The department of communications has thrown SA’s migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television into disarray. It’s time to end all the nonsense around different standards and for the industry to move ahead. Business leaders in SA have always shown a reluctance to criticise government. Where they
SA set to abandon digital TV standard (corrected)
SA looks likely to ditch its 2006 decision to adopt Europe’s digital video broadcasting terrestrial (DVB-T) standard for digital terrestrial television. That’s the word from communications department director-general Mamodupi Mohlala, who* Communications department director-general Mamodupi Mohlala says that although SA has not decided on a future digital broadcasting standard, experts have advised the department that [...]
Digital TV may be delayed, says Nyanda
The final switch-over date from analogue to digital broadcasting could be delayed by at least a few months, communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda said on Tuesday. This was due to a review of the technical standards currently being undertaken, he told the national assembly’s communications committee. The department of communications surprised the broadcasting industry recently when it said it was no longer necessarily committed to the European digital video
Altech’s Venter slams digital TV rethink
Altech CEO Craig Venter has taken government to task for considering pulling the plug on SA’s commitment to the digital video broadcasting terrestrial (DVB-T) standard for digital terrestrial television. In an outspoken interview on Classic FM on Wednesday evening, Venter (pictured) has lashed out at the department of communications’ decision to review the country’s commitment [...]
Digital distress
Just about everyone in SA’s broadcasting industry has been taken aback by government’s decision to rethink its commitment to the European digital television standard. There are concerns it could set back the country’s digital migration by years
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