DoC to review broadcasters’ DTT input
The Department of Communications (DoC) has embarked on a review of the independent recommendations of broadcasters on the conditional access control over subsidised set-top boxes (STBs) required for South Africa’s digital terrestrial television (DTT) migration.
This came as the DoC met with State-owned broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation, and free-to-air broadcaster e.tv, besides others, for the second time to review the options available to fast-track the implementation of DTT.
The DoC previously commented that South Africa’s migration from analogue to digital broadcasting could be delayed by three years if broadcasters and the department failed to fast-track a decision on the control of the subsidised STBs.
Last year, e.tv launched a lawsuit against Communications Minister Dina Pule for appointing Sentech to manage conditional access to subsidised STBs. The DoC was currently appealing the South Gauteng High Court’s decision to rule in favour of the broadcaster.
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