South Africa

Treasury funds digital broadcasting network upgrade

15 Nov 2005

The Minister of Finance, Trevor Manuel, confirmed that funds will made available to digitise the South African television broadcasting signal

Multichoice to mount mobile TV

29 Jun 2005

MultiChoice Africa has announced its intention to launch a series of new technologies, including Mobile TV, at a briefing to journalists assembled

South Africa to set up a digital task team

02 Jun 2005

Communication Minister Ivy Matsepe Casaburri announced in a recent statement that the government intended to set up a "migration task team" to look

South Africa's DVB-T2 network reaches 61% coverage

South Africa is a step closer towards migrating to a digital terrestrial television broadcasting regime. Today, Minister of Communications, Ms Dina

Government allocates funds for DTT receivers

The South African government has committed to spend Rand 780 million (€60 million) to help fund the cost of DTT receivers for low-income

Draft Terrestrial Broadcast Frequency plan published

The Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has published a draft terrestrial broadcast frequency plan for public comment. This