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S/Africa will switch-off analogue TV in 2020 – Minister
3:26 CAT | 21 Oct 2018
South Africa will switch from analogue terrestrial television to digital television broadcasting in July 2020, Communication Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has said.“The analogue switch-off will occur in South Africa by July 2020. However, we will work harder to do it earlier if it’s possible,” Mokonyane said at the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) headquarters in Pretoria on Friday.
Mokonyane said her office has been working hard to get the project back on track after South Africa missed the 2015 International Telecommunications Union deadline to migrate from analogue to digital transmission.
According to her, the Free State Province would be the first region to switch off analogue transmissions by 31 December 2018 in the country.
Currently, television and radio signals are broadcast on an analogue platform, which requires a large amount of bandwidth to transmit picture and sound information.
This limited the amount of signals that could get through the airwaves at a particular time. However, digital signals require much less bandwidth, therefore more channels could be broadcast at the same time, with brighter, sharper picture and better sound, communication experts said.
“The analogue switch-off will occur in South Africa by July 2020. However, we will work harder to do it earlier if it’s possible,” Mokonyane said.
Mokonyane said her office has been working hard to get the project back on track after South Africa missed the 2015 International Telecommunications Union deadline to migrate from analogue to digital transmission.
According to her, the Free State Province would be the first region to switch off analogue transmissions by 31 December 2018 in the country.
Currently, television and radio signals are broadcast on an analogue platform, which requires a large amount of bandwidth to transmit picture and sound information.
This limited the amount of signals that could get through the airwaves at a particular time. However, digital signals require much less bandwidth, therefore more channels could be broadcast at the same time, with brighter, sharper picture and better sound, communication experts said.
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