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Cape Town - The government is going to provide R2.5bn to subsidise poor South Africans' migration to digital broadcasting for the three years while both analogue and digital signals are run.
"The digital signal will be switched on at the beginning of November [this year] and the analogue signal will be switched off in November 2011," says government spokesperson Themba Maseko.
In terms of the cabinet-approved digital migration policy, government will provide a 70% incentive for the set-top-boxes to the 5 million poorest TV-owning households.
Technical specifications for the digital terrestrial set-top boxes (STBs) have been developed and submitted to the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) for finalisation.
In addition to receiving the digital signal, the set-top boxes will be designed to enable the delivery of e-government services related to things like health, education and general notices.
Minister of Communication Ivy Matsepe Casaburri says her department will come up with a strategy for disposing of existing television sets in preparation for the analogue switch-off.
- Fin24.com