SA’s Digital TV Plan on Track

Parliament heard that most of South Africa’s population should have digital terrestrial television by March.

Presenting Sentech’s quarterly report, Parliament’s communications portfolio committee CEO Setumo Mohapi said projections showed that by March, "We will have reached 74 percent population coverage".

He said the estimated period to cover the remaining 14 percent had been affected by the need to ensure the supply chain functions worked at all levels of the government.

Broadcasters have often expressed concern over whether the December 2013 analogue switch-off deadline will be met despite assurances from Communications Minister Roy Padayachie that the country was well on track to meeting it.

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