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SKA GOES DIGITAL AS
NORTHERN CAPE SWITCHES OFF ANALOGUE TV
SIGNAL |
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first phase of the analogue switch-off (ASO)
and migration to digital broadcasting
took place on Friday, 28 October,
starting in the Northern Cape. |
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The Square Kilometer
Array (SKA) area in the province became the first province in
the country to switch off its analogue signal.
Analogue transmitters will also be switched off in Van Wyksvlei,
Brandvlei, Williston, Vosburg and Carnarvon.
In April this year, the door-to-door set-top-box (STB)
registration campaign was initiated for the core SKA towns.
The Department of Communications said in a statement that it was
a direct intervention aimed at fast-tracking the uptake and
usage of STBs and facilitating analogue switch-off in the SKA
area.
“The ASO is one of the critical milestones of the broadcasting
digital migration process. This symbolises capabilities of
broadcasting digital migration stakeholders who made it possible
to reach this stage,” the statement said.
The registration campaign is currently underway in Limpopo,
Mpumalanga and Free State and will be rolled out to the rest of
the country in phases.
“The main reason for the world’s migration to digital is to
release valuable spectrum which can be used for other services.
“Spectrum is scarce; therefore more efficient use of the
spectrum is necessary if more terrestrial telecommunications and
broadcasting services are to be made available.
“With digital broadcasting, sound, video, text and still images
can be transmitted using a technology that allows for
information to be compressed, thus using frequency spectrum
efficiently,” the department said.
– Source: www.news24.com |
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