Digital TV News: SABC
Commercial DTT to launch in South Africa in December
Oct 3, 2012 – At South Africa's Proof of Concept launch of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), the country's Minister of Communications said that the commercial launch of DTT will take place in December this year.
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Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa, Terrestrial
South Africa announces DTT STB subsidy plans
Oct 22, 2009 – As part of its transition to digital TV, South Africa's Cabinet has allocated R400 million to subsidise the set-top boxes of up to 5 million poor households. The country's Bureau of Standards is finalising a South African DTT STB standard.
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Department of Communications, Digital TV, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa, Terrestrial
MHEG-5 South African Profile now available
Sep 9, 2009 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has announced that the MHEG-5 profile for South Africa is now available for implementation in set top box decoders for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT).
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SABC, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Set Top Box, Smart TV, South Africa, Terrestrial
Digital TV Labs provides test suite for South Africa's DTT trial
May 6, 2009 – Digital TV Labs is providing its Evora iSuite test technology to support the current DTT trial in South Africa. Evora has been successfully used to test set-top boxes against the South African DVB-T with MPEG-4 specification.
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SABC, Digital TV Labs, Set Top Box, South Africa, Terrestrial
IMPALA welcomes inclusion of MHEG-5 in South Africa DTT trial
Feb 2, 2009 – The International MHEG Promotion Alliance (IMPALA) has confirmed that MHEG-5 is included as part of the recently started DTT trial in South Africa. The DTT trial, which began in November, is designed to test a variety of technical factors.
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IMPALA, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Set Top Box, Smart TV, South Africa, Terrestrial
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