{"id":31562,"date":"2013-02-11T12:10:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T10:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=31562"},"modified":"2013-02-11T13:31:14","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T11:31:14","slug":"doc-drops-e-tv-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/31562\/doc-drops-e-tv-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"DoC drops e-tv appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minister of Communications, Dina Pule<\/a>, announced at the Digital Broadcasting Switchover Forum today (11 February 2013) that her Department would drop the appeal against a recent South Gauteng High Court decision.<\/p>\n

E-tv<\/a> took court action against Pule for giving the task of administering South Africa\u2019s set-top box (STB) control mechanism to state-owned signal distributor, Sentech<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The court sided with e-tv, saying that free-to-air such as the SABC<\/a> and e-tv itself should have control over the conditional access system.<\/p>\n

Among other things, STB control is meant to prevent the use of decoder-like boxes (also known as STBs) that are subsidised by the state outside South Africa.<\/p>\n

These STBs will be needed to receive the new digital terrestrial television (DTT<\/a>) signal that is set to replace South Africa\u2019s ageing analogue broadcasting standard.<\/p>\n

\"Dina

Dina Pule and DTT<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe are committed to finding a solution that will ensure that we fast-track the process of rolling out DTT,\u201d Pule said.<\/p>\n

Pule said that towards this end, she instructed the Department of Communications<\/a> to withdraw their appeal against the South Gauteng High Court decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have taken this decision to illustrate our goodwill in the discussions we are having with our broadcasting partners,\u201d said Pule.<\/p>\n

More digital TV articles<\/h3>\n

Digital TV delays: Minister must explain<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Digital TV deadline may be missed in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

New analogue TV signal switch-off deadline<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Digital TV commercial switch-on date set<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Final digital terrestrial TV regulations are here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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