Analogue will go on as DTT deadline passes
The 17 June 2015 was the day laid down by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for full digital broadcasting to take over from analogue. Analogue users will no longer be protected from signal interference.
With South Africa still some way from finalising its Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) migration, there is a risk that television viewers could face broadcasting disruptions. However, Minister of Communications Faith Muthambi says that South Africa, along with other countries that are signatories to the ITU, have an agreement to facilitate the migration of broadcasting services from the analogue format to the DTT platform.