DTV Live in South Africa, Commercial Launch in December

MoneyWeb.co.za reports that after several years of delays, the Department of Communications yesterday finally demonstrated digital terrestrial television in Motswedimosa, a community outside Kimberley.

The launch, in the Northern Cape, marks the latest milestone in SA’s march towards digital terrestrial television (DTT) migration. The journey towards moving away from analogue started about six years ago, when SA decided to migrate to digital using the European DVB-T standard.

There’s more at http://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-technology-news/digital-tv-live-in-sa?sn=2009%20Detail