SABC to go digital
The SABC has announced partnerships with Arivia.com and Safika Technologies on the local front and with international players BBC Technology and Tata Consulting Services for a R300m to R500m initiative to transform to a digital platform.
SABC Technology head Sharoda Rapeti comments: "We are actually focusing on the production chain. We are very cognisant of digital broadcasting as it would and must exist as a transmission standard. There is no infrastructure in the country at the moment. There are a few pilot transmitters that offer digital broadcasting, but most definitely none that most of the consumers are aware of or have had the opportunity to participate in a full end to end-to-end trial. So we are cognisant of digital broadcasting. We've been interfacing with the other big major stakeholders in the country so that we have a somewhat 80% certainty of what the standard is likely to be."
Rapeti says that the group will focus on finding solutions to the obstacles of price and computer literacy.
