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Zambia to Switch Off Analogue TV Signals in October
Edited by Xia Yuanyuan  ·2017-07-03

Zambia will switch off all analogue television services in urban areas with effect from October 1 as the southern African country moves to digital television, a senior government official said on Thursday.

Minister of Information and Broadcasting Kampamba Mulenga has since directed TopStar Communication Company, a joint venture contracted to facilitate the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting, to enhance its marketing campaigns in all the towns which will be affected by analogue switch-off.

The Zambian minister, who revealed that the country was making steady progress towards migrating from analogue to digital television, said analogue services will be switched off on all urban cities along the line of rail.

The government has also directed its information and technology regulator, the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA), to take all the necessary measures to ensure that there was adherence to the analogue switch-off date.

The government was committed to ensuring that the whole country migrates from analogue to digital terrestrial television before the end of this year, she added.

The TopStar Communication Company is currently installing equipment for digital migration in remote parts of the country to ensure smooth switch to digital television.

Leo Liao, the firm's chief executive officer said the firm was working with relevant government agencies to ensure that digital television signal was distributed to all parts of the country using the highest quality technology.

About 273 million U.S. dollars has been invested towards the construction of modern transmission lines and construction of provincial broadcasting stations in all parts of Zambia, he added.

TopStar is a joint venture created by state broadcaster, the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation, and Africa's leading digital television technology provider StarTimes Group.

The firm has been assigned by the Zambian government as the authorized body to help realize the digitalization program.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) had set June 17, 2015 as the deadline for countries to migrate from analogue to digital terrestrial television migration.

Zambia partially met the deadline but the country has been running simulcast television services in urban areas.

(Xinhua News Agency June 30, 2017)    

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