By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - The switch off date for analogue television transmission is expected to be announced by Digital Technologies and Communications Minister Mondli Gungubele today. South Africa initially planned to switch all analogue TV signals off by 2011 but government has had to postpone the process several times due to political, legal, and economic stumbling blocks. Digital terrestrial TV promises high quality broadcasting and a reduced consumption of radio frequency spectrum. Government has announced that it will take a phased approach to switching off analogue to allow for households to acquire set top boxes. Technology Communications Specialist Nazareen Ebrahim explains what this means for the consumer...

<p>By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - The switch off date for analogue television transmission is expected to be announced by Digital Technologies and Communications Minister Mondli Gungubele today. South Africa initially planned to switch all analogue TV signals off by 2011 but government has had to postpone the process several times due to political, legal, and economic stumbling blocks. Digital terrestrial TV promises high quality broadcasting and a reduced consumption of radio frequency spectrum. Government has announced that it will take a phased approach to switching off analogue to allow for households to acquire set top boxes. Technology Communications Specialist Nazareen Ebrahim explains what this means for the consumer...</p>

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