MyBroadband bought two indoor television antennas to see if the more expensive “digital” antenna was worth the price difference but ended up not being able to watch anything with either antenna.
South Africa’s digital migration is finally nearing completion, which means that the older analogue TV broadcasts are being shut down.
The SABC has switched off its analogue TV signals in five provinces — Northern Cape, North West, Mpumalanga, Free State, and Limpopo.
In provinces like Gauteng, where analogue broadcasts are still available, state signal distributor Sentech broadcasts digital terrestrial TV alongside the old signal.
Digital signals offer better quality and make better use of the available radio frequency spectrum, freeing up space that cellular network operators can use.
Some of this “digital dividend” was included in industry regulator Icasa’s March spectrum…
