ICASA finalising Digital TV rules

The big guns will be out in force for public hearings into the Draft Regulations for Digital Terrestrial Television from today to Wednesday.
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has announced that there will be public hearings on the Draft Regulations for Digital Terrestrial Television (Draft DTT Regulations). This follows the publication of the Amendment of the Digital Migration Policy by the Minister of Communications on 7 February 2012.

ICASA published the Draft Regulations on 28 September 2011 and invited interested parties, stakeholders, and the public to respond to the issues raised in the Draft Regulations. The closing date for the receipt of written representations was 10 November 2011. The Authority received 18 submissions. 17 of these have indicated their wish to make oral presentations.

The public hearings will be held from today, 12 March, to Wednesday,14 March, at Icasa’s Presentation Room in Block C, ,Pinmill Farm, Sandton.

The following organisations will present their submissions:

12 MARCH 2012

SABC
08H45-09H45
E-TV
9H45-10H45
M-Net
10H45-11H45
Kagiso Media
13H00-14H00
SOS
14H00-15H00
MMA
15H00-16H00

13 MARCH 2012

Organization
Time
Sentech
08H00-09H00
Telkom
09H00-10H00
Neel Smuts
10H00-11H00
SKA
11H00-12H00
MTN
12H00- 13H00
Cell C
14H00-15H00
NYDA
15H00-16H00

14 MARCH 2012

Organization
Time
Bay TV
08H00-09H00
Tshwane TV
09H00-10H00
WOW TV
10H00-11H00
Avusa
11H00-12H00
Mobile TV
12H00-13H00
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