Government has put measures in place to accelerate the implementation of digital migration across the country. Minister of Information and Broadcasting Kampamba Mulenga says all analogue television services along the line of rail will be switched off effective October 1st this year.
Ms Mulenga says people from Chililambombwe to Livingstone must acquire Top Star decoders to avoid being switched off. She has also directed ZICTA to ensure that that there is adherence to the analogue switch off date.
The Minister has further directed the Independence Broadcasting Authority-IBA- to facilitate the transition of its licences to digital broadcasting platform before the analogue switch off.
Ms Mulenga said this during a press briefing to announce the analogue switch off plan held at Top Star head office in Lusaka today.
And TopStar Chief Executive Officer Leo Liao said the organisation will ensure that all households benefit from digital TV.
The government secured used a loan of US $273 million for the digital migration process. Phase 1 saw the establishment of digital transmission in the urban centre’s along the line of rail and Phases 2 and 3 will see the construction of Provincial Broadcasting Stations and transmission sites across the country.
Mr Liao said TopStar, as the authorised public signal distributor, will enable all the parts of the country to have digital television signal.
He said the realisation of digital migration will provide capacity for transmitting more channels and better picture quality across the country.
So dead-NBC will be broadcast in HD?
So now national announcements are carried at Top Star HQ, no more ZNBC.
If there is a coup or presidential backaches from dancing, (lucky he is sad, no longer dances), everything is to be announced at TopStar. No ZNBC.
Switch off your mouth, Bye!
You can keep this job young lady. KC does not need it any more, he is going for the biggest one. He will see you in 2021. I hope you are not one of those who are supposed to be making sure that the prisons are improved now for to end up in when he takes the helm in 2021. I might even be Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the KC government.
In this Lungu Government no one will be spared. Even Yaluma and Richard Sakala will be jailed for stealing OIL. Let’s have investment in clean prisons please!
dead BC is uselss..why force us to buy top star..some chinese quqonkong
The empty tins have sold ZNBC just like that to the Chines…docile Zambians you try that in China not even Google with its deep pockets managed even when they allowed being censored …as the Chines know the power of media.
Masters of negativity looking at the black side as always! These guys are wizards or witches! You don’t believe me? Three Mansions! See the fruit of Three Mansions here!
Tell me of a nation that has sold its national broadcastor to another country’s syate owened company!!
Beautiful woman.
Kampamba is always fighting. Why?
ZESCO SHOULD STOP DEDUCTING K3 WE PAY WHEN BUYING ELECTRICITY PEOPLE SHOULD NOW PAY THROUGH THEIR DECODERS. SOME OF US DON’T EVEN WATCH ZNBC