SA’s Digital Migration plan acknowledged in the UK

By Mikhaila Crowie
27 February 2009

The South African government's efforts in driving the migration from analogue to digital television was for the first time acknowledged in London yesterday at the , inaugural Informa's Digital Switchover awards.

The country was runner-up in the category of "Best Digital Switchover Plan".

The award went to Finland, which has already completed analogue switch-off.

Department of Communications spokeperson, Joe Makhafola said the plan was regarded amongst the best in the developed world.

“The developed world acknowledged that we are a developed country. This shows a lot of confidence that the international arena has for South Africa with regards to the digital migration and we are confident that South Africa will migrate mostly from analogue to digital migration.”