CTV to remain on air

By Khanyisa Tabata
07 December 2009


Cape Town TV has received an assurance from the broadcast regulator, ICASA that it will remain on air despite the uncertainties around the migration to digital television broadcasting.

The channel’s supporters marched on Parliament last week to demand that the station be kept on air and that government provides financial support for all community broadcasting ventures.

“It seems that ICASA has decided against a general switch-off of community television channels and will try to accommodate the sector as the migration to digital television progresses.


“We expect to meet with the regulator soon in order to address our concerns about the apparent threat to switch off CTV when a mobile television broadcaster is licensed, around June next year,” said CTV Station Director Karen Thorne says,.”

Thorne stressed that CTV has reached a point where it has a stable income that can sustain the station’s operations.