Tanzania to Switch Off Analog TV Broadcasting On December 31

20 November 2012

Dar es Salaam — Tanzania will stick to its Dec. 31 deadline for switchover from analogue to digital TV broadcasting, even as experts express pessimism over the capability of the African continent making it by 2015, the globally agreed date, the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) said on Monday.

The December deadline was consented by all East African Community (EAC) countries of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda but some member states, notably Kenya, have already announced their intention to push back the date until they are through with general elections, citing prohibitive cost of acquiring set top boxes.

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