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A television licence or broadcast receiving licence is a payment required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts or the possession of a television set. In some countries, a licence is also required to own a radio or receive radio broadcasts. In such countries, some broadcasts are funded in full or in part by the licence fees.
Community Stations. GauTV. 1KZN [4] Rising Sun TV (StarSat) Mpuma Kapa TV [5] Cape Town TV. Soweto TV via DStv until digital switch. Tshwane TV [6]
e.tv (commonly referred to on-air as e) is the first and only privately owned free-to-air television station in South Africa.It is the fifth terrestrial television channel in the country, following three channels that are operated by the state-owned South African Broadcasting Corporation (that is SABC 1, SABC 2 and SABC 3) and the privately owned subscription-funded M-Net.
Satellite television. South African-based MultiChoice's DStv is the main digital satellite television provider in Sub-Saharan Africa, broadcasting principally in English, but also in Portuguese, Hindi, German and Afrikaans. In May 2010, On Digital Media launched the TopTV satellite television service. [99]
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is an independent regulatory body of the South African government, established in 2000 by the ICASA Act to regulate both the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors in the public interest. Traditionally, telecommunications and broadcasting services operated separately and so ...
South Africa has four licensed mobile operators: MTN, Vodacom (majority owned by the UK’s Vodafone), Cell C (75% owned by Saudi Oger, an international telecommunications holdings firm), and 8ta, a subsidiary of Telkom. In 2012, mobile penetration was estimated at more than 10%, one of the highest rates in the world. [4]
Website. www.starsat.co.za. StarSat (formerly TopTV until 31 October 2013 [1]) is a South African direct broadcast satellite television service that began broadcasting on 1 May 2010. [2] StarSat is operated by On Digital Media, [3] who were granted a pay-TV license by ICASA in September 2007. [4] On Digital Media is currently 20% owned by ...
www.doc.gov.za. The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (formerly the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services and the Department of Communications) is one of the departments of the South African government. It is responsible for overseeing the South African communications, telecommunications and broadcasting ...