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China donates high definition OB van to ZBC
16 Jan 2013 at 18:35hrs | Views
A high definition outside broadcasting van donated by the Chinese government to the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is expected in the country in two weeks time.
The digital satellite news gathering van and a nine camera digital high definition outside broadcasting van are expected to improve the operations of the national broadcaster in outside broadcasting, news gathering and transmission from the country's 10 provinces.
Speaking after a five member Chinese delegation handed over shipment papers for the equipment, ZBC Group CEO, Mr Happison Muchechetere hailed relations between China and Zimbabwe and expressed gratitude to the Chinese for their assistance in the digitalisation process.
"We are happy to have secured this van, which is a positive development towards the national broadcaster's digitalisation process. Now we will be able to get information from all parts of the country and trasmit it instantly to our television channels using digital satellite. We used to hire such a van from South Africa and we would fork out over US$20000 and now we are happy that we will no longer be doing that," said Mr Muchechetere.
The Chinese head of delegation, Mr Zhou Mai said their company is willing to work with the national broadcaster by providing technical support.
The delegation was then taken for a tour of the TV and radio studios at the ZBC headquarters at Pockets Hill, Harare.
SADC has set a deadline for its member states to move from analogue to digital broadcasting by the end of this year while the International Communications Union (ICU) expects the whole world to be broadcasting on digital by 2015.
Mr Muchechetere said by the end of this year, the national broadcaster will be halfway through with the digitalisation process and will definitely meet the 2015 ICU deadline.
The digital satellite news gathering van and a nine camera digital high definition outside broadcasting van are expected to improve the operations of the national broadcaster in outside broadcasting, news gathering and transmission from the country's 10 provinces.
Speaking after a five member Chinese delegation handed over shipment papers for the equipment, ZBC Group CEO, Mr Happison Muchechetere hailed relations between China and Zimbabwe and expressed gratitude to the Chinese for their assistance in the digitalisation process.
"We are happy to have secured this van, which is a positive development towards the national broadcaster's digitalisation process. Now we will be able to get information from all parts of the country and trasmit it instantly to our television channels using digital satellite. We used to hire such a van from South Africa and we would fork out over US$20000 and now we are happy that we will no longer be doing that," said Mr Muchechetere.
The delegation was then taken for a tour of the TV and radio studios at the ZBC headquarters at Pockets Hill, Harare.
SADC has set a deadline for its member states to move from analogue to digital broadcasting by the end of this year while the International Communications Union (ICU) expects the whole world to be broadcasting on digital by 2015.
Mr Muchechetere said by the end of this year, the national broadcaster will be halfway through with the digitalisation process and will definitely meet the 2015 ICU deadline.
Source - zbc
