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ZBC to charge between $3 - $5 'access fee' per TV set

by Staff reporter
24 Jul 2015 at 21:28hrs | Views

The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) plans to introduce six new channels following the switch from analogue to digital with encrypted content which can only be viewed after paying a monthly 'Access Fee' of US$3-5 per TV set.

The access fee will replace the old TV licence fee of $30 per annum and must be paid by everyone with a TV set – even users who only subscribe to DStv.

ZBC has also struggled to collect enough licence fees to cater for its financial needs.

A new report from Dataxis - Pay-TV/ FTA Broadcasting in Zimbabwe - shows the country had 3.43 million households end-2014 with a TV household penetration rate of 53%.

Source - online