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Autonomous drones to patrol SA's borders
State-owned company Sentech, which distributes broadcast signals for radio and television, is in the market for sophisticated unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to patrol South Africa's borders.U...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
DStv to cut off SA subscriptions
Multichoice intends to cut off Digital Satellite Television, (DStv) viewers who pay their subscriptions in South Africa while residing in Zimbabwe.Without specifying the time when this mov...Published: 23 Mar 2015 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice warns Zimbabweans over illegal DStv viewing
Pay-TV provider MultiChoice has issued "warnings" to Zimbabweans who illegally buy South African DStv packages to watch channels not available in Zimbabwe.Television channels such as the Sout...Published: 11 Mar 2014 at 15:50hrs | | by Gareth van Zyl
'ZBC in a mess,' says Prof J Moyo
INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Professor Jonathan Moyo says the state-owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is in a mess after it was run down in a manner which border...Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Viewing SABC in Zim a prosecutable offence,' says DStv
MULTICHOICE Zimbabwe has warned services which offer channels not authorised for viewing in Zimbabwe such as South African Broadcasting Corporation's SABC 1, 2, 3 and eTV saying it is a prosecutable o...Published: 22 Nov 2013 at 02:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
1st TV boasts of massive viewership
Owners of Zimbabwe's sole independent television station, 1st TV say they are impressed with the overwhelming response from local viewers since its launch last Friday. 1st TV senior presente...Published: 23 Jul 2013 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
NGO publishes instructions of how to access 1st TV
A non-governmental organisation, Free and Fair Zimbabwe published the satellite frequencies for the TV station on its Facebook page, leading to a number of people commenting that they were still faili...Published: 21 Jul 2013 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's private TV only launches on the internet - video
PIRATE TV station 1st TV failed to launch last night after the South African parastatal, Sentech that carries the SABC signal refused to host the station's transmission.It only launched onlin...Published: 20 Jul 2013 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's independent TV station fails to launch
PIRATE TV station 1st TV failed to launch last night after the South African parastatal, Sentech that carries the SABC signal refused to host the station's transmission.ZBC chief executive of...Published: 20 Jul 2013 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to engage Zuma over 1st TV
GOVERNMENT will engage GPA facilitator South African President Jacob Zuma in the wake of the intensification of pirate broadcasts into Zimbabwe that has sucked in Sentech, a parastatal that carries t...Published: 19 Jul 2013 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
SABC, ZTV in content deal to offer popular SABC programmes on a local channel
South African signal carrier, Sentech has proposed a content deal that could see local viewers watching South African and some of Zimbabwe's popular films locally.Sentech approached the Zimbab...Published: 10 Jul 2013 at 17:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe the 'big winner' in SABC channels cuts
Following Monday's decision by the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation to disconnected its channels on the free to air decoder users, political analyst are saying this move will deprive Zimbabwean ...Published: 03 Jul 2013 at 04:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC happy with SABC blackout
ZBC has hailed South African television signal carrier, Sentech, for finally encrypting its signals on free-to-air decoders.Sentech is a South African government-owned broadcast signal distri...Published: 04 Jul 2013 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Backyard technicians 'reconnecting' SABC channels
BACKYARD technicians are cashing in on neighbouring South Africa's decision to black out its television channels from free to air decoders, charging up to $40 to "reconnect" SABC 1, 2 and 3. Scores o...Published: 04 Jul 2013 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
SABC channels switch off viewers in Zimbabwe
SOUTH Africa broadcasting corporation yesterday disconnected its channels on the free to air decoder users. Yesterday local viewers who depended on Wiztech, Philibao, Fortec and Vivid decoder...Published: 02 Jul 2013 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC gets legal ammunition to force listeners to pay licences
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has been given ammunition to enforce listeners to pay licence fees following the gazetting of regulations that punish defaulters on Friday.The regul...Published: 23 Jul 2012 at 12:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to continue watching free to air SABC channels
Zimbabweans viewing free-to-air South African TV channels are likely to continue receiving the service for several more months after a South African firm responsible for the signal challenged a cour...Published: 19 Jun 2012 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
SABC blackout for Zimbabwe
Television viewers are anxious about a looming blackout of SABC TV channels broadcast through Sentech, SA's state-owned signal carrier.This follows the expiry last month of a three-month grac...Published: 15 Jun 2012 at 04:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
DStv warns of possible signal loss
MultiChoice is warning DStv subscribers about possible signal loss and interference from Tuesday due to the switchover process to digital terrestrial television (DTT) in South Africa.The adven...Published: 14 May 2012 at 12:02hrs | | by channel24
SABC ordered to block Zimbabweans from watching its channels
Many Zimbabweans are set to lose their access to free-to-air TV channels like SABC 1, 2 and 3 among others, after the South African High Court in Johannesburg ordered signal carrier Sentech to encryp...Published: 21 Feb 2012 at 12:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA's Sentech poised to help ZBC beat digitalisation deadline
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and a South African signal carrier, SENTECH, are poised for a partnership that is expected to help ZBC digitalise ahead of the 2013 SADC deadline.Representati...Published: 18 Aug 2011 at 18:12hrs | | by .
e-tv goes to court, wants SABC signal to stop broadcasting in Zimbabwe on vivid
E.tv Botswana has asked the South Gauteng High Court to grant it an interdict and force Sentech, South Africa’s state-owned broadcast signal distributor, to change its current signal...Published: 13 Jun 2011 at 04:58hrs | | by Business Report
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