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e.tv slams M-Net over digital TV

11 Oct 2011

Free-to-air broadcaster e.tv has slammed M-Net for suggesting last week that the country would be better off scrapping plans to build set-top boxes for digital terrestrial television, saying the pay-TV operator is acting out of self-interest only.

M-Net's director for legal and regulatory affairs, Karen Willenberg, told TechCentral last week that the country should instead consider the use of cheaper "digital converters" - which cost R350 or less - rather than full set-top boxes that could cost R700 or more.

e.tv chief operating officer Bronwyn Keene-Young says M-Net and its sister company MultiChoice, which operates the DStv satellite pay-TV platform, want to ensure that SA has "as weak a free-to-air platform as possible". By arguing against set-top boxes, Keene-Young says M-Net is hoping to prevent its free-to-air rivals from launching compelling multi-channel alternatives.

Continue reading the full story on www.TechCentral.co.za.

Source: TechCentral

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