M-Net, e.tv go to war over digital TV

... But Karen Willenberg, M-Net's director for legal and regulatory affairs, says e.tv's argument is "filled with glaring technical inaccuracies" and "represents a complete reversal" of its original position on set-top boxes.

"When broadcasters began planning for migration, M-Net, the SABC and e.tv all shared the same view - that a simple, low-cost converter would be the best solution for SA's migration to digital," Willenberg says. "After studying migration in many other countries around the world, broadcasters were all in agreement that a low-cost box was critical to ensure the swift adoption of digital terrestrial television by consumers."

At the time, she says, e.tv was the "chief proponent of this view and there was no suggestion that M-Net's support for a low-cost box was motivated by self-interest".

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