The SANS862:2012 standard for STB manufacture is what STB manufacturers in South Africa will have to use and adhere to who are awarded government contracts to produce millions of these STBs for South Africa's process of digital migration when the TV broadcasting industry and viewers will have to switch from analogue to digital TV broadcasts.
Dina Pule will unveil the new SANS862:2012 standard from the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) at the inaugural ICT Indaba 2012 currently taking place in Cape Town and which is an initiative from the department of communications and the first of its kind on the continent.
Hundreds of delegates from across Africa are attending the conference. Dina Pule, joined by the chairperson of the SABC, the deputy secretary general of the ITU, as well as members of the ICT industry and government officials will attend the unveiling presentation tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10:00. The SABS will do a presentation on how the STB standards process unfolded.
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