The first digital terrestrial broadcast in Africa happened at the MediaTech Africa 2007 exhibit in Sandton, Johannesburg on Tuesday.
‘We decided to have a digital terrestrial trial for three days to demonstrate to the consumer what HD (high definition) will look like at home. This has never been done in Africa before,” says project leader Manny Coelho.
Digital terrestrial television is a new medium of broadcasting which offers a high quality ‘complete cinema experience” on television.
‘It is a wide screen, film-type experience. It is seriously high quality and it is like you are part of a scene while watching it,” says Coelho.
It is not yet available to consumers who will need to buy set top boxes, which are similar to an M-Net decoder, to enable them to use digital terrestrial television.
The trial broadcast at the Sandton Convention Centre will run for three days.