The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has awarded only one of the four applicants for a mobile TV licence with the right to broadcast the service, after three parties were disqualified for failing to meet tender requirements. The sole broadcaster licensed to provide mobile TV in the country will be e.tv, at least in the near future.
According to ICASA’s Jubie Matlou, “MultiChoice was disqualified on the basis of late submission, Super 5 Media for failing to submit the required number of copies and Mobile TV Consortium was disqualified on the basis that they did not have a broadcasting service license”.
The process for awarding mobile TV licences has been criticised with the tender opening on April 16 giving broadcasters only a three week time frame to prepare their business plans, technical specifications and pay the ZAR 70,000 (US$9,017) application fee.
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The process for awarding mobile TV licences has been criticised with the tender opening on April 16 giving broadcasters only a three week time frame to prepare their business plans, and technical specification for this.
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