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Digital Television Transition in South Africa: Paradoxes and Dilemmas

Digital Television Transition in South Africa: Paradoxes and Dilemmas

Blessing Mbatha
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781466658684|ISBN10: 1466658681|EISBN13: 9781466658691
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5868-4.ch002
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Mbatha, Blessing. "Digital Television Transition in South Africa: Paradoxes and Dilemmas." Digital Access and E-Government: Perspectives from Developing and Emerging Countries, edited by Peter Mazebe II Mothataesi Sebina, et al., IGI Global, 2014, pp. 15-26. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5868-4.ch002

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Mbatha, B. (2014). Digital Television Transition in South Africa: Paradoxes and Dilemmas. In P. Mothataesi Sebina, K. Moahi, & K. Bwalya (Eds.), Digital Access and E-Government: Perspectives from Developing and Emerging Countries (pp. 15-26). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5868-4.ch002

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Mbatha, Blessing. "Digital Television Transition in South Africa: Paradoxes and Dilemmas." In Digital Access and E-Government: Perspectives from Developing and Emerging Countries, edited by Peter Mazebe II Mothataesi Sebina, Kgomotso Hildegard Moahi, and Kelvin Joseph Bwalya, 15-26. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5868-4.ch002

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Abstract

This chapter examines possible obstacles to the adoption of digital television in South Africa. A qualitative approach was followed by conducting in-depth interviews with key informants. The data was analyzed using open coding, where dominant themes from the discussions were identified and discussed in detail. This chapter intends to outline the importance of digital readiness from digital television perspective as a platform for universal disposal of digital information to both the citizenry and business entities. In order to do that, the chapter discusses digital migration with a focus to improving e-Government development of promoting global access to government information.The findings show that there are a few challenges in migrating from analogue to digital television in South Africa. From this study, it is evidently shown that the emerging digital television platforms have a lot of potential to be used as a vehicle for e-Government applications.

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