South Africa: Criteria for R490 set-top box subsidy published

Reprinted from http://en.sdmctech.com/index.php/News/newsContent/id/67

The Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa published the qualifying criteria for five million low or no-income television-owning families to apply a government-approved subsidy for buying set-top boxes for the country’s move from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting.

According to the criteria released by the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa, all those who want to receive the subsidies must be South African citizens, have valid TV licenses, proof of ownership of an operational television set, and proof of household income or social grant dependency.  

The subsidies proposed for digital terrestrial broadcasting set-top boxes range from 66% for those households without an income to 15% for those earning up to ZAR 2,499 a month. In areas where satellite transmission is needed for digital reception, the subsidy ranges from 77% for no-or-low income households to 29% for those earning up to ZAR 3,200 a month.

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