The digitisation programme has been atop the Zimbabwe government Information, Media and Broadcasting Services ministry agenda for the past few years now amid policy pronouncements that completion of this project will create room for 12 high definition television channels, of which six will be owned by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and the reminder by private broadcasters.
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In addition to the opening up of new television stations, policy makers have been telling us that in the not-so-distant future, Zimbabweans will need television sets that can support digital signals and this can be done through set top boxes, which we are told government has already ordered 400 000 of these decoders.
Notably, the Information ministry has been going round the country meeting content producers and committing to support the film industry on the basis that there will be increased demand for content to adequately service these 12 stations.
Source: The Standard
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