To qualify for free STB, households register at the nearest post office and provide the following documents • proof of South African citizenship • proof of physical address, municipal bill, bank statement, retail account etc • proof of TV ownership 06 STB Control The government needs mechanisms to protect the free 5 million STBs it will issue to its citizens. This also ensures that consumers will not be forced to have several STBs to receive signals from each free to air service providers. The control system should have the following : • it should not have conditional access system or encryption of the signal to control access to content by viewers • should have security features to encourage local electronic manufacturing sector • the STB must have minimal switching on/off security features to protect the subsidised STBs from theft or leaving the South African borders • must have capabilities to enable the provision of government information and service 07 DTT migration in Zambia Zambia had a phased approach to the DTT migration. It has 95 transmission sites to cover the whole country. By December 2018, 90% of the DTT migration work had been done. The government secured a loan of USD 273 million from China to cover the digital migration process. • Phase 1- has 7 sites along the main railway line that runs from Chililabombwe to livingstone at a cost of USD 9.5 million • Phase 2 –second phase of the project included the following: - construction of six TV studios at all provincial centres - transmission and other attendant equipment at the six provincial centres - 64 transmission sites to cover the length and breadth of the country - Phase 3- covers remote sites NB Areas where landscape can not allow for DTT deployment will be covered by satellite 08 Analogue Switch Off progress • In October 2017 all the analogue transmitters along the main railway line were switched off • Most of the country’s analogue TV transmission was switched off by December 2018 • Only five districts are yet to be switched off 11