SECTOR 2 Radio stations nationwide: State owned Commercial Community NBC !HA Fresh FM Base FM NBC Afrikaans Hitradio Namibia Channel 7 NBC Damara/Nama Omulunga Radio E-FM NBC German Radio 99 Karas NBC Lozi Radio Cosmos Live FM NBC National Service (English) Radio Energy Namcol7 NBC Oshiwambo Radio France International (RFI) Ohangwena NBC Otjiherero Radio Kudu Omaheke NBC Rukavango Radio Wave Oranjemund FM NBC Tirelo ya Setswana West Coast FM UNAM Radio Television:7 Access to television has increased in recent years and just over half of Namibia’s population has access to television8. Since the switchover from analogue to digital, apart from the annual TV licence fee, the public needs to buy a set-top box to watch NBC for about N$400 (33USD). Seniors, veterans and people with disabilities get 50% off the retail price. TV stations nationwide: State NBC TV 9 Commercial Community One Africa Trinity Broadcasting Network Multichoice Namibia (subscriber based DSTV offering)10 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) services:910 Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) claims to have 2 million customers in Namibia. TN Mobile, first introduced as Cell One and then Leo, is the second largest mobile operator in Namibia, claiming to have 300,000 active subscribers. In 2012, the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) approved the takeover of Leo by state-owned Telecom to become TN mobile. 7 8 Launched in February 2015, education campus radio station currently streaming online off campus. According to the household survey of Research ICT Africa in 2012 only 42% of the population had a television set at home. The panel estimated that about 70% have access to television. 9 Since digital switchover NBC has 3 channels (NBC 1, NBC 2, NBC 3) 10 51% owned by the commercial arm of the ruling party SWAPO Kalahari Holdings 30 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER NAMIBIA 2015