The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) is ready to assist private broadcasting houses access equipment to meet the 2015 deadline to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting. Since its formation in 2000, Macra has licensed 23 radio stations, two television stations, two fixed line telephone operators, three mobile operators and 15 internet service providers, among others.
Macra Acting Director General Mike Kuntiya disclosed this to the Media committee of Parliament on Tuesday. He said migrating from analogue to digital was a requirement that Malawi had to fulfil as members of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) with the aim of improving broadcasting services. He said soon all broadcasting houses will be ordered to buy equipment for digital broadcasting to conform with the ITU requirement.
Mr Kuntiya said procuring equipment for digital broadcasting would be a financial burden for private broadcasters and Macra would come in to relieve them. “We will licence service providers to provide digital equipment to such broadcasters at a better fee,” Mr Kuntiya said.
Thursday, 20 August 2009
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When are they issuing the licences,they have invited companies (twice this year) to bid for the licences.
The radio's that we have now have more or less same presentation (apart from Zodiac/ABC)
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