Comments on: Privatise the SABC http://www.laurencecaromba.com/2009/06/24/privatise-the-sabc/ Politics, culture and foreign affairs Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:42:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: CIOUS MDHLULI http://www.laurencecaromba.com/2009/06/24/privatise-the-sabc/comment-page-1/#comment-169 CIOUS MDHLULI Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:38:47 +0000 http://www.laurencecaromba.com/?p=1152#comment-169 SABC is absollutly not free though it is claiming to be.for startes the TV licences.some people may augue that tv licences are cheep and only paid once a year but my aurgument is that a free thing is the one which one doesn"t even pop out not even a single cent. SABC is absollutly not free though it is claiming to be.for startes the TV licences.some people may augue that tv licences are cheep and only paid once a year but my aurgument is that a free thing is the one which one doesn”t even pop out not even a single cent.

]]> By: Simeon Miteff http://www.laurencecaromba.com/2009/06/24/privatise-the-sabc/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Simeon Miteff Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:12:51 +0000 http://www.laurencecaromba.com/?p=1152#comment-70 While I don't wish for anyone to loose their jobs, another reason to privatise the SABC is that it might result in fewer channels in the long term. I know that sounds like a *bad thing* for the consumer, but hear me out: The UHF radio spectrum they're hogging with TV channels could be re-used to provide cost-effective wireless last-mile Internet access (especially in lower density rural areas). Terrestrial broadcast television is not necessarily the most efficient use of radio spectrum. Consider the potential of the Internet to deliver information and entertainment that is interactive rather than passive... While I don’t wish for anyone to loose their jobs, another reason to privatise the SABC is that it might result in fewer channels in the long term.

I know that sounds like a *bad thing* for the consumer, but hear me out:

The UHF radio spectrum they’re hogging with TV channels could be re-used to provide cost-effective wireless last-mile Internet access (especially in lower density rural areas).

Terrestrial broadcast television is not necessarily the most efficient use of radio spectrum. Consider the potential of the Internet to deliver information and entertainment that is interactive rather than passive…

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