Digital Terrestrial Committee Presents Report to Communication Minister


The five member committee headed by Dr Abdul-Bassit Aziz Bamba, that evaluated the Expression of Interest (EOI) from bidders for the deployment of digital broadcasting infrastructure in the country on Wednesday, presented its report to the Minister for Communication, Dr Omane Boamah.

Dr Boamah, receiving the report said Ghana was projected to earn 230 million dollars as digital dividend from the migration from analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television broadcasting.

The projection is based on the fact that when television broadcasters switch from analogue to digital platform, parts of the electromagnetic spectrum would be freed up because digital broadcasting required fewer spectrums.

Dr Boamah said with the multiplicity of television stations, digital migration would come with huge demand for the services of the creative industry, adding that only the best station would get benefit from advertising agencies.

“Advertisers have opportunities and risk, with the multiplicity of channels for advertisement, definitely those who have the best will get the benefits of the market,” he said.

Additionally, Dr Boamah said opportunities abound for polytechnic graduates who would be engaged in the installation of set-up boxes to convert the analogue television to operate within the digital domain.

The minister said efforts were being made to expedite the passage of the Broadcasting Bill “so that we will be able to have a minimal local content that must be allowed to provide opportunity for those in the creative industry."


Source: The Ghanaian Times