{"id":80893,"date":"2016-01-20T08:26:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T13:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=80893"},"modified":"2017-04-07T19:44:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T00:44:17","slug":"digital-switchover-caribbean-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2016\/01\/digital-switchover-caribbean-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital switchover: why is the Caribbean so behind?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Caribbean lags behind in switching from analogue to digital TV. Some reasons for the delay\u00a0are discussed.<\/em><\/p>\n

For those who regularly read our ICT\/tech news roundup<\/a> published on Mondays, you may have noticed that articles pertaining to \u2018digital switchover\u201d pop up from time to time. We, here at ICT Pulse, had discussed digital switchover a few years ago, 2012 to be exact, when it had been receiving considerable attention. In our post, Switching over to digital TV: what you need to know<\/em><\/a>, we mentioned that 17 June 2015 was viewed internationally as the \u201canalogue switch-off date\u201d \u2013 \u201cwhen the radio frequencies that have been allocated to analogue TV will be made available to other applications<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Without a doubt, we have blown past the 17 June 2015 deadline; however, the Caribbean does not appear to be any closer to completing the switchover process:<\/p>\n