Technology and life

Wow… guys in South Africa are getting serious with their television business! 🙂

The SABC is planning to get tough with people who haven’t renewed their TV licences by identifying defaulters at “the touch of a button”, thanks to sophisticated new technology.

In the next few months, teams of SABC inspectors will use the state-of-the-art technology, which will replace the current tracker vans, to focus on “problem areas” throughout the country, according to Anton Heunis, head of the audience services division of the SABC.

The public broadcaster will now be able to detect defaulters using a specialised GPS mapping system, as well as keying in a person’s identity number to get a detailed payment history.

The SABC has also warned that anyone with TV sets, computers fitted with a TV tuner or video card, TV sets in vehicles, caravans and mobile homes must buy a TV licence.

– IOL