Introduction
This web site has been designed to share articles and photos detailing the
planning, development and implementation which lead to the introduction of color television to South Africa in 1976. This
was the largest color television project ever undertaken in the world.
Other countries had established color television networks which had grown from a long
established black and white television network base.
Overview
The first phase of the television project, which created TV1, consisted of:
- Television Training Center
- Televsion Center (TV1)
- Nation wide distribution and transmitter network
- Regional facilities to support outside broadcast contributions
- Parliamentary Studio
The following phase, which resulted in the launch of TV2/3 in 1981/2, consisted of:
- Conversion of Broadcast House to TV studios
- Computer controlled Video/Audio measurement system
- Electronic Mail system
- Computer Aided Drafting (CAD)
- Nation wide data communications network
- Electronic News Gathering (ENG)
- Video based Language Dubbing System
Contributions
If you would like to contribute to this web site please email us at satv@hornca.com with information or photos you may have on a SABC TV projects. If you would like to work with us on an article please let us know. We currently have a number in process.
If you have any additional information or corrections on an article, please email us. Any updates with respect to those who worked on the projects would alsoo be apppreciated.