Joe AlexanderJan 7
The FCC is taking comments on Docket 16-142 UNTIL JAN 20, 2026. Tell them to STOP the DRM and keep TV free for everyone. #SaveFreeTV #ATSC3 #StopDRM #FCC
SignalAndStaticSep 8, 2025

newsAn antenna is a lifeline, not a luxury.

The @FCC is considering rules that could put a price tag on a public resource. DRM on free TV is a gut punch to the most vulnerable.

Don't let corporations put a gate on the airwaves. #SaveFreeTV #FCC #NoDRM #news

Lon Seidman / Lon.TV ☑️Jul 31, 2023
ATSC 3 DRM Encryption is Worse Than We Thought! #savefreetv ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NhV5BdEWqo
ATSC 3 DRM Encryption is Worse Than We Thought! #savefreetv !

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Lon Seidman / Lon.TV ☑️Jul 14, 2023
Sadly WVIT, the NBC affiliate here in Connecticut, has encrypted their ATSC 3 over the air broadcasts. They join WFSB (CBS) in locking out antenna viewers. The fight to #savefreetv continues! See my latest update here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b8fiUHt03A
The FCC Responds to my ATSC 3 Complaint and Wants To Hear From You!

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sttyeraseJul 1, 2023
@leo I'm tired of the profiteers taking over everything. #SaveFreeTV #CutTheCord
https://youtu.be/-nUN5nKvLCc
https://youtu.be/gkQdDZYYeQA
Save Free OTA Antenna TV - Your Help Needed

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#WikiPartyMay 14, 2022
Article highlights #SABC management's liberal allies in civil society; although it quotes an individual from the more critical #SaveFreeTV alliance, only her job affiliation is given. https://www.publicmediaalliance.org/will-south-africas-long-awaited-analogue-switch-off-still-go-ahead/
Will South Africa’s long-awaited analogue switch-off still go ahead? - Public Media Alliance

The initial 31 March deadline for the switch-off has already been pushed back to June, but new legal action is seeking to delay it further.

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#WikiPartyApr 1, 2022
Through the years (and they have been many...) of digital migration, govt. insisted that a TV license would be required. Only in the last year or so, realising this is unrealistic, has that been dropped. But until now, the embarrassing flipflop hasn't been publicised. #SaveFreeTV
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RT @SentechLtd
#GoDigital #Tshintshaungasali
https://twitter.com/SentechLtd/status/1509902659544887341
Sentech Ltd. on Twitter

“#GoDigital #Tshintshaungasali”

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#WikiPartyMar 30, 2022
Partial victory for #SaveFreeTV https://savefreetv.org.za/postponement-welcomed/ Campaigners should mention that any old monitor becomes a TV if connected to an appropriate set-top box (STB).
Postponement of analogue TV switch-off welcomed - Save Free TV

The #SaveFreeTV campaign welcomes the decision of the High Court in favour of eTV’s application to postpone the switch-off of analogue TV signals from the 31st of March to the 31st of June 2022. This decision vindicates the position that we have taken that no South African should be left behind in the march towards… Read More »Postponement of analogue TV switch-off welcomed

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#WikiPartyMar 29, 2022
#SaveFreeTV
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RT @sutherla
South Africa - #SABC claims only 165,000 qualifying households have received government set-top boxes, out of 2.9 million. Nonetheless the @DtpsZA minister wanted to switch off analogue #broadcasting. https://twitter.com/TechCentral/status/1508695701953253377
https://twitter.com/sutherla/status/1508712864483360768
TechCentral on Twitter

“ICYMI | Minister in extraordinary attack on SABC over digital migration https://t.co/hczwAmppia”

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#WikiPartyMar 28, 2022
#SaveFreeTV
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RT @BalancingActAfr
South Africa’s digital switch-off will reshape the market and leave an estimated 14 million people without a signal https://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/broadcast-en/47595/south-africas-digital-switch-off-will-reshape-the-market-and-leave-an-estimated-14-million-people-without-a-signal @capetowntv @mikealdridge #TV #DTT #Africa
https://twitter.com/BalancingActAfr/status/1508373331740962818
South Africa’s digital switch-off will reshape the market and leave an estimated 14 million people without a signal | Balancing Act - Africa