Story by Lisa Masuku
THE Second Republic is walking the talk in the implementation of the digitisation agenda, with a lot of ground having been covered at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation’s (ZBC) Montrose Studio in Bulawayo, where four new radio studios completed, and a television studio refurbished.
Morden equipment, transmitters, and infrastructure have been with most of the equipment in line with global standards set by the International Telecommunication Union.
ZBC Board Chairperson, Ms Hellieta Rushwaya said, the revamping of Montrose Studios from analog to digital is key in enabling the corporation to produce relevant content.
“The capacitation of Montrose Studios is important in enabling us to create and produce relevant content. Four radio studios have also been completed with two of the studios having been funded by UNICEF through the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education for purposes of heritage-based broadcasting,” Ms Rushwaya said.
The digitisation process and agenda, which is being pushed by the Second Republic is in line with the national vision of an upper-middle-income society by 2030.
Under the second phase of the Zim digital project, ZBC received US$500 000 from the required budget of over US$ 20 million.
While four radio studios and one television studio have been completed, there are a number of studios that have to be worked on, and one television studio that also requires some works before all the studios are commissioned.
