Serbia likely to postpone analogue TV switch-off

The analogue TV switch-off in Serbia, planned for 04 April 2012, could be postponed due to the election. Local news agency "Beta" quoted the State Secretary for the Digital Agenda, Jasna Matic, who said it would not be a good idea to switch of the analogue TV signal during the election campaign. The process of the introduction of DTT in Serbia is known to be at a standstill and the announcement comes as no surprise. Matic also said that Serbia will help citizens who are covered by the measures of social support to purchase a DTT receiver. She added that the assessment is that there are some 300,000 households in this situation and that state support for them will be either 100 percent or less. In the process of transition to DTT, Serbia has so far received EUR 12 million from the European Union.