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“The State has released 23 billion since 2013. We are on the eve of the switch to DTT but in Senegal, the internet service is a problem.”

Returning to the highlights of his national tour which failed in Touba and sanctioned by an interview with the spokesperson for the Caliph General of the Mourides, the Director General of the Rts reported having visited 13 regions for 09 days. “We made the country, working night and day because the distance did not allow daytime junctions”. The tour, he said, allowed him to see the level of equipment reached by the regional stations and to realize that the investments were consistent.

“It is 20 billion that have been granted since 2013 by the Head of State and his government on own funds, via the state budget to raise the level of equipment of the Rts.”

The director of the Rts will say that he noticed, along his journey, that all the stations were equipped with latest generation equipment. “Each of them is equipped with a new vehicle. All the televisions have digital platforms. We have made use of digital for storage and production.”

With the creation of Rts Matam in its sights, the Rts aims to complete the network of the territory with national radio stations. “In total, the Rts can claim to have a radio network of 17 channels.

4 television channels, with a digital platform which is starting to really establish itself in the landscape. As proof, our direct on Facebook, our videos in demand etc … “, he added.

WHEN THE INTERNET DOESN’T HELP

Faced with the press, Racine Talla will confide, however, that the ambitions of the Rts are blocked by two major difficulties including the poor quality of the Internet “2013 was a period of strong technological change. We had in prospect the switch to TNT. The Rts wanted to be able to accept these changes … The lack of information results in the isolation of populations. There are unfortunately problems including the insufficient power of our transmitters and the quality of service. Internet “.

Racine Talla to insist: “Internet service in Senegal is a problem. We are on the eve of the switchover of DTT. But you realize that our country is not sufficiently covered by the Internet. When the internet is faulty, it There is a problem. This fracture is visible as soon as we leave the big cities. We are investing a lot of money, but … “

The host of the city to point out that it appears in its ambitions to give more autonomy to the regional stations and to strengthen in terms of quality, the personnel who officiate there. He will recall that the public service does not have a commercial vocation, but more programmatic and that it will have to work in the sense of having educational, information and entertainment programs, while respecting cultural and ethnic realities. “We have since ethno-Mingusto realists are not taken into account, he will conclude …

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