R2K: TV control system bad for the poor

Johannesburg - A control system in the boxes required for television watchers to switch from analogue to digital would force the poor to pay for access to information, the Right2Know Campaign (R2K) said on Monday.

"There is little doubt in our minds that the control feature will be used in an attempt to squeeze the poor and force them to pay for essential access to information," said spokeswoman Busi Mtabane.