ZBH threatens viewers

The embattled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings has been sending notices threatening legal action against all defaulting viewers, who are refusing to pay for “half baked services”.

ZBH has been distributing Admission of Guilt statements to listeners advising them to report to any police station or call their offices to pay their license fees in seven days, or face prosecution.

“All television and radio users who do not possess a valid radio and television license will be dealt with. So far we are targeting defaulters in the corporate sector before we move on to households,” said ZBH spokesperson Sivukile Simango But viewers who spoke to this paper remained adamant that they will not pay for poor quality programs currently beamed by the sole state broadcaster.

“ZBC-TV is underestimating us (local viewers) if they think we will continue forking out large sums of money for their half backed products. Imagine paying $50, which is one third of my salary, for repeated and substandard programming,” said one furious civil servant.

Another irate viewer said, “It is pointless for me to pay for a television license whilst I last watched ZBC-TV three years ago. The transmission is poor here and they (ZBC) never bothered to upgrade their transmitters despite endless calls from the community.”

ZBH has failed to transmit signals in several remote parts of the country such as Chavhanga in Mutasa North, Kazozo in Nyanga, Checheche, Mareya, Tamandaya, Mount Selinda in Chipinge, Gachekache in Kariba, Mount Darwin and Beitbridge.

This has been exacerbated by the fact that other viewers outside Harare do not have access to TV-2 yet they are expected to pay the same license fees as their counterparts in the capital.

“It ‘s very clear that ZBC suffers from lack of professionalism, how can they expect us to pay the same license fees with people in Harare when we do not have equal access to the same television access,” asked Andrew Murombedzi of Rusape.

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