we bring you this report from kinshasa, one of two congolese cities bracing for the new broadcast. >>ickety antennas, fuzzy pictures, crackly sound television and the democratic republic of the congo is not always great, but now it is a new era. in the capital the analog television signal has been switched off and digital is coming. still, for most congolese that is not something to get excited about. posh, flatscreen tv sets are only for the wealth. >> the average salary of a congolese is somewhere between $70 and $90 per month. how many years are we supposed to save up for a new television? >> even for those who do buy a box or a new television, there will let me much to watch. a handful of state funded channels will be free, but viewers will have to pay for anything else. >> when we made this changeover, we negotiated a clause with the distributor that our channel would be free. that means that even if someone loses all of their pay channels they will not lose us. >> the switchover was supposed to democratize television there. more channels mean more choice. but in many african cou