A test run is being conducted in Accra and Kumasi as part of processes to switch form analog to digital terrestrial television (DTT).

Edward Ato Sarpong told Cit Fm that eight broadcasters are being used for the test transmission and that the official transmission will commence when all the broadcasters are on board.

"we are even doing test transmission in Accra and Kumasi. We are bringing the broadcasters on gradually. As I speak, we have about eight broadcasters. When we bring them all on board, then the official test transmission will start.," he said.

"But currently, you should be able to receive a digital signal if you have a digital TV."

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Ato Sarpong said by March of this year, the first phase of the project will be completed but adds  that there "some conditions precedence which we only met them in November last year that should take us to somewhere August early September so that is the timeline we are looking at."

He said the second phase of the project  will start immediately after the first phase.

"We have equipment for the running of it. We have given ourselves one year to finish this process,” he said.

Cabinet last year approved $82 million to K-NET, a Ghanaian company, to execute the digital migration contract.

Government has said it will distribute digital boxes to the poor.