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conference Engineer-in-chief , All India Radio confirmed that regional services
of All India Radio on shortwave will be revived & a proposal has already
been submitted to Government.
Trai recommends shutting down of analog
transmission by 2023
The broadcast regulator Trai today recommended
introduction of digital terrestrial transmission for broadcast services in a
phased manner and complete shut down of analog transmission by end of 2023.he
broadcast regulator Trai today recommended introduction of digital terrestrial
transmission for broadcast services in a phased manner and complete shut down of
analog transmission by end of 2023. “Digital terrestrial transmission may be
implemented in the country in three phases with complete migration and analog
switch off by December 2023,” the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said in
its recommendations on the “Issues related to Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting
in India”.At present, terrestrial TV broadcasting in India is under the
exclusive domain of Doordarshan (Prasar Bharati), the Public Service Broadcaster
and it is predominantly analog.
While a large number of TV channels are
available to the consumers through various delivery platforms such as DTH, Cable
TV, IPTV, HITS etc, Trai said, the existing terrestrial TV platform provides
only a few channels which do not offer a value proposition to the viewers.“This
is a move that may lead a combination of multiple DTT transmitters at a
location, which can provide a rich bouquet of SDTV, HDTV, UHTV, mobile TV
channels, radio service and other value added services,” Trai Chairman RS Sharma
said.Trai has said that private players should be permitted to provide DTT
services along with the public service broadcaster.Public broadcaster may be
permitted to operate maximum three transmitters at a given location out of which
one may be exclusively used for provision of mobile TV services, the regulator
said.“Private broadcasters may be permitted to operate maximum four transmitters
( with spectrum capacity of 8 MHz each) at a given location subject to
availability of spectrum,” Trai said.The regulator has also suggested that
maximum number of DTT providers may be capped at five (one public broadcaster
and four private broadcasters) as per availability of spectrum.Sharma said that
in the digital era, consumers prefer to have access to number of TV channels on
various devices such as mobile phones and other handheld devices.“…terrestrial
viewers are deprived of such benefits due to non-availability of digital
terrestrial broadcasting services. Terrestrial television broadcasting is the
preferred method for providing free-to-air TV services to the people in most of
the countries,” he added.Trai has recommended that DTT should be deployed in
metros by December 2019 in phase 1, cities having more than 10 lakh population
as per Census 2011 should be covered by December 2021 and rest of India by
December 2023.“In order to create a supportive eco-system, Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting along with Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology may devise policy framework to make available DTT compliant devices,”
Trai said. (via dx-india yg)
