Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network” (RTRS) is preparing a special program to turn off analogue TV in Russian regions. This writes “Kommersant” reported, citing sources in the media market, deputy general director Viktor Pinchuk RTRS confirmed this information.
Under the proposal, analog TV will be turned off in the event that it is used by no more than 5% of households, which is the only source of analog TV signals. In Moscow, it can be done now.
By international obligations Russia should abandon the analog TV at least in the border areas by June 17, 2015. In the interest off of analog TV channels operating in the second and third multiplexes.
So, the channels that broadcast in the second multiplex must pay the spread, and analog and digital television. Currently about 50% of the frequencies for the second multiplex busy analog TV, but because it can not run. The channels included in the third multiplex may broadcast on the same frequency, but they also do not have enough frequencies.
However, the officials did not answer the main question: what to do hundreds of regional and local channels that the transition to cable and satellite TV audience will lose and be forced to change the business model. At the moment, digital TV is not running only 8 of the 83 regions of Russia.
Analog TV – a system in which the TV signal (electromagnetic wave of a certain form) translates the set to an image with an electronic circuit that is collected from the primitive elements. Such a system does not perform additional encryption or decryption of the signal, and therefore does not contain digital elements. The main disadvantage of analog TV is the high cost, complexity, and unprofitable territory coverage.
Many countries have completely given up on analog television, such as Luxembourg and the Netherlands (2006), Finland, Andorra and Sweden (2007), the USA, Germany, Denmark and Norway (2009) in September 2009. former Minister of Communications and Mass Media Igor Shchegolev announced that Russia’s transition to digital TV could be completed by 2014., but experts doubt that these plans come true.
August 30, 2013
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