Transition to digital broadcasting television displays in Ukraine to a new level - Journal Mediasat

Modern digital terrestrial network is fully built (we see infomercials about him as a TV “T2″), more and more viewers are attached to the free viewing of the best programs of the Ukrainian television in digital format. Now the majority of Ukrainians can “catch” to the normal antenna channel 32.

Digital benefits

Until recently in our country most viewers literally watched TV the old fashioned way, taking the signal in analog standard. About 70% of Ukraine’s population, especially in smaller cities, towns and villages, have not been able to watch more than 3-5 channels. As in the outback cable TV is not working, and “plates” satellite television simply financially inaccessible, residents of small towns and villages have been severely limited in the amount and quality of information obtained in the choice of TV programs, channels, which they looked.

solve these fundamental problems helped digital terrestrial television, which has replaced the analog. Benefits is not enough. First, due to more modern technology is no signal interference and provides high quality images without “snow” or ghosting and provides high quality sound. Second, instead of one frequency band of an analog can accommodate as many as eight digital channels. For Ukraine, this means that instead of 3-5 channels, residents even the most remote villages and settlements can receive a good signal channels 32 – 28 All-Ukrainian and 4 regional. When this antenna is the same and the signal using a special receiver (set-top-box) can take any TV generation.

Experts predict digital network will develop in the near future possibly the introduction of additional services for viewers. We are talking about the benefits of such “numbers” as the ability to record your favorite TV shows or transfer technology push VOD, use the convenient genre TV guide etc. . “Our specialists are constantly working on the development of the network and monitor all world innovations. I can assure television viewers” T2 “that awaits them ahead of many more surprises,” says CEO “Zeonbud” Viktor Galich, national digital network provider. However, he said that a decision on the development of the network and additional services adopts the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine. And it is likely that such decisions will be taken in the near future.

Caution signal is switched off

in 2006 in Geneva, member countries of the International Telecommunication Union, including Ukraine, signed an agreement to complete the transition to digital broadcasting by 2015 “pioneer” in this regard was made by Luxembourg, which is not surprising, given the population of the State -baby in 470 thousand people. This state is completely waived analog broadcasting in September 2006. In the same year, his example was followed by the Netherlands, and then another 23 countries including the U.S. and Germany in 2009, and our closest European neighbor Poland, which completed the transition to “figure” in July 2013. It is worth noting the difficulties faced by the mills in the transition to digital. Originally, back in the 1990s-2000s., Most of Europe began to move to the digital format “DVB-T”. The transition was delayed in some countries – for 5-12 years. During this time, has been developed over the current standard signal “DVB-T2″. Many European countries have been forced to move to a new broadcast standard by investing additional funds.

But, unlike many other areas in digital television, we are ahead. In the telecommunications exhibition IBC-2012 in Amsterdam Ukrainian experience of transition to “figure” was recognized as the most dynamic in the world: the largest network in Europe was built in 2011 in just one year, in this case – using the latest technology – the standard “DVB -T2 “or simply” T2 “. It allows you to transfer a high-quality signal with plenty of channels. In the same standard “T2″ works “figure” in the UK, Italy, Spain, Sweden, unfolds in this standard and its network of Russia.

Speaking about the digital ether network in Ukraine, it is now the network is fully built and fully functioning in “T2″ with coverage of 95% of the population. In deployment invested $ 134 million of private investment, the government for the project did not spend the budget. The system includes four multiplex – MX 1, MX 2, MX 3, MX 5 (in this case the term “multiplex” refers to a group of digital channels that are occupied bandwidth of one analog channel). Ukraine established by the transmitter 664. In the network equipment is used the best world manufacturers, such as the German company Rohde & Schwarz, KATHREIN, SPINNER and American Andrew, Harris.

Today

digital signal is received more than 9 million people. Experts predict this figure will be the end of 2014 – more than 15 million people. Experts predict such dynamics suggests that Ukraine will be able to switch completely to digital broadcasting by the deadline indicated by the Geneva agreement – by July 2015, however, the official date of analogue switch-off in Ukraine is determined by the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio.

To surprise the decision to turn off the analog signal vulnerable people, the state to take care of ensuring their receivers for digital signal. “In our country provides for state support low-income families,” – said the head of the Committee of the State Committee of Ukraine Alexander Kurdinovicha. “Today is about 800 thousand families received free digital decoders from the state budget.” Unfortunately, in 2013, funds for continued conversion technique socially needy Ukrainians in the budget was not. However, this problem does not remain without attention of representatives of the government, and they continue to look for opportunities to further ensure our compatriots necessary equipment, according to Alexander Kurdinovicha 2015 decoders will be provided to all families in need.

Athanasius Veretennikov
TVNZ