The government of Ivory Coast has opted for GatesAir technologies for turnkey equipment and services contract to support the country’s national digital TV (DTV) network. The first phase consists of seven transmitter sites to cover the city of Abidjan and the next six largest cities, with the Abidjan site providing DTV services to 30 percent [...]
Analog blackout was scheduled for December 31st, 2019 in Colombia. However, that country’s National Television Authority (ANTV), has until March 1st to make consultations to modify DTT transition date. ‘Ending up analog broadcasts on December 31st, 2019 means a risk to continue providing the service, reason why these Authority has started procedures for a regulatory [...]
Brazilian Government, together with National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), telecommunications and TV companies, postponed to April the decision on how to invest money from analog TV channels replacement first step in Brazil, which is estimated in USD 236 million. Union General Advocacy (AGU) will establish legal limits in the use of money. Moisés Moreira, Anatel adviser, [...]
The distribution of digital terrestrial television (DTT) will begin in Ivory Coast in February in the Abidjan region. During a ceremony, the Minister of Communication and Media, Sidiki Tiémoko Touré, declared, “The definitive launch of digital terrestrial television is expected for February 8, 2019.” The airing of DTT signals in the Abidjan area follows the [...]
Honduran analog blackout will take place next January 1st, 2020, as established by Telecommunications National Commision (Conatel), but Honduras has been working on it since October 2013, warning TV companies to begin TDT migration process. Currently, from the 431 Honduran broadcasters, 223 had made the migration, and the other 198 still have to complete it. [...]
Bolivian Regulation, Inspection and Transportation Authority (ATT) will carry out the analog blackout in La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz de la Sierra cities next November. Gustavo Pozo, Telecommunications Vice Minister, informed that, in a second step, process will continue in 2022 in intermediates and capital cities, and in the rest of the country in [...]
Paraguay will start moving to digital terrestrial television (TDT) in all it homes by the end 2020, so that definitively in 2021 the analog blackout is carried out. For this reason, and although there will be previous trainings, National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) urged population to get ready by adapting its receiving equipment according to the [...]
In Benin, the entire national territory could benefit from digital terrestrial television no later than June 2019. This was implied by Patricia Codjia, member of the steering committee for the transition to DTT. “Digital terrestrial television is already a reality in Benin. We are in the extension phase of the network. The entire population could [...]
According to the announcement made by the General Superintendence of Electricity and Telecommunications (Siget), Channel 10 of El Salvador will be the first in emiting digital FTA signal. “The world is going from analogue to digital TV, in order to raise services quality levels to the largest number of the population. Technical and digital transformation [...]
According to a statement of the Council of Ministers held on Tuesday, December 18, 2018, the Ivorian government announced that the availability of the DTT signal will be effective by the end of December 2018. This will allow the sector of Abidjan to be connected to DTT, while specifying that the other regions of the [...]