prepared Melvin C.

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Philippine Migration to DTT Milestones

1999 : -ATSC demo of DTV through SBETP. 2003 : -ABSCBN thru its Engg R&D forms informal study

group for digital TV technology 2005 : -Technical Working Group 1 (TWG 1) formed by NTC to study and recommend DTV standards (DVB-T and ATSC) for Philippine adoption. 2006 : - Recommendation submitted to NTC to adopt DVB-T and subsequent public hearing 2007 : - Test broadcast begins for performance of DVB-T 2008 : - TWG2 formed by NTC to include ISDB-T in the study. Also, trial conducted locally for performance of ISDB-T

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Philippine Migration to DTV Milestones

q 2008 - Recommendation submitted to NTC where

majority of the TV broadcasters choose DVB-T , while others prefer ISDB-T. March 2009 The Japanese conducts comprehensive presentation of ISDB-T with broadcast demo. June 2009 EU, thru the auspices of the French Embassy, makes comprehensive presentation on DVB-T and worldwide trends and updates Jan 2010 ABSCBN presents to KBP result of its selfinitiated comparative test between DVB-T and ISDBT. April 2010 KBP endorses to NTC adoption of ISDB-T

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June 2010 NTC conducts public hearing and signs

Memo Circular adopting ISDB-T as the DTT standard for the Philippines February 2011 NTC forms the TWG for crafting the Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR)

TWG 1

(Y2005)
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TWG 3

(Y2011)

Main Issues in the Philippines

FOR REGULATORS Official adoption of DTT standard Frequency band allocation during transition period. Re-allocation of other frequency band. Legal framework due to increase in program capacity for a single TV channel.

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Main Issues in the Philippines

FOR INDUSTRY PLAYERS Capital outlay and technical planning (DTT is capital intensive) Business model considering the ROI for huge investment in equipment
Value-added offerings such as more channels,

very clear reception even in mobile, repurposed programming for different platforms such as handheld Conditional access for premium channels

Affordable set top boxes for consumer

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Main Issues in the Philippines

FOR CONSUMERS Affordable set top box for C, D, E market Compelling reason to shift from analog to digital for free TV terrestrial reception Value added services worth spending such as handheld TV or pay-per-view

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Main Issues in the Philippines

FOR CONSUMERS Affordable set top box for C, D, E market Compelling reason to shift from analog to digital for free TV terrestrial reception Value added services worth spending such as handheld TV or pay-per-view

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Engineering Practice for DTT

FROM ANALOG TO DIGITAL Network planning will require knowledge of SFN technology and becomes more complicated. Transmitter operation will now require new parameters to be measured hence additional training on new instruments Maintenance will always be done on board and module levels and systems must always be redundant so as to be very reliable.
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