[opendtv] Panama adopts DVB-T

It was looking like Central American countries were going to ATSC, but maybe 
not all.

Bert

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http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=countries&subclass=0&id=3378

Panama adopts DVB-T

The President of the Republic of Panama, Martin Torrijos Espino, has signed a 
national executive decree adopting DVB-T as Panama´s digital terrestrial 
television standard.

The decree states that this decision brings added flexibility and opportunities 
to radio and television broadcasters, and to consumers, by exploiting the 
socio-economic, technical and regulatory advantages.

This announcement joins previous decisions made by Uruguay (2007) and Colombia 
(2008).

According to a statement from DVB, the decision to adopt DVB-T in Panama was 
taken after in-depth analysis and rigorous testing of all the world's digital 
television standards. A National Technical Committee created in 2007, 
consisting of 25 national experts from diverse sectors, conducted studies, 
analyses and tests related to the technical, social, economic and regulatory 
aspects of existing standards. Its aim was to promote and protect the 
investments made in the sector, fair competition and improvement of the quality 
of each service.

Manuel Troitiño, President of the Technical Committee, said "This decision 
demonstrates that Panama wants to join the wider broadcast community in the 
world, whilst maintaining flexibility and the ability to optimise broadcasting 
options for Panama. DVB is rather superior to other standards in this respect. 
Panama´s National Public Services Authority has been mandated to make the 
necessary arrangements to migrate to digital terrestrial television in less 
than 18 months".

Peter Siebert, Executive Director of the DVB Project, commented: "DVB welcomes 
this momentous decision by Panama and is looking forward to working with the 
country's stakeholders and industry as they make the move to digital TV. By 
choosing DVB-T, Panama joins a growing worldwide DVB community that includes 
fellow Latin American countries Uruguay and Colombia, benefiting from economies 
of scale and bringing the advantages of digital television to all. DVB offers 
the widest portfolio of standards to suit each country´s needs."

DTG Staff 20.05.2009
 
 
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