[opendtv] Re: Uruguay adopts DVB-T and DVB-H
- From: "negrjp" <negrjp@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 06:39:09 -0300
What a pitty!
The brazilian system is the most advanced DTV system!
Look the brazilian system attributes:
http://www.icmc.usp.br/~verao/MCEC/material/tvdigital.pdf.
[s]
Jonas
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Another round in the global DTV standards wars. Looks like Brasil made a very
lonely DTV System M choice all over again, and ATSC are clearly out in South
America.
Its the economics as usual...
Kind Regards,
Dermot Nolan
Uruguay adopts DVB-T and DVB-H
31 August 2007
The DVB Project today commended the decision of Uruguay to adopt the DVB-T and
DVB-H standards for its fixed and mobile Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT)
broadcasting. The decision was announced on the 27th August in a Presidential
Decree signed by President Tabaré Vázquez and the Minister of Industry, Jorge
Lepra.
Undersecretary Martín Ponce de León stated that the adoption of the DVB
standards will allow Uruguay to "actively participate in the process of
technological development through investments and through development of
software and content."
Peter MacAvock, Executive Director of the DVB Project, said: "We welcome this
significant decision by the government of Uruguay. By opting for DVB-T and
DVB-H, Uruguay becomes part of DVB´s global market and can take advantage of
the wide variety of professional and consumer offerings at the lowest possible
prices for making its transition from analogue to digital television services.
The people of Uruguay will soon be able to join the growing numbers on six
continents that are enjoying TV with the highest quality of sound and vision."
The decision to adopt the standards was arrived at after a year long evaluation
of DVB and the US and Japanese alternatives by The National Commission of
Free-to-Air Digital Terrestrial Television (Comisión Nacional de Televisión
Digital Terrestre Abierta). Criteria under consideration that formed the basis
for the decision included:
- the provision for both fixed and mobile TV and HDTV services
- interactivity
- the diversity, availability and cost of equipment
- technical quality of service
- spectrum efficiency
- strategies for digital inclusion
- development of national technologies
- development of the audio-visual industry.
The decision comes at a time when other Latin American countries are evaluating
DTT systems and sets an example by opting for the world´s most successful
family of open digital broadcasting standards. DVB standards (DVB-T, DVB-C,
DVB-S, DVB-S2 and DVB-H) form the basis of digital TV services throughout the
world. DVB-T is already deployed in more than 30 countries and adopted in more
than 100 countries. More than 170 million devices around the world are
receiving services that use DVB standards.
Mr. Leon Lev, President of URSEC (Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de
Comunicaciones) said: "the timely adoption of the technical standard is an
initial step to facilitate the development of digital terrestrial television by
allowing all involved players to understand the regulatory framework which will
be the basis for the transition to digital television in Uruguay."
Uruguay becomes a pioneer in Latin America by combining the selection of fixed
and mobile digital terrestrial television (DVB-T and DVB-H), thus ensuring the
efficient use of technology and convergence of services. Furthermore, the
decision to adopt DVB standards in Uruguay is strongly supported by the
European Commission and European industry in general.
Download the full DVB press release.
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