The current situation around the World – information about the status of the transition
István Bozsóki Head of Division
BDT/IEE/SBD 5 May 2016 Geneva 1 WSIS ALC9
• Moving from analogue to digital terrestrial television frees up scarce spectrum for other uses, especially mobile.
• All regions are keen to achieve digital switchover, and some countries have already managed to complete the process.
• The deadline of June 2015 set for the UHF band by the ITU Regional Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva in 2006 (RRC-06) for the migration from analogue terrestrial television to digital terrestrial television applies to Africa, the Middle East and Europe, as well as to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Transition to digital TV broadcasting
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• In Asia-Pacific and in the Americas, national Administrations have worked together on a bilateral and multilateral basis to develop spectrum plans for digital terrestrial television.
• In North America, much of Europe and some parts of Asia, analogue switch-off has now been completed. Most countries in Latin America and Asia-Pacific have plans to complete the transition between 2015 and 2020.
Transition to digital TV broadcasting
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Digital Terrestrial
Television
Broadcasting
(DTTB)
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Website
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http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Spectrum-Broadcasting/Pages/DSO/Default.aspx
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Website features
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Data Miner
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Statistics
AFR AMS ARB ASP CIS EUR Sum GE06
Completed 4 3 3 5 1 38 54 46
On-going 35 6 7 10 7 3 68 53
Not started 5 2 3 2 1 1 14 10
Unknown 0 25 8 23 3 1 60 12
44 36 21 40 12 43 196 121
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0
2
4
6
Not started
Not started
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
AFR AMS ARB ASP CIS EUR
Completed
Completed
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
AFR AMS ARB ASP CIS EUR
On-going
On-going
0
20
40
Unknown
Unknown
Status in AFR
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Country Year Of Launch DSO Date TV Standard Compression Format Status
Angola Ongoing
Benin 2020 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Botswana Ongoing
Burkina Faso 30/12/2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Burundi DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Cameroon 2013 2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Cape Verde 2015 31/08/2016 DVB-T2 Ongoing
Central African Rep. Not Started
Chad DVB-T2 Ongoing
Congo Ongoing
Côte d'Ivoire 2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Dem. Rep. of the Congo Ongoing
Equatorial Guinea Ongoing
Eritrea Not Started
Ethiopia 2015 2017 DVB-T2 Ongoing
Gabon DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Gambia 2015 30/09/2015 DVB-T2 Ongoing
Ghana 2013 17/06/2014 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Guinea 2015 DVB-T2 Ongoing
Guinea-Bissau 2015 31/03/2016 DVB-T2 Ongoing
Kenya Ongoing
Lesotho 2015 2015 DVB-T2 Ongoing
Liberia 01/12/2018 Not Started
Madagascar 2015 2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Malawi 2015 DVB-T2 Completed
Mali 2014 30/06/2016 DVB-T2 Ongoing
Mauritius 2005 17/07/2015 DVB-T MPEG-2 Ongoing
Mozambique Completed
Namibia 2016 DVB-T2 Ongoing
Niger 2015 30/04/2016 DVB-T2 Ongoing
Nigeria 2007 17/06/2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-2 Ongoing
Rwanda (Republic of) 2008 31/07/2014 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-4 Completed
Sao Tome and Principe Not Started
Senegal 2014 2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Seychelles 2011 31/12/2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Sierra Leone 2014 31/12/2017 DVB-T2 Ongoing
South Africa 31/12/2013 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Not Started
South Sudan Ongoing
Swaziland DVB-T2 Ongoing
Tanzania 2005 31/12/2012 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Completed
Togo 2011 DVB-T2 Ongoing
Uganda Ongoing
Zambia 2014 DVB-T2 Ongoing
Zimbabwe 2015 DVB-T2 Ongoing
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Status in AMS
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Country Year Of Launch DSO Date TV Standard Compression Format Status
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina 2010 2019 ISBD-T
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize Not Started
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2011 ISBD-T MPEG-4 Ongoing
Brazil 2007 30/11/2018 ISBD-T MPEG-4 Ongoing
Canada 2012 ATSC Completed
Chile 2010 2019 ISBD-T
Colombia 2012 31/12/2019 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-4 Completed
Costa Rica
Cuba 2013 2023 DTMB Ongoing
Dominica
Dominican Rep.
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica 2018 2020 ATSC Not Started
Mexico 1997 ATSC Ongoing
Netherlands Antilles DVB-T MPEG-2 Ongoing
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname 2014 30/06/2015 DVB-T2 ATSC
Ongoing
Trinidad and Tobago
United States 2009 ATSC Completed
Uruguay
Venezuela
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Status in ARB
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Country Year Of Launch DSO Date TV Standard Compression Format Status
Algeria 2010 2015 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Ongoing
Bahrain 2015 17/06/2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Ongoing
Comoros (Union of the) DTMB MPEG-2 Not Started
Djibouti
Egypt 2015 17/06/2020 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Iraq
Jordan 2015
Kuwait
Lebanon 2015 DVB-T2 Not Started
Libya 2015 DVB-T2 Not Started
Mauritania
Morocco (including Western Sahara)
2007 17/06/2015 DVB-T MPEG-2 Completed
Oman 17/06/2015 DVB-T2 Ongoing
Qatar 2014 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Saudi Arabia 2006 2013 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
Somalia
Sudan 2015 DVB-T DVB-T2
Ongoing
Syria 2020
Tunisia 2010 2015 DVB-T MPEG-4 Ongoing
United Arab Emirates 2014 31/07/2014 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Completed
Yemen 2020
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Status in ASP
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Country Year Of Launch DSO Date TV Standard Compression Format Status
Afghanistan ND
Australia 2001 10/12/2013 DVB-T MPEG-2 Completed
Bangladesh 2016 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Not Started
Bhutan 2020 DVB-T2
Brunei Darussalam 2015 DVB-T
Cambodia 2020 DVB-T DVB-T2 DTMB
MPEG-4 Ongoing
China 2018 DTMB
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
Fiji 2015 2018 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
India 2015 DVB-T DVB-T2
Ongoing
Indonesia 2018 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2009 DVB-T Ongoing
Japan 2003 2011 ISBD-T MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
Kiribati 2017 ND
Korea (Rep. of) 2001 2012 ATSC MPEG-2 Completed
Lao P.D.R. 2020 DVB-T DTMB
Malaysia 2016 2018 DVB-T2 Not Started
Maldives 2020 DVB-T2 ISBD-T
Marshall Islands
Micronesia ND
Mongolia 2014 05/10/2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Completed
Myanmar 2013 2020 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Nauru ND
Nepal (Republic of) 2017 DVB-T2
New Zealand 2008 2013 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-4 Completed
Niue
Pakistan
Palau
Papua New Guinea 2014 2017 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Philippines 2018 ISBD-T
Samoa 2014 2017 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Singapore 2015 DVB-T DVB-T2
Solomon Islands ND
Sri Lanka 2017 DVB-T2 ISBD-T
Thailand 2014 2020 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Timor-Leste 2024 ND
Tonga 15/06/2014 DVB-T2
Tuvalu
Vanuatu 2017 DVB-T2
Viet Nam 2010 31/12/2020 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Ongoing
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Status in CIS
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Country Year Of Launch DSO Date TV Standard Compression
Format Status
Armenia 2015 2015 DVB-T2 Ongoing
Azerbaijan 2013 DVB-T Ongoing
Belarus 2015 DVB-T DVB-T2
Ongoing
Georgia 2015 01/07/2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Completed
Kazakhstan 2015 DVB-T2
Kyrgyzstan DVB-T2 Not Started
Moldova 15/06/2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Russian Federation
2006 2019 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-4 Ongoing
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine 2008 2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Uzbekistan 2008 2017 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-4 Ongoing
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Status in EUR
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Country Year Of Launch DSO Date TV Standard Compression Format Status
Albania 17/06/2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
Andorra 2006 25/09/2007 DVB-T MPEG-2 Completed
Austria 2006 2011 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
Belgium 2002 2010 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009 17/06/2015 DVB-T MPEG-4 Ongoing
Bulgaria 2013 30/09/2013 DVB-T MPEG-4 Completed
Croatia 2009 2010 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
Cyprus 2010 01/07/2011 DVB-T MPEG-4 Completed
Czech Rep. 2005 30/06/2012 DVB-T MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
Denmark 2006 31/10/2009 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-4 Completed
Estonia 2006 2010 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-4 Completed
Finland 2001 2007 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2008 31/05/2013 DVB-T MPEG-4 Completed
France 2005 2011 DVB-T MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
Germany 2002 2012 DVB-T MPEG-2 Completed
Greece 2008 29/12/2014 DVB-T MPEG-4 Completed
Hungary 2008 31/10/2013 DVB-T MPEG-4 Completed
Iceland 2010 2015 DVB-T MPEG-4 Completed
Ireland 2011 24/10/2012 DVB-T MPEG-4 Completed
Israel 2008 2011 DVB-T MPEG-4 Completed
Italy 2003 2008 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
Latvia 2009 01/06/2010 DVB-T MPEG-4 Completed
Liechtenstein
Lithuania 2008 2012 DVB-T MPEG-4 Completed
Luxembourg 2006 2006 DVB-T MPEG-2 Completed
Malta 2005 2011 DVB-T MPEG-2 Completed
Monaco 2005 2011 DVB-T2 Completed
Montenegro 2014 17/06/2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-2 Completed
Netherlands 2003 2011 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
Norway 2007 01/12/2009 DVB-T MPEG-4 Completed
Poland 2009 2013 DVB-T MPEG-4 Completed
Portugal 2009 2012 DVB-T MPEG-4 Completed
Romania 2015 17/06/2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Ongoing
San Marino Completed
Serbia 2012 07/06/2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Completed
Slovak Republic 2009 2012 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
Slovenia 2006 2011 DVB-T MPEG-4 Completed
Spain 2000 2010 DVB-T MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
Sweden 1999 2007 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
Switzerland 2001 2008 DVB-T MPEG-2 Completed
Turkey 2015 DVB-T2 MPEG-4 Not Started
United Kingdom 1998 2012 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
Vatican 2012 2012 DVB-T DVB-T2
MPEG-2 MPEG-4
Completed
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Ways to assist countries
Regional Initiatives
Guidelines, reports
Projects
Country assistance
Country case studies
DSO database
Spectrum Management Training Program (SMTP)
Others
Recent Activities on Broadcasting
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2015
Assistance provided to Swaziland to establish a road map and
calculations for the broadcasting network.
Assistance provided to Equatorial Guinea for the design of the
network and the planning of the digital migration.
Roadmap and migration strategy finalized for Burkina Faso.
Technical Assistance provided resulted in 15 countries launching
their migration processes in 2015.
Africa
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2015
• Assisted eight countries in the Americas region in the transition to digital broadcasting within the scope of Project ITU/CAF.
• Additionally, roadmaps for the transition were prepared and submitted to Honduras and Nicaragua as a result of applying ITU guidelines.
• Guidelines translated into Spanish
Project funded by Latin-American Development Bank (CAF)
Americas
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2015 Roadmaps for Kiribati and Nauru, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Solomon
Islands
Revision of the Roadmap for Tonga, Samoa, PNG
Revision of the Roadmap for Philippines
Country case studies: Thailand, Australia, Vietnam
Projects funded by Republic Korea, Japan, Australia - ITU Seminar on Spectrum Management and terrestrial TV
broadcast in Pacific, Nadi, Fiji, 10 July 2015 - ABU Technical Assembly in Istanbul, 27-28 October 2015 - ITU-ABU Pacific Media Partnership Conference 2015, Apia,
Samoa 24-27 August 2015 - AIBD-ITU-ABU Asia Media Summit and the Pre-Summit, Kuala-
Lumpur, 25-28 May 2015
Asia-Pacific
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2015
Pan-European overview of transition from analogue to digital
terrestrial broadcasting Digital Switchover Overview database
completed.
Regional Seminar on Spectrum Management and Digital
Broadcasting (May 2015, Hungary).
Assistance to Serbia: Review of the national priorities and
provision of broadcasting equipment (gap fillers) completed
Symposium on Digital Broadcasting Transition, 17 June 2015
http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/GE06-Symposium-
2015/Pages/default.aspx
Europe
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Interactive Multimedia Services in Asia Pacific
The Guidelines for Transition to Digital Broadcasting (E/F/S)
http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Spectrum-Broadcasting/Documents/Guidelines%20final.pdf
ITU-R Rep SM.2353-0 SG1 Report on Digital Dividend The challenges and opportunities for spectrum management resulting from the transition to digital terrestrial television in the UHF bands
http://www.itu.int/pub/R-REP-SM.2353
DSO Database
http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Spectrum-Broadcasting/Pages/DSO/Default.aspx
Spectrum Management Training Program (SMTP) https://academy.itu.int
ITU-D Study Group 1 Question 8/1
Cooperation with broadcasting organizations (WBU, EBU, ABU/AIBD, etc.)
Guidelines, reports, other activities
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Thank you!
István Bozsóki Head of Division
BDT/IEE/SBD [email protected] 5 May 2016 Geneva 21 WSIS ALC9