Indonesian Broadcast Goes Digital
Indonesian Ministry of Information and Communication has planned to digitalize the broadcasting system in Indonesia. To implement this idea several tools have been prepare such as regulation, transition technology solution and industry to support the change.
Several local industries have been developed set top box to receive digital broadcasting signal and converted it to analog signal to analog television. Some of them have made several times trial with good result.
The free to air trial has been performed by PT Konsorsium Televisi Digital Indonesia and Konsorsium LPP TVRI – PT Telkom as the continuity of soft launching declared by the vice president Jusuf Kalla on August 13th, 2008. Meanwhile on August 3rd 2009, Minister of Information and Communication Mr. Mohammad Nuh has proclaimed the trial for digital mobile TV which is performed by Konsorsium Tren Mobile TV and Konsorsium Telkom – Telkomsel – Indonusa.
The goal of trial for mobile tv is to know the receiving quality of mobile tv both on technical and non technical aspects. This is done in order to make an appropriate business regulation. The regulation is expected to finish in March 2010.
Happy watching the digital television.
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