Source: NEXTVASIA | By Aishwariya S in Free to Air DTT
Posted on September 26, 2013
As public broadcaster, Doordarshan continues to revamp itself, it has announced that in order to support more than 600 free-to-air TV channels, it will be switching to DVB-T2 technology. With transmitters being set up across the country, the broadcaster hopes to start the services as early as March 2014.
Currently only Doordarshan has the rights to broadcast channels through transmitters and with the DVB-T2 technology, it has been converting existing transmitters into digital transmitters capable to airing hundreds of channels. However this might prove a problem with viewers with dated television sets that do not come with technology imbedded inside them as that would mean they would have to buy STBs that would pick up these broadcasts. However as the country is in the midst of digitisation which it hopes to complete by 2014, this might not be too much of a problem.
Currently 59 channels coming under DD´s bouquet of which 30 are private channels, 21 DD channels and two channels that telecast parliament sessions. Doordarshan, which functions under broadcaster, Prasar Bharti, will receive a chunk of USD 500 million to upgrade its content and technology. This money will be spent between television and radio programming.
Source Link: http://nextvasia.com/4-free-to-air-dtt/doordarshan-to-switch-to-dvb-t2-technology/
Posted on September 26, 2013
As public broadcaster, Doordarshan continues to revamp itself, it has announced that in order to support more than 600 free-to-air TV channels, it will be switching to DVB-T2 technology. With transmitters being set up across the country, the broadcaster hopes to start the services as early as March 2014.
Currently only Doordarshan has the rights to broadcast channels through transmitters and with the DVB-T2 technology, it has been converting existing transmitters into digital transmitters capable to airing hundreds of channels. However this might prove a problem with viewers with dated television sets that do not come with technology imbedded inside them as that would mean they would have to buy STBs that would pick up these broadcasts. However as the country is in the midst of digitisation which it hopes to complete by 2014, this might not be too much of a problem.
Currently 59 channels coming under DD´s bouquet of which 30 are private channels, 21 DD channels and two channels that telecast parliament sessions. Doordarshan, which functions under broadcaster, Prasar Bharti, will receive a chunk of USD 500 million to upgrade its content and technology. This money will be spent between television and radio programming.
Source Link: http://nextvasia.com/4-free-to-air-dtt/doordarshan-to-switch-to-dvb-t2-technology/
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