Mexico. The Plenary of the Federal Institute of Telecommunications, IFT, resolved in extraordinary session to determine the cessation of analog transmissions and the transition to Digital Terrestrial Television on December 17 at 00:00 hours (local time) in 28 stations of different locations in the States of: Sonora, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Mexico, and the Federal District.
The cessation of the early transmission of the above signals was determined since the Ministry of Communications and Transport informed the Institute that a level of penetration of digital receivers of at least 90% of low-income households defined by the Ministry of Social Development (SEDESOL) for the aforementioned signals was reached.
For its part, the Institute carried out inspection visits to the corresponding stations, confirming that digital broadcast television broadcasts are currently carried out under the authorized parameters. The table with the list of stations, concessionaires/permittees and percentages of television penetration can be consulted in the table attached to this release.
The Institute, as well as the Permittees: National Polytechnic Institute, Public Broadcasting System of the Mexican State, Government of the State of Mexico, Government of the State of Puebla and Government of the State of Sonora and the Concessionaires: Compañía Internacional de Radio y Televisión, S.A., Radiotelevisora de México Norte. S.A. de C.V., Televimex, S.A de C.V., Televisión Azteca, S.A. de C.V., Televisión de Puebla S.A de C.V., Televisión Metropolitana, S.A. de C.V. and Televisora del Valle de México, S.A. de C.V., respectively, must inform the population about the date and time determined for the termination of analog transmissions of the aforementioned stations, in accordance with the provisions of articles 15 and 16 of the DTT Policy.
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