Chile. The Japanese commission that is in the country arrived to attend the international seminar "Towards the ignition of digital terrestrial television: Perspectives and challenges", which aimed to promote digital ignition in Chile and accelerate the migration process through the Japanese standard, ISDB-T, adopted by our country prior to the validity of Law 20,750, promulgated in May 2014, with the goal of digital ignition by 2020.
To date, the migration process from analog to digital is 17% of the total number of transmitting antennas in Chile. "The CNTV has developed a portal aimed at facilitating the migration process, which today can be done 100% digitally. We will also carry out the necessary steps, starting by trying to coordinate between the TV channels and the municipalities, in order to start, in the shortest possible time, the delivery of the devices that allow digital television to reach the most remote places, "said the president CNTV, Catalina Parot.
The Digital Terrestrial TV Law, which makes possible the transition of current channels to digital television, also established a series of incentives for the emergence of new regional, local and local community channels, as well as national and regional that can be qualified as cultural and / or educational signals, stating in its article 50 that it reserves 40% of the spectrum for this type of industries.
Since the law came into force, 35 new national, regional and local concessions have been granted. Among the new operators of these channels there are universities, radios and private projects which implies an increase in the programmatic offer and audiovisual content in the country.
The benefits that this technological leap will bring to the country is one of the central themes of the Japanese delegation headed by the Parliamentary Vice Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, Toru Kunishige.
According to japanese government figures, the economic impact that this technological leap had on the country was 2,493 billion dollars, which was generated among new businesses, services and technological equipment.
In the seminar he realized the extensive work of promotion and dissemination that Japan carried out in his country for digital deployment. "We created an advertising mascot that was everywhere and put advertising in all the sports centers. That is why a year before the analog blackout 95% of the population was already prepared and aware," said Hiroaki Kimura of Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Also, at the meeting, representatives of television associations in Chile such as Arcatel and Anatel presented their work and progress to date.
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