Peter MacAvock, CEO of DVB, announced at a press conference that the DVB Project has launched a call for technological requirements and commercial within the plan for the development of a new version of the DVB-T digital terrestrial television standard. The T2 (by DVB-T2) seeks to take advantage of new opportunities from planned suppression of analogue transmissions in some countries in the coming years.
TV and Video spoke with MacAvock about this announcement.
Does the DVB-T2 change the
lobbying strategy for DVB?
No, what you have to consider is DVB-T. DVB-T2 is barely
in research and development and is foreseen for the future. No
we want an update to catch us off guard
technological in these times, when changes happen so
quickly. The other rules must be doing the same,
they just don't say it.
What is the schedule of
DVB-T2?
We have published a Call for Requirements
technological and commercial. We want to establish the
requirements in terms of its performance, its compatibility with
previous systems that kind of ideas. In June we wait
the answers to this call. During the initial quarter of
2008 we expect the first specifications of DVB-T2. That to us
will allow products to be available by 2009, in time for
the shutdown of analog systems in some
countries, which is scheduled between 2010 and 2012.
Why do they say T2 is
for countries in the process of analog shutdown and not
for countries that are just adopting digital systems?
It could serve countries that are just adopting a
digital system, but the price of the receivers is not in this
case as important as in DVB-T systems. Also, if
someone is migrating from analog to digital today, or in the future
Immediate, DVB-T is the technology available with great
flexibility and cheap receivers.
All the technological advantages of DVB-T will be available in
DVB-T2, but we will emphasize new areas of application, where not
is restricted by low-priced receivers or
compatibility with previous systems.
Indonesia and the Philippines have announced the adoption of DVB-T these days. Several countries of the region agreed on the system and achieved a specifications for set top boxes of about US$10 per unit.
