Brazil. Due to delays in the process of migration to digital television in some areas of Brazil, the government of this country was forced to reevaluate the date set for the total disconnection of analog television.
Initially scheduled for June 30, 2016, the disconnection will be carried out in a flexible and scalable way, as explained by Patrícia Ávila of the licensing department of the Ministry of Communications at the SET Broadcast and Cable 2012 fair.
The southeast of Brazil, specifically the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo will be one of the first to have full coverage of digital television, thanks to its greater economic development and that a large part of the digital television generators are located there.
According to the new schedule, Sao Paulo will suffer the analog blackout in March 2015, followed by the federal district and the capitals of the southeast, the capitals of the southern region and the capitals of the northeast region in that same year.
For 2016 it is expected to continue with the capitals of the central west and north regions, and in June 2016 to reach the rural areas of the state of São Paulo. The rest of the country's cities will continue with the process of gradual disconnection after 2016.
"We are working on several fronts, from the generation of content and the aspect of reception," said Ávila and pointed out that "our main objective is to ensure that no one has a black screen on their TV when the disconnection arrives."
