Colombia. The director of the National Television Authority, ANTV, Angela María Mora Soto, in her recent visit to the island of San Andrés, sealed a strategic alliance with SENA to advance a training program that will open employment opportunities for many San Andresans.
The complementary training program "Installation of internal infrastructure the reception of Digital Terrestrial Television, DTT" will last 100 hours, which will include a first theoretical-practical component of 60 hours and an additional one of safe work at heights, will be completely free and will be able to access those who are of legal age with 9 degree of secondary schooling approved that pass the pre-occupational exam that certifies their good state of health to perform this activity.
All those who are certified in the course, have the possibility of linking up for the DTT installation process in San Andres homes. Next week the Seine will be launching the open call for all those who meet these minimum requirements.
This alliance received the full support of the Chamber of Commerce and the Governor of San Andrés, Ronald Housin Jaller, which will undoubtedly also translate into the generation of employment and training opportunities for the islanders so that they know what it is, how it works and what are the benefits that Terreste Digital Television – DTT brings.
"We estimate that the first week of March we can open registrations, the second week we can start the training process so that at the end of April we will be delivering to the ANTV the qualified certified personnel so that the installation stage of the equipment can be successfully carried out throughout the Island," said the Director of SENA, Lorena Aldana.
In March there will be a joint work of socialization informing the islanders what are the advantages that DTT brings with it and where the decoders can be acquired. "We already have some dates and concrete activities to continue fulfilling the islanders. The first thing is that the Teleislas channel already has the necessary resources to carry out the process of acquiring equipment, as well as the socialization of the new way of watching television," said Mora Soto.
It is expected that by July 31, the decoders of the 4,020 households of strata 1, and 2 and raizales that will be beneficiaries of the program will be installed. It is important to mention that the rest of the population will be able to acquire the decoder and the UHF antenna or the television with the tuner incorporated in the trade.
"As of August 1, as we announced last December, more than 4,000 low-income households will be able to enjoy the public channels Señal Colombia, Señal Institucional, Canal Uno and Teleislas and the private Canal RCN and Caracol TV with better image and sound quality since they will receive from the ANTV, the necessary receiver equipment to enjoy DTT: The decoder and the UHF antenna, "said the Director of the ANTV, Ángela María Mora Soto.
The entity begins with these alliances the second phase of DTT in San Andrés, leaving firm the commitment that the ANTV has with the sanandresanos by guaranteeing them access to quality television and supporting the development of the island by the hand of SENA, training the islanders free of charge, generating employment not only in terms of television and DTT, but also in topics such as cable television, satellite and also for telephony.
