The Minister of Transport and Communications of Peru, Enrique Cornejo, announced that this country made the decision to adopt the Japanese-Brazilian digital terrestrial television system SBTVD.
Cornejo made the announcement after the meeting between the head of state, Alan García, and the envoy of the Prime Minister of Japan, Shunichi Yamaguchi, at the Government Palace.
The minister said that entering the era of digital television will mean the possibility of having a much clearer signal, but also the fact of having that signal with the portability that is required.
He explained that to make this decision, an "exhaustive, responsible and serious" analysis was carried out through a multisectoral commission that had a two-year work. During that time, several systems from different sources were presented (ATSC from the United States, DVB-T from Europe, DTMB from China and SBTVD from Japan and Brazil), and all were analyzed based on three criteria: the technological one, to evaluate which system provided the greatest capacity, taking into account the complexities of geography and the best use of the radio spectrum.
The second factor was the economic one, both in terms of the resources that will be needed to invest in the technologies by the companies that provide the television service, and in the economic impact it will have on families that will progressively move from their analog televisions to digital television.
And, thirdly, the factor of cooperation for the implementation of this digital television system, but also for the development of the country.
For his part, the envoy of the Prime Minister of Japan, Shunichi Yamaguchi, congratulated Peru on its entry into the era of digital television and maintained that the Japanese system has the advantage of being resistant to interference and noise, so users can enjoy a good television broadcast anywhere.
He announced that Japan will carry out several assistance programs for the implementation of digital television in Peru, such as human resources training and economic cooperation.
