The Japanese government confirmed its willingness to transfer digital television technology to Venezuela and to train the personnel who will be responsible for operating it, if the country adopts the Japanese standard.
The Ministry of People's Power for Science, Technology and Intermediate Industries said that this confirmation was expressed during a visit by the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, Akira Terasaki, to Venezuela.
During a visit to the Venezuelan public television station (VTV), Terasaki said that among the advantages of the Japanese standard is its mobility, since it is the only one that allows receiving that signal in portable devices, such as cell phones.
Yuri Pimentel, president of VTV, said that the state channel is ready to adopt digital television, with the corresponding qualitative leap that implies.
For his part, the president of the National Center for Development and Research in Telecommunications, said that, although there are aspects under discussion, more progress is expected in the coming days.
Recently the president of the country, Hugo Chávez, announced that an agreement for the establishment of digital television with Japan is almost ready, and that country was asked to include technology to set up television factories.
In mid-July, the Minister of Science and Technology, Jesse Chacón, traveled to the Asian country and announced that Venezuela will adopt the system that offers the greatest technology transfer.
Venezuela hopes to define this year the digital system to be used when analog television broadcasts end in June 2011.
