Mexico. Fulfilling the Mexican government's plans for the analog blackout, on May 28 Tijuana became the first city in Mexico to have digital television service throughout its territory.
According to known statistics, in the country about 100% of the population follows open television, so this technological change will have a greater influence, especially if you take into account that in Mexico the average television consumption per person is 4.45 hours per day.
Analysts say that a fundamental part of the success of this process was the delivery of decoders for digital television to families with limited economic resources, because without that support, it would be difficult to achieve coverage of 100% of the population.
The analog blackout in Tijuana is the result of a pilot plan executed by Cofetel in this city and that will serve as a basis for continuing the work of technological change in other regions of the country. In addition, it required the intervention of 216 technicians who between December 2012 and March 2013 were dedicated to installing antennas.
According to the information reviewed and validated by Cofetel, the number of households whose service depends on open television, that is, of scarce resources and that do not have pay TV, in which a decoder and / or digital antenna was installed in Tijuana is 192,060.
To determine the universe of households that received the decoders and /or antennas, Cofetel relied on the data provided by Enpetah, as well as on the estimate resulting from Coneval's indicators on the population of Tijuana. In this way, and with the information available at that time, a universe of between 179,000 and 200,000 homes was projected in which equipment had to be installed that would allow capturing the digital signals of open television.
