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ARD to speed up DVB-T2 transition

June 24, 2014 16.11 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Sendeturm Köln Colonius (Media Broadcast)German public broadcaster ARD wants to accelerate the transition to the new digital terrestrial television (DTT) standard DVB-T2.

The reason: The German government wants to allocate the frequencies in the 700 MHz band currently used by television to mobile network operators in mid-2019 and not, as originally planned, at the end of 2020. Instead of the end of 2020, ARD therefore wants to finalise the transition from the currently used DVB-T system to the successor DVB-T2 in mid-2019.

DVB-T2 new (October 2010)The commencement of DVB-T2 transmissions planned for 2017 can, however, not be brought forward as the German public and commercial TV broadcasters have agreed to roll out DVB-T2 in combination with compression standard HEVC. Suitable reception devices won’t become available before 2016/17.

For the public broadcasters, it is very important that there will be inexpensive and not only high-end receivers on the market, says ARD, adding that the launch date can’t be moved forward for this reason. ARD would, however, be open towards an accelerated DVB-T2 deployment in metropolitan areas in mid-2016 aimed for by transmitter network operator Media Broadcast.

DVB-T2 enables more channels, higher picture quality, HDTV channels and improved mobile reception. ARD can also reduce its distribution costs by around 15% with the new standard. Viewers, however, have to buy new reception devices as the DVB-T receivers currently in use aren’t suitable for DVB-T2. The channels operated by public broadcasters ARD and ZDF will remain free of charge on the new distribution platform, but the commercial broadcasters plan to set up encrypted, fee-based packages.

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Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: ARD, DVB-T2, Media Broadcast, transition, ZDF Edited: 26 June 2014 07:18

About Jörn Krieger

Jörn reports on the latest developments in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Since 1992, he has been working as a freelance journalist, specialised in digital media, broadcast technology, convergence and new markets. He also takes up University lectureships, writes articles in specialist publications, and produces radio reports. Jörn is also a moderator of panel discussions at industry events such as ANGA COM, Medientage München and IFA Berlin.

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