The Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Digital (KOMDIGI) has announced plans for a “regulatory sandbox framework” that would help foster new media technologies including DVB-I and DVB-NIP (Native IP broadcasting).
The announcement was made at a workshop jointly organised by DVB Project and IEEE Broadcast Technology Society at the invitation of ATVSI, the association of commercial television companies in Indonesia.
Andi Zulkifli, Technical Policy Reviewer at KOMDIGI said: “future broadcasting technology will be fully IP-based and the technology needs to maximise the use of traditional broadcasting infrastructure such as DVB-T2 and DVB-S2. This is inseparable from the pattern of public consumption of information media. Internet-based distribution protocols such as DVB-I and DVB-NIP and their derivatives will lead the way.”
KOMDIGI is proposing a roadmap for Indonesian broadcasting that would be based around the DVB standard. Zulkifli outlined a long-term strategy involving all stakeholders, including KOMDIGI, KPI (broadcasting commission), LPP (public service broadcaster), LPS (commercial broadcaster), industry players, the academic sector, associations, and startups. The roadmap would contain a comprehensive guide for the future of broadcasting to help place Indonesia in the global media arena.
The ministry would also create “sandbox regulations” to facilitate testing new technologies like DVB-I and DVB-NIP in a controlled environment. The roadmap would include education to help improve IP media literacy and promote greater Indonesian involvement in future media technologies.
ATVSI’s Secretary of Broadcasting Systems and Technology Commission, Rachmat Akbari welcomed Zulkifli’s announcement. “The next step is to work with the stakeholders in the Indonesian media industry including AVISI, the video streaming association, to contribute to the development of the roadmap and to promote the adoption of new technologies like DVB-I and DVB-NIP.”
The workshop was attended by 90 participants drawn from commercial and public media organisations in Indonesia.
