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ITU Activities on Digital Migration
Digital Migration & Spectrum Policy Summit
29 November 2011, Nairobi, Kenya
Kim Kikwon
Senior Engineer/BDT, ITU
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Table of Contents
Ⅰ. Why the Migration Issues?
Ⅱ. ITU Activities
Ⅲ. Projects on Digital Migration
Ⅳ. ITU Future Plan
Ⅴ. Conclusions
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Why the migration raise issues?
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Why Digital Migration Issues?
 High Cost and Long Term
 Over the last 10 years, broadcasting has been
experiencing a revolution through the
influence of digitization
 Transition from A to D takes at least a few
years, costs so much and has the immense
influence on society, economy and industries
 It is essential for each country to make a
project plan (roadmap) of the migration
 However, there is a big difference in the digital
broadcasting transition process among
countries
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 Digital Dividend
 The released spectrum after the analogue
services switch-off
 Digital Dividend could be used for:
- Digital Terrestrial TV and MTV
- Improving the coverage of digital TV
transmissions, - Wireless broadband services
- Enhancing sound and picture qualify,
in particular HDTV
 Immense economic potential : 150-200 Billion
Euro (European Commission estimation)
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 Key issues to Digital Transition
 Policy and Regulatory :
- Licensing, Network Operators
- Public TV services, Commercial TVs
- Analogue Switch off (ASO), etc.
 Economical :
- Introduction of new business model
- Transition costs, subsidizing vulnerable
people
 Technical :
- Standards ( DVB, ISDB, ATSC )
- Compression technique (MPEC2/MPEG4)
- Spectrum availability , Coverage areas International
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GE-06 Agreement : for 120 countries in
Europe + Africa
 The Geneva plan(GE-06)
is an all-digital plan for
use of the band 3 and
4,5 after the Analogue
TV Switch-off.
 GE-06 makes clear that
analogue TV services in UHF Band 4,5 will not be
protected against interference after 17 June 2015.
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Transition map
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World overview: DTTV adoption
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ITU Activities & Outputs for
Digital Migration
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 ITU Activities
 Assist developing countries in transiting to
digital broadcasting
- provide consulting of broadcasting
infrastructure development
- develop reports and guidelines
- Provide training
 Close cooperation with international and
regional broadcasting organizations (WBU,
ABU, AIBD, EBU)
- regular workshops and seminars
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 ITU Outputs
 Spectrum allocation (WRC/RRC)
 Wave Propagation recommendation
 REPORT ITU-R BT.2140 :Transition from
analogue to digital Terrestrial broadcasting
 ITU-D Question 11-2/2
“Examination of terrestrial digital broadcasting
technologies…”
 ITU-D SG 2’s Report on question 9-2/2
“Identification of study topics in the ITU-T and
ITU-D study groups which are of particular
interest to developing countries
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 Spectrum Management Guideline
- Handbook and recommendation : Spectrum
management, Computer Aided Techniques for
Spectrum Management, Spectrum Monitoring
 SMS4DC
- Purpose: to assist developing countries in
efficiently managing their radio spectrum
- Features: Engineering and administrative
applications, Results on Google Earth, linkage with
monitoring system
- Annual License fee: CHF 4,630(1 Workstation)
Member State Admin & Sector Member : -15%
Admin of Least Developing Countries : -80%
The Number of license country : over 50
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Digital Broadcasting
Roadmap Project in Africa
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Introduction of the Project in Africa
The objective of the project
 To assist the African countries in making their own
roadmap to shift smoothly from analogue to DTTB and to
introduce MTV
1st Phase of the project
 Period : January – July 2008
 Survey on broadcasting & transition situation in Africa
2nd Phase of the project
 Period : November 2008 - October 2009
 Guidelines were developed for assisting the transition
- Questionnaires has been sent to all African countries,
23 countries responded, 3 beneficiary countries(Mali,
International
Ethiopia and Angola) have been selected
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 3rd Phase of the roadmap project
 Period : January 2010 – February 2012
 Roadmaps were customized for selected
countries based on developed guidelines
- Roadmaps of Digital Broadcasting for Angola,
Ethiopia and Mali were completed
 Launched Integrated Workshop
- Deliver and share the three countries cases and the
roadmaps to the other countries in Africa
 Feed back the process and results of migration
in 3 pilot countries
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Roadmap project in ASP
 Survey conducted to assess the current
situation on digital broadcasting
- Questionnaires has been sent to 38 countries,
22 responded, 5 beneficiary countries (Cambodia,
Mongolia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Tonga) selected
 Adaptation of the guidelines : Guidelines
customized for Asia Pacific
 Development of roadmap for the selected
beneficiary countries : December 2011
 Integrated workshop : Sharing the roadmaps
and Case studies, training the local experts
(March 2012)
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Guideline
Guidelines designed to
provide Information and
recommendations on
policy, regulation,
technologies, network
planning, customer
awareness and business
planning
For free download at
http://www.itu.int/publ/DHDBGUIDELINES.01-2010/en
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Guideline
 Functional layer of the Guideline
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Policy and regulation
Analogue switch-off (ASO)
Market and business development
DTTB & MTV networks
Roadmap development
⇒ Each layer has 3 to 13 functional
building blocks.
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Guideline
 Functional
Building Blocks
under each layer
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ITU Future Plan
for Assistance of the Migration
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Future plan
 Survey regularly on digital broadcasting
migration
 Develop broadcasting policy toolkit
 Develop training material and provide on-line
training
 Develop portal site to provide all relevant
information on the migration
 Cooperate actively with other international and
regional organizations for assisting the Digital
Migration
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…and
 At first, this roadmap project focus on the
African region, the outputs, knowledge and
experience of it will be used in other regions
widely e.g. in ASP
 Especially the guidelines are a good reference
for all countries which need to develop their
own roadmaps
 ITU is also making its efforts to develop this
kind of roadmap project in other regions
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Conclusion
 Digital Migration is a complex process
• Every country should be ready to handle the
complicity
 Successful Migration requires
• Strong leadership of government
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Firm decision of analogue TV switch-off date
Close cooperation of Regulator and market parties
Clear and timely regulatory framework
Adequate information and assistance to viewers
 Explore the potential of the Digital
Dividend
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Kikwon.kim@itu.int
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