The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 03/25/2010 7:29 PM
The government has set a 2018 deadline for full implementation of digital TV broadcast, which is said to save specter of frequency by 50 percent in addition to far better quality of picture and sound than the existing analogue system.
Anang Ahmad Latif, head of television technology facilities sub-directorate at the Information Ministry, said Thursday both the government and TV operators were preparing regulations and infrastructure for the new era of TV broadcast.
“We have held a series of trials in several major cities like Jakarta and Bandung. This year we will move to Batam,” Anang told a gathering to familiarize digital broadcast in Yogyakarta.
He said most TV stations had been well prepared for the new system and some of them would go digital by the end of the year or early next year.
The long grace period given by the government will allow broadcasting companies to use up their investment in analogue TV industry, Anang was quoted by kompas.com.
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