ABS-CBN TV Plus – Digital TV

MANILA, Philippines – Broadcast giant ABS-CBN Corp. is set to launch its digital terrestrial television (DTT) service tomorrow almost two months after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued the guidelines on the shift to DTT broadcast (DTTB).

ABS-CBN chairman Eugenio Lopez III and ABS-CBN president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio are expected to lead the ceremonial switch-on.

The introduction of digital technology in the broadcasting service would allow the country to keep pace with the development in technology and ensure the competitiveness of the broadcast industry.

Under the guidelines, analog VHF (very high frequency) TV service should neither be disrupted nor terminated until further orders from the NTC while operators are required to simulcast their DTTB service together with the analog TV service within one year upon the grant of authority to provide DTTB service.

VHF TV operators that fail to simulcast within one year would lose their frequency to other qualified UHF (ultra high frequency) TV operators. Analog UHF TV operators could go directly to DTTB service anytime during the one-year transition period but could also simulcast their DTTB service depending on the availability of frequencies.

Entities with a valid congressional franchise to provide TV broadcasting service may apply for an authorization to operate a DTTB service as long as the operators have the financial capacity and technical capability to install, operate, and maintain the proposed DTTB network.

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source: abscbn news