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Digital terrestrial TV and Spectrum arrangement in Viet Nam

Mr. Doan Quang HoanGeneral Director of Authority of Radio Frequency Management

ITU-AIBD-ABU REGIONAL WORKSHOPSTRENGTHENING DIGITAL BROADCASTING EXPERIENCE

HA NOI, VIETNAM, 22-23 MAY 2011

Content

Overview on Viet Nam TV broadcasting TV digitization in Viet Nam Spectrum arrangement for DTV The Digital Dividend Summary

Overview on Viet Nam TV broadcasting

Viet Nam has 66 TV broadcasters:- 3 nationwide TV broadcasters

- 63 local TV broadcasters

- 109 TV free-to-air program channelsSo many local broadcasters! So many program channels! More difficult to allocate the available frequency channelsto deploy DTV services

Overview on Viet Nam TV broadcasting

Market share of platform

CATV 1.56% Analog terrestrial TV 76.5%Digital terrestrial TV 12.5%Sattelite DTH

1. Benefits of TV digitization for Broadcasters- Better quality of video and audio- More channels, more services (Mobile reception, mobileTV, HDTV, interactivity, data services)- Local TV broadcasters may have larger service coverage - DTV transmitter’s ERP requirement is lower- DTV gives a chance to set up SFN

TV digitization in Viet Nam

2. Benefits of TV digitization for telecommunications- Spectrum efficiency is high- Digital Dividend. That is a big chance to deploy more

radio broadband services;- The more Broadband services, the more multimedia

provided (such as Live TV channels, Interactive TV, Time-shifted TV, Video on demand...)

TV digitization in Viet Nam

The Economics Benefit of Broadband

High – Income Countries

Low – Income Countries

0.43

0.730.6

0.81 0.77

1.12 1.211.38

BroadbandInternetImobile - TelephonyFixed- Telephony

GDP Growth Impact of telecommunications:Highest Impact from Broadband

GDP percentage point increase due to 10 percent increase in penetrationQiang. Christine Z. 2009. “Telecommunications and Economics Growth.” UnpublishedPaper. World Bank, Washington, D.C.

6 Booz & Company, Digital Highways: The Role of Government i 21 st-CentryInfrastructure, 2009, p.5

- DVB-T standard have been adopted by VTV since 2001 - VTC had launched DVB-T test project since 2002- 2005 DVB-T was adopted to deploy nationwide- Planning on radio television broadcasting transmission

to 2020 was adopted by Prime Minister in 2009;- Drafted Digitization Project on terrestrial TV was

submitted to Prime Minister for approval- Radio law and Telecommunications law

TV digitization in Viet Nam

Drafted Digitization Project on terrestrial:- The final target of DTV roadmap: 95% of

population served by digital TV.- Transmission standard: DVB-T and its next

versions; - Compression standard: MPEG-2, MPEG-4 part

10/ H.264 (after 2014: MPEG-4 part 10 /H.264 is mandatory)

- Analog switch off has been scheduled from 2015 to the end of 2020 (region by region)

TV digitization in Viet Nam

2011 12/2014

2013 12/2016

201512/2018

2017

12/2020

DTV ATV - DTV

ATV - DTV

ATV - DTV

ATV - DTV

5 central cities

26 next provinces

18 next provinces

15 next provinces

DTV

DTV

DTV

DTV roadmapTV digitization in Viet Nam

* Terrestrial DTV- VTC has launched DTV services since 2006,

+2 MUX using MPEG-2 compression standard, + more than 20 TV program channels; - AVG has a trial of DTV SFNs with 3 MUX using MPEG-

4 compression standard in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City;

- More than 2 million set-top-box have been sold out to market

TV digitization in Viet Nam

* Mobile TV- DVB-H was tested by VTC corporation in 2006,- T-DMB trial project has been broadcasted by VTV

in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh city

* DTH- VTV launched DTH using DVB-S standard since 2004- VTC launched DTH using DVB-S2 standard since 2009

TV digitalization in Viet Nam

Spectrum arrangement forterrestrial TV

1. Multiplex and network planning- 3 nationwide broadcasting transmission operators

with 7 DTV Multiplexes- 5 – 7 DTV MUX for existing local ATV (multiplex by

regional areas)

Spectrum arrangement forterrestrial TV

2. Frequency channel allotment for DTV- to broadcast 2 MUX for VTV and 2 MUX for VTC with

nationwide coverage using MFN; - to broadcast 3 MUX for third nationwide operator

using SFN providing Pay TV services;- to broadcast 1 MUX for each regional networks

delivering existing local TV channels

Spectrum arrangement for terrestrial TV

3. Frequency bands- VHF band III: 174 – 230 MHz- UHF band:

Before 12/2009 : 470 – 806 MHz After 12/2009: 470 – 790 MHz

4. Draft of VHF band plan- To be planned for DTV, Digital radio, Mobile TV- Band III VHF (174-206) MHz for DVB-T/T-DMB- Band III VHF (206-230) MHz for T-DMB/T-DAB

Spectrum arrangement for terrestrial TV

5. Draft of UHF band plan- Mainly for DTV implementation- UHF (470-694 MHz) for DTV Long-term usage- UHF (694-790 MHz) for DTV/ATV temporary

usage and to be freed up to develop other radio services (Digital Dividend)

- After 12/2020 UHF band 694 – 790 MHz is going to be freed up to launch other radio broadband services

• Digital Dividend is the spectrum made available over

and above that required to accommodate the existing analogue television services in a digital form in VHF and UHF

Digital transmission

Existing program channels

Spec

trum

TimeAnalogue transmission

Existing analogue channels

Digital dividend

More broadband services and More

TV services

A – D Transition period

2020

The Digital dividend

Who can use the Dividend?

• Additional and improved terrestrial broadcasting services: High quality digital TV More spectrum & power efficiency

• Multimedia Mobile broadcasting services:H

HANDHELD

• Mobile communication systems:

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450-470 MHz698-960 MHz2300-2400 MHz3400-3600 MHz

450-470 MHz790-960 MHz2300-2400 MHz3400-3600 MHz in 81 countries

450-470 MHz790-960 MHz (698-960 MHz in 9 countries: Bangladesh, China, Korea (Rep. of), India, Japan, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Singapore) 2300-2400 MHz3400-3600 MHz in 8 countries (China, Korea, Japan, India,..)Footnote 5.317A

Additional allocations for IMT in WRC-07

Results from WP5D (1)ITU-R Recommendation M.1036 : Frequency arrangements for IMT

Results from WP5D (2)ITU-R Recommendation M.1036 : Frequency arrangements for IMT

AWF COMMON VIEW (from AWF 9th)

FDD Arrangement

TDD Arrangement

45 MHz 45 MHz698 MHz

806 MHz

694 MHz

PPDR/LMRDTTV

10 MHz

centre gap5

MHz3

MHz

PPDR/LMR806 MHz

DTTV698 MHz

694 MHz

Spectrum Allocation for broadcasting in Vietnam

Total: 392 MHz

174 230 Frequency (MHz) 470 610 790 806

VHF UHF

Spectrum to be Refarmed

• No new TV Transmiter and TV services in sub band 790 – 806 MHz.

174 230 Frequency (MHz) 470 610 790 806

VHF UHF

Existing transmittersNo new TV service

Spectrum to be Refarmed

• After 2020: Digital Dividend of 112 MHz (694-806 MHz) and the band need to be refarmed.

• DTV services should be used the bands below 694 MHz

174 230 Frequency (MHz) 470 610 694 806

VHF UHF

To be refarmed

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