Doordarshan will start using worlds latest DVB-T2 technology. After this, more than 600 Free To Air TV and Radio channels will be available at your drawing room without any cost. Pay channels too can be viewed by this technology- thats too without paying a single penny. New Transmitters are being set up in various places across India. Doordarshan hopes to to start this service by March, 2014 next. There are two modes of Television Transmissions. One is through Satellites, the technology that we are currently widely using to receive all channels. The other mode is through Transmitters. Only Doordarshan has the right to broadcast through Transmitters. Doordarshan is presently converting its existing Transmitters into Digital Transmitters by using DVB-T2 (Digital Video Broadcast- Terrestrial) technology. This will enable Doordarshan to beam 10 times more Channels than its existing capacity. DVB-T2 is a latest Technology that is currently used by Britain and few European Countries only as of now. It reduces the dependancy on Satellites. This is win win situation for regional broadcasters. Regional broadcasters can reach their target audiences by using this Terrestrial broadcasting mode by Doordarshan. The carriage fees on Doordarshans Terrestrial broadcast platform will be 25% less than the satellite platform.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 16:30:14 +0000