Deadline for end of analogue TV broadcasting set for December 31
Central and local television stations must stop analogue broadcasting before December 31, 2018 under an amendment to Decision No.2451/QD-TTg on transmission, terrestrial TV broadcasting digitalisation by 2020, recently decided by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Central and local television stations must stop analogue broadcasting before December 31, 2018. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Central and local television stations must stopanalogue broadcasting before December 31, 2018 under an amendment to DecisionNo.2451/QD-TTg on transmission, terrestrial TV broadcasting digitalisation by2020, recently decided by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The digitalisation programme is being carried out in four phases with Hanoi, HoChi Minh City, Hai Phong, Da Nang and Can Tho leading the way. Twenty-sixprovinces were involved in the second phase which ended on December 31, 2016.
The third phase, with a deadline of December 31, 2018, will be implemented inThanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam,Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Lam Dong, Ninh Thuan, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh, TraVinh, Soc Trang, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau and Kien Giang provinces and areas outsidethe coverage of digital broadcasting stations in Quang Ninh, Bac Giang, ThaiNguyen, Phu Tho, Ninh Binh, Binh Thuan, Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau and KhanhHoa.
In the fourth phase, digitalisation will be implemented in remote provinces inthe north and central regions.
According to the amendment, the Vietnam Public Utility TelecommunicationServices Fund will be used to help impoverished households access digital televisionby 2020.-VNA
Analog television signals will be switched off in 15 provinces from August 15 as part of the terrestrial television digitalisation roadmap of the Ministry of Information and Communication.
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Central and local television stations must stop analogue broadcasting before December 31, 2018. (Photo: VNA) 
