PH guidelines on digital TV out

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued guidelines for the country’s planned shift to digital terrestrial television broadcast (DTTB) using the Japanese standard. The major stakeholders – such as television broadcast firms like ABS-CBN and GMA – and the NTC will work together in formulating and refining any policy, regulatory, and technical issues. They will also tackle fiscal considerations, industry and consumer support interventions, and other measures necessary for the country’s migration to digital TV broadcasting. The Philippine government picked Japan’s Integrated Service Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial standard over Europe’s Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial 2 due to the broadcast of early warning signals during emergency situations.

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