Directrices para la elaboración de un plan para la migración a televisión digital terrestre (TDT) en Venezuela

Abstract

In October 2009, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela adopted the ISDB-Tb (Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting - Terrestrial Built On), released by Japan, with some improvement made by Brazil, as Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) to be deployment in Venezuela. After standard choice, has been start the route towards the solution of transcendental aspects of legal and technical nature to enable the provision of digital terrestrial television service harmonized with the goals of true social inclusion and democratization of information in the nation. In this regard, this paper proposes ideas for a pilot plan that lays the foundation and technical requirements for the deployment of digital terrestrial television service in the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, according to the parameters and considerations set out in the ISDB-Tb and in close accordance with the Constitution, laws and other regulations. It addresses issues such as the mode of transmission (HDTV, SDTV, "One-seg"), distribution of the spectrum (UHF for digital), analog to digital transition, service implementation and incentives for deployment implementation DTT Venezuela.Key words: Digital Terrestrial Television, ISDB-T standard, Deployment plan, Spectrum allocation, Service implementation.