ITU-ABU-AIBD Regional Workshop on Digital Broadcasting Implementation

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), and the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) jointly organized two day regional workshop on “Digital Broadcasting Implementation” On 4-5 March 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), and the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) jointly organized two day regional workshop on “Digital Broadcasting Implementation” On 4-5 March 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

All together more than 180 participants representing 29 countries and regions participated in the workshop. The main objective of the workshop were to share knowledge and information on the road to digitalization focusing on major issues like frequency planning, spectrum management, digital broadcast technologies and alternative delivery methods by expertise from the participating countries and regions. On the workshop case studies on digital broadcasting implementation from Cambodia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam were also shared among the participants. The experiences and outcomes of Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines and Sri Lanka were also discussed during the workshop.

On the workshop, DVB-T2 transmitter technology and implementation, experiences from Japanese broadcast policy after ASO, Digital Television Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcasting (DTMB) implementation in China, DRM implementation and its status update and DAB +New Development and Application were also discussed in details.