ITU Workshops on the Transition from Analogue to Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting (DTTB)
Two workshops were held recently in Bangkok. The first from 27th February to 1st March, under the auspices of the ITU Asia Pacific Centres of Excellence, was a Workshop on Transition to Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting. AIBD, as the Centre of Excellence for Broadcasting in Asia Pacific, was one of the organizers for the event hosted by NBTC.
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Two workshops were held recently in Bangkok. The first from 27th February to 1st March, under the auspices of the ITU Asia Pacific Centres of Excellence, was a Workshop on Transition to Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting. AIBD, as the Centre of Excellence for Broadcasting in Asia Pacific, was one of the organizers for the event hosted by NBTC.
Over the four days, participants were updated on the latest standards for DTTB, the status of DTTB migration in Asia-Pacific and the use of the ITU Transition Roadmap to develop in country migration strategies. Participants worked in groups to develop a Transition Roadmap for the fictitious Republic of Patria. Working over 3 workshop sessions the participants from the six groups presented their strategies to the Workshop on the last day. The 126 participants who attended this Workshop benefited from the sharing of expertise from renowned experts from the ITU and Industry as well as networking with participants from 21 countries and regions.
Friday 2nd March was dedicated to a NBTC – ITU Asia Pacific Workshop on Roadmap for transition from Analogue to Digital Television Broadcasting. The Workshop included presentations from representatives of five countries who, through ITU-KCC project assistance, have developed national roadmaps. Additional presentations from the ITU and ITU Experts, Thai PBS and NHK on Emergency Response, Huawei and CISCO on Multimedia services completed a comprehensive review of Digital Migration in Asia Pacific.
Presentations for both Workshops are available for download at http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/asp/CMS/index.asp
