Post on 27-Mar-2015
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ITU Regional Seminar ‘Transition to Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting and Digital Dividend’ Budapest, 06 November 2012
Terrestrial broadcasting in Europe and the Digital
Dividend
Elena Puigrefagutpuigrefagut@ebu.ch
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470-862 MHz (49 channels) planned for DVB-T in Region 1 – GE06 Plan
470 MHz 862 MHz
UHF Band
Spectrum allocations to broadcasting
The UHF spectrum allocations
470 MHz 862 MHz
21 30 40 50 60 69
Broadcasting2006
470 MHz 862 MHz
21 30 40 50 60 69
Broadcasting
790 MHz
61
BC + Mobile2007
470 MHz 862 MHz
21 30 40 50 60 69
Broadcasting
790 MHz
61
BC + Mobile
48
694 MHz
BC + Mobile2012
470 MHz 862 MHz21 30 40 50 60 69
790 MHz61
BC + MobileBC + Mobile2015
694 MHz
48
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X
The impact on the terrestrial platform
New interference situation to be addressed: potential interference from new Mobile services using the 790-862 MHz band
Special mitigation techniques are needed to protect DTT services
59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
790 MHz 862 MHz
Electronic communications networksBroadcasting
58
Frequency channels
No DTT multiplexes/layers
Loss
2006 49 6-8 -
2007 40 5-7 18.4%
2012/2015 28 3-4 24.5%
Total 43%
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470-862 MHz offers a very good balance between antenna size and coverage/network costs
The importance of UHF frequencies
High value frequencies for Mobile operators
• Will they be ready to pay so much for the 700 MHz?
800 MHz auctions:
In Germany
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Italy Germany France Spain Sweden Denmark
800 MHz auctions€/MHz/pop
In European countries
The costs of refarming should not be underestimated...
How much will it cost for the 700 MHz?The bill should not be paid by broadcasters, network operators or viewers
Affected channels
No Transmitters affected Estimated cost
UK 61-62 (DTT)
69 (PMSE)
230 transmitters240 repeaters
€100-200 millions (total)
€5-20 millions (total)
Netherlands 61-69 43 emisores(cambios en 20 emisores,
12 nuevos repetidores)
€13.5 millions (network cost only)
Germany 61-69 10 emisores700000 SAB/SAP
€277 millones
Spain 61-69 ~2000 emisores~3500 repetidores
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Some examples related to the 800 MHz:
It is more than that
• Spectrum is a scarce natural resource with high public value
• Spectrum is essential for making free-to-air content available to as many citizens possible and fulfilling public obligations: information, education, entertainment, culture and identity, cultural diversity, social inclusion, citizenship, public sphere
• The available spectrum should be used to maximise the benefits for the end users:
• maximum choice, maximum quality, minimum cost
the radio spectrum cannot be manufactured
About Terrestrial Broadcasting
Some DTT services launched
Analogue Switch Off (ASO) completed
ASO process underway
DTT services not yet formally launched
Digital Terrestrial TV in figures
•Programme offer in Europe (June 2011) • 1800 channels in the EU27+ Croatia and Turkey• 820 national channels (compared to 500 in April 2009)• 54% of the channels are local• 47% of the channels are free-to-air, 53% pay-TV• HDTV available on DTT in 13 countries• 60% FTA channels are private, 40% public (92% of pay-TV are
private)
•The fastest growing broadcasting platform• More than 200 millions of DVB-T receivers sold• DTT will cover 95% - 99,9% of households in most European
countries
•Viewing• viewing time of linear TV is about 4 hours/day and increasing• time shifted and on-demand viewing is increasingly popular• TV is the most popular single platform for audiovisual content• the social aspect of TV reaffirmed through new social media
Delivery of media services (1)
Once upon a time ...
Radio
broadcastingRadio
broadcasting
TV broadcasting
TV broadcasting
Delivery of media services (2)
Today ...
Delivery of media services (3)
Delivery of media services (4)
Terrestrial Cable xDSL Fibre Mobile
Why do we still need terrestrial broadcasting?
Satellite
BROADCAST BROADBAND
TV Reception, EU27 Households
Data from Eurobarometer 362, 2011. Adds to more than 100%.Households may use more than one platform.
TV Reception, EU27 Households
“Terrestrials” - approx:120 million households275 million people
25-50%
50-75%
< 25%
>75%
Data not collected
The terrestrial broadcasting networks are a key delivery infrastructurefor public service media in Europe
• Technically efficient
• Near-universal coverage
• Cost efficient
• Free-to-air
• Legacy receiving equipment
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
Criteria
REACH
COSTS
PUBLIC SERVICE
No other delivery platform combines all these features to the same degree as DTT.
Does all of this demand
have to be satisfied
only by mobile networks?
Cisco: ‘Globally, mobile data traffic will increase 18-fold between 2011 and 2016.’
Are there other solutions to satisfy the capacity?
More spectrum for broadband wireless is a short term solution for (video) data tsunami
BROADCASTING BROADBANDor
- universal coverage- free-to-air- guaranteed quality- technical excellence- cost efficient- European standards- economic value- social value- ...
- broadband for all- any service, anywhere, any time - unlimited choice- global connectivity- economic growth- global standards- ...
This is a false dilemma!
AND
Mobile broadband• average DL speed ~3 Mb/s• maximum DL speed is higher• UL speed is much lower
DL(downlink)
UL(uplink)
Terrestrial broadcasting• 100 – 200 Mb/s (for roof antennas)• can be higher with DVB-T2• could be used for different things
EU broadband targets 2020:- universal coverage with ≥ 30 Mb/s- min 50% population to have access to ≥ 100 Mb/s
To be done
Mobile
1. Include broadcasting receivers in mobile devices (smartphones and tablets)
To be done
1. Include broadcasting receivers in mobile devices (smartphones and tablets)
2. Facilitate cooperation between terrestrial broadcasting and mobile broadband networks
3. Enable spectrum sharing- broadcasting and PMSE- broadcasting and mobile broadband- PMSE and mobile broadband
4. Promote the use of technology that is optimal for a specific service to be delivered
Thank you for your attention!
Elena PuigrefagutE-mail: puigrefagut@ebu.ch
Web: www.ebu.ch tech.ebu.ch