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2010/TEL41/LSG/RR/009 Session 3

Digital Dividend in Chinese Taipei

Purpose: Information Submitted by: Chinese Taipei

Regulatory RoundtableChinese Taipei

7 May 2010

Digital Dividend in Chinese TaipeiDigital Dividend in Chinese Taipei

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Ministry of Transportation and Communications

Chinese Taipei

May 7, 2010

Outline

1. What are Digital switch and Digital Dividend?Digital Dividend?

2. The Benefits of Digital Switch

3. The Essential Conditions for Digital Switch

1. What are Digital switch and Digital Dividend?Digital Dividend?

2. The Benefits of Digital Switch

3. The Essential Conditions for Digital Switch

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4. The difficulties of Digital Switch

5. Government’s Goal and Strategies

6. The future plan about digital dividend

4. The difficulties of Digital Switch

5. Government’s Goal and Strategies

6. The future plan about digital dividend

The transition from analog to digital technology of

Television broadcasting services is called “digital switch”.

It can save a significant amount of valuable radio spectrum

What are Digital switch and Digital Dividend?Digital Dividend?

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It can save a significant amount of valuable radio spectrum

which is called “digital dividend”

Analog and digital wireless TV channel allocation tableCh. Freq. Type User Ch. Freq. Type User Ch. Freq. Type User

5 76-82

VHF

anal

og

TV

chan

FTV 28 554-560 DTV FTV 41 632-638

Analo

g TV

chan

nel

Gap

filler

6 82-88 FTV 29 560-566 42 638-644

7 174-180 TTV 30 566-572 HDTV PTS 43 644-650

8 180-186 TTV 31 572-578 44 650-656

9 186-192 CTV 32 578-584 DTV TTV 45 656-662

10 192-198 CTV 33 584-590 46 662-668

The digital dividend in Chinese Taipei

55

chan

nel10 192-198 CTV 33 584-590 46 662-668

11 198-204 CTS 34 590-596 DTV CTS 47 668-674

12 204-210 CTS 35 596-602 48 674-680

36 602-608 49 680-686

24 530-536 DTV CTV 37 608-614 Analo

g TV

chann

el

Gap

filler

50 686-692 Analo

g

PTS

25 536-542 38 614-620 51 692-698

26 542-548 DTV PTS 39 620-626 52 698-704 Analo

g

PTS

27 548-554 40 626-632 53 704-710

FTV, TTV, CTV, CTS and PTS are existing wireless TV operators

The Benefit of Digital Switch

�The frequency band can be utilized more efficiently.

�“Digital switch” process will release a significant amountof high quality radio spectrum which will be free for thedeployment of new services and new technologies.( inother words, frequency re-allocation)

�People can get better video quality, interactive function

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�People can get better video quality, interactive functionand more value -added services.

These can boost both the broadcasting and the wirelesscommunication industry, also create social and culturalbenefits. Therefore many countries aimed at completeDigital Switch around 2012.

Resource: The Mobile Provide(2007)

DVBT2 : one 6MHz channel can provide at most 20 SDTV programs or 3~4 HDTV programs (201?)

The Essential Condition for Digital Switch

�Digital switch, prerequisite for digital dividend,

will succeed unless following conditions were

satisfied:�High coverage/ penetration rate of digital TV signal.

�Acceptable prices of digital TV hardware or digital

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�Acceptable prices of digital TV hardware or digital

STB(Set Top Box).

�Effective guidance and propaganda to let people

willing to accept digital switch.

�Promotion of content of digital TV.

Although terrestrial digital TV network had been established in

2003, Chinese Taipei still has not carried out digital switch

because of

1. The difficulties in constructing digital TV gap fillers to

cover remote regions.(≈83% population coverage, 2010)

The difficulties of Digital Switch

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cover remote regions.(≈83% population coverage, 2010)

2. Although the penetration rate of cable TV reaches 64% in

Chinese Taipei, There are still some deep-rooted, low-income

families watching wireless analog TV.

Unless all people can watch wireless digital TV without

difficulty, it is quite difficult to recall the digital dividend.

Goal: All analog TV channel(VHF, UHF) can be switched offby the end of 2012

To recall digital dividend as soon as possible, Chinese Taipeiplanned some strategies to facilitate digital switch:�Releasing more Digital wireless TV licenses to make TV marketmore competitive.

�Providing subsidy for low-income family to buy Set Top Box.

Governmental Goal and Strategies

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�Providing subsidy for low-income family to buy Set Top Box.

�Continuing to construct digital TV gap filler to raise signal coverageand video quality.

�Amending the Satellite Broadcasting Act and the Cable Radio andTelevisionAct.

�To let the existing wireless TV operators to return analog channels ,government will adjust the Fee-charging Standards for Using RadioFrequency and raise the analog TV channel fee year by year.

�Planning more and effective propaganda.

The future plan about digital dividend

�We will recall CH5-CH12(VHF) and CH37-48, 50, 52(UHF),

total 22 channels, 132MHz bandwidth. Such spectrum can be used

to the release of other digital TV or telecommunication services.

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� How to gain maximum advantage from this digital

dividend will be considered an important policy in most of

countries.

Million us$

1995—2025 The revenue of Broadband Mobile Services in Chinese Taipei

Resource: IEK(2009/12)IEK(2009/12)IEK(2009/12)IEK(2009/12)

Million us$

1998—2025 The revenue of Wireless TV Services in Chinese Taipei

Resource: IEK(2009/12)IEK(2009/12)IEK(2009/12)IEK(2009/12)

The relationship between Cell Radius and the propagation characteristics of spectrum

Resource：：：：BBC R&D(2009/03)BBC R&D(2009/03)BBC R&D(2009/03)BBC R&D(2009/03)

The relationship between the propagation characteristics of spectrum

and mobile network construction cost

Resource：：：：BBC R&D(2009/03)BBC R&D(2009/03)BBC R&D(2009/03)BBC R&D(2009/03)

Analog and digital wireless TV channel allocation tableCh. Freq. Type User Ch. Freq. Type User Ch. Freq. Type User

5 76-82

VHF

anal

og

TV

chan

FTV 28 554-560 DTV FTV 41 632-638

Analo

g TV

chan

nel

Gap

filler

6 82-88 FTV 29 560-566 ※※※※ 42 638-644

7 174-180 TTV 30 566-572 HDTV PTS 43 644-650

8 180-186 TTV 31 572-578 ※※※※ 44 650-656

9 186-192 CTV 32 578-584 DTV TTV 45 656-662

10 192-198 CTV 33 584-590 ※※※※ 46 662-668

The future plan about digital dividend

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chan

nel10 192-198 CTV 33 584-590 ※※※※ 46 662-668

11 198-204 CTS 34 590-596 DTV CTS 47 668-674

12 204-210 CTS 35 596-602 ⊙⊙⊙⊙ 48 674-680

36 602-608 ⊙⊙⊙⊙ 49 680-686

24 530-536 DTV CTV 37 608-614 Analo

g TV

chann

el

Gap

filler

50 686-692 Analo

g

PTS

25 536-542 ※※※※ 38 614-620 51 692-698

26 542-548 DTV PTS 39 620-626 52 698-704 Analo

g

PTS

27 548-554 ※※※※ 40 626-632 53 704-710

FTV, TTV, CTV, CTS and PTS are existing

wireless TV operators

※※※※ : release for digital wireless (terrestrial) TV

⊙⊙⊙⊙: release for mobile TV(mobile multimedia)

The End

Thank You

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