Asia-Pacific Broadcasting (APB) August 2017 Volume 34, Issue 6
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NEWS & VIEWS
August 2017
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NEWS & VIEWS
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W O R L D I N B R I E F
India enforces digital
cable broadcasting
NEW DELHI – India’s Ministry
of Information and Broadcast-
ing has mandated equipment
to be seized from cable opera-
tors defaulting on the country’s
mandatory switch to digital cable
broadcasting. With effect from
April 1 this year, India’s cable TV
networks should only be carrying
digital signals.
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Mediacorp rides on the wave of
media and tech convergence
by josephine tan
SINGAPORE – The histor y of
Singapore television unfolded in
1963 with the launch of Television
Singapore, the country’s first TV
broadcast.
In 1974, Singapore TV entered
the world of colours as Singapore-
ans watched the World Cup Finals
between Germany and The Nether
lands live, in colour.
As Singapore edges closer to
a full digital switchover, Singapore
terrestrial broadcaster Mediacorp
is planning to add new chapters in
the republic’s TV history, aided by
the move from its iconic Caldecott
Broadcast Centre to a new home
within the Mediapolis@one-north
digital media hub.
Dubbed Mediacorp Campus,
the 12-storey state-of-the-art pro-
duction and digital facility houses
more than 2,800 staff in a single
location. At its heart is the Media
Ofcom allocates more
spectrum for m-services
LONDON – UK regulatory body
Ofcom will be auctioning licences
to use 190MHz of spectrum in
two frequency bands, which will
increase the airwaves available
for mobile devices by almost one
third. Some 40MHz of spectrum
will be auctioned in the 2.3GHz
band, while 150MHz of spectrum
will be auctioned in the 3.4GHz
band.
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In the new Mediacorp Campus, the Media Operations Centre leverages IP
to interconnect different broadcast systems for the transmission of audio
and video content. SDI, however, is still deployed in many of Mediacorp’s
workflows.
VTC readies for 4K/UHD
broadcast in 2018
HANOI – Founded in 1998, one of
Vietnam Digital Television’s (VTC)
key goals is to provide multimedia
services focusing on news and
entertainment while expanding its
footprint domestically and inter-
nationally.
To this end, VTC began roll-
ing out digital terrestrial TV (DTT)
based on the DVB-T standard in
2003, and has been producing
and delivering HD programming
since 2008. Two months ago, VTC
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reached another milestone when
it launched a 4K/Ultra HD (UHD)
broadcast trial on its VTC HD1
channel.
In cities including Ho Chi Minh,
Hanoi, Da Nang, Haiphong and
Can Tho, households who own
a 4K/UHD TV set are able to re-
ceive the 4K/UHD programming,
provided they are also equipped
with an indoor or outdoor DVB-T2
antenna.
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Operations Centre (MOC), which
operates round-the-clock to sup-
port Mediacorp’s entire broadcast
chain of services — including seven
TV channels, 14 radio stations, and
Toggle, Mediacorp’s intera ctive
over-the-top (OTT) streaming
service.
Currently, the MOC manages
all analogue, satellite and digital
feeds, before Mediacorp completes
its full migration from analogue to
digital transmission.
Goh Kim Soon, SVP, broadcast
engineering, Mediacorp, told APB:
“Our new campus is designed for
collaborative workflows, and lever-
ages extensively on IP technology
to interconnect different broadcast
systems for the transmission of
audio and video content.
“This provides us with more
flexibility, and enables us to work
more efficiently.
“However, we are still imple-
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