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Roadmap for the Transition from Analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television in Angola ANGOLA 2012 IL International Telecommunication Union R AP Telecommunication Development Bureau Roadmap for the transition Place des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 20 FROM ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL Switzerland T R TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION IN www.itu.int EPO R ANGOLA ASSESSMENT Assessment Report ANGOLA IAL TELEVISION IN R EST RR OM ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL TE TO DIGITAL OM ANALOGUE R ANSITION F R THE T R APRIL 2012 Printed in Switzerland Telecommunication Development Sector 04/2012 Geneva, 2012 ROADMAP FO Roadmap for the transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television in Angola April 2012 This report has been prepared by ITU experts Mr Jan Doeven and Mr Peter Walop. The ITU would like to thank to the Angola National Roadmap Team, the active support of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MTTI) and of the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) in facilitating the work of the ITU experts. ITU 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, by any means whatsoever, without the prior written permission of ITU. Roadmap for the transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television in Angola Table of contents Page Executive summary .......................................................................................................................... iii 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 1 2 Current TV market and DSO objectives .......................................................................................... 3 2.1 Current TV market ............................................................................................................................... 3 2.1.1 Market structure ................................................................................................................... 3 2.1.2 Current terrestrial television networks ................................................................................. 4 2.2 Regulatory framework ........................................................................................................................ 5 2.3 Digital Switch-Over objectives ............................................................................................................. 6 3 National Roadmap ......................................................................................................................... 8 3.1 Roadmap concept ............................................................................................................................... 9 3.2 Roadmap construction ........................................................................................................................ 9 3.3 Functional building blocks relevant to the situation in Angola ........................................................... 12 3.4 Description of the Angolan Roadmap ................................................................................................. 14 3.4.1 Overall Roadmap ................................................................................................................... 15 3.4.2 Phase 1 DTTB policy development ........................................................................................ 18 3.4.3 Phase 2 ASO planning ............................................................................................................ 20 3.4.4 Phase 3 Licensing policy & regulation ................................................................................... 27 3.4.5 Phase 4 Planning and implementation DTTB network .......................................................... 30 3.4.6 Phase 5 License administration ............................................................................................. 32 4 Considerations on the top-10 most critical key topics and choices .................................................. 34 4.1 Customer proposition ......................................................................................................................... 34 4.1.1 Non-cabled areas ................................................................................................................... 37 4.1.2 Cabled areas .......................................................................................................................... 38 4.2 Set-top-box requirements ................................................................................................................... 39 4.3 Pay-TV services .................................................................................................................................... 41 4.4 Licensing model ................................................................................................................................... 42 4.5 ASO model ........................................................................................................................................... 42 4.6 ASO planning and milestones .............................................................................................................. 47 4.7 ASO Communication Plan ................................................................................................................... 51 4.8 ASO budget .......................................................................................................................................... 53 4.8.1 Cost considerations ............................................................................................................... 53 4.8.2 Budget considerations ........................................................................................................... 55 4.9 Reception mode .................................................................................................................................. 56 4.9.1 DTTB and MTV reception modes ........................................................................................... 56 4.9.2 Coverage considerations ....................................................................................................... 59 4.10 Frequency plan .................................................................................................................................. 62 4.10.1 Analogue TV plan ................................................................................................................. 63 4.10.2 Digital plan ........................................................................................................................... 63 4.10.3 Analogue and digital TV plan during transition ................................................................... 67 i Roadmap for the transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television in Angola Page 5 Recommendations ......................................................................................................................... 67 Annex 1: Functional building blocks related to phase 1 of the roadmap ............................................ 69 Annex 2: Functional building blocks related to phase 2 of the roadmap ............................................ 78 Annex 3: Functional building blocks related to phase 3 of the roadmap ............................................ 91 Annex 4: Functional building blocks related to phase 4 of the roadmap ............................................ 98 Annex 5: Planning criteria with different DTTB standards ................................................................. 101 Annex 6: Coverage considerations .................................................................................................... 104 Annex 7: Information on multiplex and network architecture ........................................................... 110 Glossary of abbreviations ................................................................................................................. 117 ii Roadmap for the transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television in Angola Executive summary The roadmap for transition from analogue to digital television in Angola has been prepared by the National Roadmap Team (NRT) and ITU experts from June to September 2011. The main observations and conclusions of the roadmap are summarized below. Scope of the roadmap The roadmap for the transition from analogue to digital television in Angola covers the digital switch-over (DSO) objectives up to 2015, the year that analogue TV switch-off will be completed and the activities managed by the NRT. The roadmap does not include: 1. Functional building blocks related to mobile television (MTV) networks. The government decided to use the ISDB-T standard. This standard allows digital terrestrial television broadcasting (DTTB) and MTV operations within the same transmission. Consequently, no separate MTV network is needed. 2. The introduction of digital radio. The Angola TV market is mainly a terrestrial TV market with TPA (public broadcaster) as the main player, reaching 1.25 million TV households (TVHH), about half of the population. In addition to analogue terrestrial TV, digital satellite TV services are offered by three service providers. Furthermore, digital cable TV is offered in Luanda and Benguela. The satellite TV and cable TV offerings have however a limited penetration (250 000 and 35 000 TVHH respectively). The aim of the roadmap is to facilitate the DSO objectives. The DSO objectives are divided into short term (2012 to 2015) and long term (after 2015) objectives. The objectives are shown in Table 1. Table 1: DSO objectives
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