The Digital Experience of Curaçao Hugo Lew Jen Tai General Manager, TeleCuracao CBU Suriname August 2014 – Progress and Opportunities in Digital Transition
Television Landscape in Curacao VHF band
Television Landscape in Curacao UHF band
Digital TV Spectrum Allocation Initial plan
Digital TV Spectrum allocation Updated and newly proposed plan; yet to be confirmed by the regulator
Chosen Standard and specifications StandardDVB-T (Future plans for DVB-T2) Network ConfigurationSFN (Single Frequency Network) Modulation Scheme64QAM Designator8k mode Channel bandwidth8 MHz Video CompressionMPEG-2/4 Inner code rate 3 / 4 ( 2 / 3 ) Guard Interval 1 / 4 (224 us)
Network lay-out and Coverage Transmission site: Seru Pretu 200 Watt ERP
Network lay-out and Coverage Transmission site: Seru Gracia 200 Watt ERP
Network lay-out and Coverage Transmission site: Cocori 200 Watt ERP Not yet implemented
Network lay-out and Coverage Full island coverage (including indoor reception in some areas) Lessons learned: No Gap fillers needed as initially planned
The facts of Digital Television in 2014 Currently TeleCuracao is the only TV-station broadcasting in digital format Deliverable content: 3 digital channels – TeleCuracao main broadcasting channel – TeleCuracao FM – TCFM 93.3 – Additional programming: Government Public meetings, video clips, special events, concerts, etc. Number of Set Top Box (STB) in the market: ± 5500 Number of households ± STB Market penetration ± 10% Must Carry rule by cable TV providers – Market penetration 55% – Internet penetration 70%
Future plans Expand network with transmitter at Cocori site Migration to DVB-T2 (under review by the regulator) Introduction of more content channels Provide HDTV channels Become the National Broadcast Infrastructure and provide network as a service to 3 rd party content providers
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