Marija Nemčić Welcome to Digital Croatia! October 2010, Sarajevo
Marija Nemčić October 5 th 2010 Croatia is 14 th country in Europe with digital TV broadcasting
Marija Nemčić Strategy of transfer from analogue to digital TV broadcasting July 31 st 2008 –Model of regional switch-over –Strategy Action Plan –Strong promotional campaign –Financial support of Croatian Government
Marija Nemčić Step Nr. 1: Changing Rules and Acts on Electronic Communication Step Nr. 2: 9 regions
Marija Nemčić Promotional Campaign –TV spot –Web pages Government e-Croatia
Marija Nemčić Voucher of €10 to each subscriber −€12 million
Marija Nemčić What did Croatian viewers get? –instead of 4 channels → 14 channels MUX A - 4 HRT channels MUX B - 4 commercial channels (2 RTL, 2 NOVA TV) MUX C - HDTV MUX D - 5 local and regional channels
Marija Nemčić Open Questions ??? Digitalisation = new philosophy Financial crisis Restructuring, reorganisation = time, money
Marija Nemčić New Channels = New Investments −still not known how it will be finance −commercial broadcasters attacking HRT financial revenues −new Act on HRT, end 2010
Marija Nemčić Digital production – investment till end of 2012 Digitalisation of Archives
Marija Nemčić Equal right to information Equal right to services Equal quality of programmes for all inhabitants in Europe Welcome to Digital Europe!