CONTENTS

Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
Note by the Chairman
List of participants
 1     Introduction
        1.1     Purpose of Report
        1.2     General
        1.3     Why Digital? – Technical Considerations
        1.4     Why Digital? – Commercial and Regulatory Considerations
        1.5     How Digital? – Technical and Regulatory Considerations
        1.6     How Digital? – Commercial Considerations
        1.7     ITU activities
        1.8     The scope and the future of SG 6
                  1.8.1      Introduction
                  1.8.2     The digital broadcasting chain
                  1.8.3      Outline for the future
 2     Overview of broadcasting technologies
        2.1     Introduction
                  2.1.1     ITU-R
SG 9 – Television and sound transmission and integrated broadband cable networks
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com15/index.asp.
SG 16 – Multimedia coding, systems and applications.
                  2.1.3     ITU-D
                  2.1.4     Regional Radiocommunication Conference
                  2.1.5     World Radiocommunication Conference
        2.2     Analogue broadcasting technologies and systems
        2.3     Planning considerations for analogue and digital systems
                  2.3.1      Background
                  2.3.2     Sharing broadcasting frequencies bands with other primary services
        2.4     Digital broadcasting technologies and systems
                  2.4.1     Digital fundamentals
                  2.4.2     Background
        2.5     Digital sound broadcasting
                  2.5.1     Description of digital sound broadcasting systems
        2.6     Digital terrestrial television broadcasting
                  2.6.1     Introduction
                  2.6.2     Description of digital television broadcasting systems
                               2.6.2.6     T-DMB
        2.7     Summary
        2.8     Evaluation of potential digital sound and TV broadcasting systems
                  2.8.1     Evaluation of specific Terrestrial Digital Sound and TV Broadcasting
                  2.8.2     Hybrid systems
 3     Application and implementation of digital broadcasting
        3.1     Regulatory considerations
        3.2     Efficient usage of broadcasting spectrum
        3.3     Requirements of sound and television broadcasting services
                  3.3.1     Network aspects
                  3.3.2     Receiver aspects
        3.4     Aspects related to the interoperability of systems
        3.5     Components of digital sound broadcasting equipment
                  3.5.1     Transmitters
                  3.5.2     Antennas for transmission
                  3.5.3      Receivers
        3.6     Components of digital television broadcasting equipment
                  3.6.1     Transmitters
                  3.6.2     Antennas for transmission
                  3.6.3     Receivers
        3.7     Data broadcasting
        3.8     Broadcasting services for mobile reception
        3.9     Interference aspects
                  3.9.1     Interference free reception in the mobile environment
                  3.9.2     Impact of interference in end user environment
 4     Transition issues
        4.1     Spectrum availability
                  4.1.1     Considerations for the digital broadcasting
                  4.1.2     General considerations on broadcasting planning
        4.2     Broadcasting planning principles
                  4.2.1     General considerations
                  4.2.2     Coverage of an allotment area
                  4.2.3     Allotment test points
                  4.2.4     Digital sound broadcasting in HF bands
        4.3     Quality of service
        4.4     Economical aspects of spectrum utilization
        4.5     Health, safety and other legal considerations
        4.6     Switchover analogue to digital
                  4.6.1     Simulcast of analogue and digital services
                  4.6.2     Possible mechanisms for the implementation of digital broadcasting
                  4.6.3     Switchover overview
Appendix 1 to Part 1  Case Studies
 1     Australia
 2     Brazil
 3     Bulgaria
 4     Canada
 5     Germany
 6     Guinea
 7     Italy
 8     Japan
 9     Kenya
10     Mexico
11     Russian Federation
12     Tanzania
13     United States of America
14     Republic of Korea
       14.1     Digital TV for fixed reception
       14.2     T-DMB for mobile reception
15     Venezuela
16     OCDE
17     European Union
Appendix 2 to Part 1  Glossary (Abbreviations)
        1.1     Digitale Radio Mondiale
                  1.1.1     Features of the system design for the markets to be served by the Digital Radio Mondiale system
                  1.1.2     Brief description of the DRM system
                  1.1.3     Transmitter considerations
                  1.1.4     Over the air
                  1.1.5     Selecting, demodulation and decoding of a DRM system signal at a receiver
                  1.1.6     Ongoing case study in Italy since 2006: DRM daytime MW Tests for frequencies below 1 MHz
        1.2     T-DAB general
                  1.2.1     Frequency bands
                               1.2.1.1     General
                               1.2.1.2     Frequencies for sound channels in the planning area
                  1.2.2     T-DAB in Band III
                  1.2.3     Location of transmitters
        1.3     IBOC
                  1.3.1     IBOC overview
                  1.3.2     The IBOC System Technical Design
                               1.3.2.1     Services
                  1.3.3     System components
                  1.3.4     Operating modes
                  1.3.5     Generation of the signal
                  1.3.6     Reception of the signal
        1.4     ISDB-TSB
                  1.4.1     Features of ISDB-TSB
                  1.4.2     Transmission parameters
                  1.4.3     Source coding
                  1.4.4     Multiplexing
                  1.4.5     Channel coding
                  1.4.6     Delay adjustment
                  1.4.7     Modulation
        1.5     ATSC
                  1.5.2     ATSC-M/H system overview
                  1.5.3     System configuration signaling
        1.6     DVB-T
                  1.6.1     DVB-T variants
                  1.6.2     Hierarchical variant
                  1.6.3     Guard interval
                  1.6.4     DVB-T in Band III
        1.7     DVB-H
                  1.7.1     Building and validating an open and scalable network architecture
                  1.7.2     Content, services and applications
                  1.7.3     User devices
                  1.7.4     Networks
        1.8     ISDB-T
                  1.8.1     ISDB-T transmission parameters
                  1.8.2     Hierarchical transmission
                  1.8.3     Outline of ISDB-T
        1.9     Terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting
                  1.9.1     T-DMB general
                  1.9.2     System architecture
                  1.9.3     Video service transmission architecture
                  1.9.4     Video multiplexer architecture
                  1.9.5     T-DMB specifications
       1.10     LMDS (local multipoint distribution system)
                  1.10.1     Use of LMDS systems
(All sub-sections describe the situation in European Union. Other administrations are invited to provide further information on their own scenarios.)
                  1.10.2     Some key factors in the technology
                  1.10.3     Technological trends and objective constraints
                  1.10.4     Target market foreseen for LMDS
      1.11      Forward link only
                  1.11.1     Introduction
                  1.11.2     Forward link only system architecture
                  1.11.3     Forward link only system overview
                  1.11.4     FLO Specification
        2.1     Aspects related to interoperability of systems
                  2.1.1     Digital reception
                  2.1.2     Encouragement to deployment of digital receivers
                  2.1.3     Consumer information on digital equipment and switchover
                  2.1.4     Integrated digital television receivers
                  2.1.5     Digital connectivity
                  2.1.6     Access for users with special needs
                  2.1.7     Removal of obstacles to the reception of digital broadcasting
                  2.1.8     Effects on citizens
        2.2     Mobile services
                  2.2.1     Sound
                  2.2.2     Mobile TV
                  2.2.3     Enhanced mobile TV
        3.1     Report of TG 6/8
        3.2     UMTS/GSM and DVB-T convergence
        3.3     DRM simulcast
        3.4     Service planning
                  3.4.1     DRM overview
        3.5     Market impact
                  3.5.1     Market complexity; plurality of scenarios and stakeholders
                  3.5.2     The case for public intervention
        3.6     General strategy and co-ordination
                  3.6.1     Transparent strategy and monitoring
                  3.6.2     Regulation allowing for business autonomy and co-operation
                  3.6.3     Proportionate and technologically neutral regulation
        3.7     Problems related to the interoperability of systems
                  3.7.1     Digital reception
                  3.7.2     Encouragement to deployment of digital receivers
                  3.7.3     Consumer information on digital equipment and switchover
                  3.7.4     Integrated digital television receivers
                  3.7.5     Digital connectivity
                  3.7.6     Interoperability of services
                  3.7.7     Access for users with special needs
                  3.7.8     Removal of obstacles to the reception of digital broadcasting
        3.8     Precautions to control the direct health effects of RF radiation
                  3.8.1     Employee (occupational) precautionary measures
                  3.8.2     Precautionary measures in relation to the general public
        3.9     Precautions to control the indirect RF radiation hazards
       3.10     Field‑strength values to be determined
       3.11     Additional evaluation methods
                  3.11.1     Dosimetry
                  3.11.2     Specific absorption rate measurement
                  3.11.3     Electric field measurement
                  3.11.4     Temperature measurement
                  3.11.5     Calorimetric measurement
                  3.11.6     Body current measurement
                  3.11.7     Contact current measurement
                  3.11.8     Touch voltage measurement
       3.12     Legal consideration
 1     Australia
        1.1     Digital terrestrial television broadcasting in Australia
        1.2     DTTB System Selection
        1.3     Simulcast of SDTV and HDTV programmes
        1.4     Use of single frequency networks
        1.5     Planning parameters and interference threshold limits
        1.6     Comparison of ITU-R and Australian television planning parameters
        1.7     Digital television minimum median field strengths
        1.8     Digital television protection ratios
 2     Brazil
        2.1     Introduction
        2.2     Methodology applied for digital terrestrial television channel planning and its respective results
                  2.2.1     Digital television channel planning strategy
                  2.2.2     Phases of digital television channel planning
                  2.2.3     Channel planning results
        2.3     Legislation and Regulatory adjustments for the deployment of Digital TV in Brazil
                  2.3.1     Stage 1: Creation of the Brazilian System of Digital Television
                  2.3.2     Stage 2: Digital Technology updates in regulatory documentation
                  2.3.3     Stage 3: Creation of Basic Plan for Digital Channel Distribution
                  2.3.4     Stage 4: Definition of the Digital Terrestrial Television system and the transition period guidelines
                  2.3.5     Stage 5: Establishment of conditions for assignment contract of the additional channel for the digital and analogue simultaneous transmission
        2.4     The Brazilian digital television system Forum
                  2.4.1     Objectives
                  2.4.2     Structure and composition
                  2.4.3     Modules assignments
                  2.4.4     Outline of the technical standards
        2.5     Current status of the DTT deployment
                  2.5.1     DTT market in 2008
        2.6     Conclusion
 3     Bulgaria
        3.1     Background of country TV broadcasting market
                  3.1.1     TV Programme licences
                               3.1.1.1     The terrestrial broadcasting component ensures analogue delivery of the total of seven
                  3.1.2     Public/Commercial/Temporary licensed operators
                  3.1.3     Cable/Satellite/Terrestrial delivery
                  3.1.4     Digital terrestrial TV broadcasting
        3.2     Purpose and mission of the analogue to digital terrestrial TV transition
        3.3     Impact of the digital terrestrial broadcasting Plan of RRC-06 and GE-06 Agreement
        3.4     Transition to digital terrestrial TV broadcasting
                  3.4.1     First phase-start of the transition
                  3.4.2     Second phase of the transition
                  3.4.3     Allotment zones
                  3.4.4     HDTV
                  3.4.5     One Year Simulcast Limitation
                  3.4.6     “Must carry” obligation
                  3.4.7     Analogue switch-off
                  3.4.8     Digital dividend
 4     Canada
        4.1     National planning strategies and policy considerations
                  4.1.1     Introduction
        4.2     DTV/HDTV History
                  4.2.1     The Early Years
The Current Players and the Issues
Test results
 5     Germany
 6     Guinea
Legal and regulatory aspects
Legal and regulatory framework for DTT
Technical aspects
 7     Italy
        7.1     Legal framework
        7.2     Laws and provisions for DTT
        7.3     DTT at present
        7.4     The “Italia Digitale” committee
        7.5     The “Technical Area” concept
        7.6     The A.S.O. Plan
                  7.6.1     Development of the Plan
        7.7     The DTT receivers penetration
        7.8     40% DTT capacity
        7.9     The Italian DTT offer
       7.10     The EVA system
                  7.10.1     System architecture
                  7.10.2     The measuring section
                  7.10.3      The communication section
                  7.10.4     The monitor user interface
                  7.10.5     Report and analysis section
                  7.10.6     Quality certification
       7.11     “Rete Leggera”
                  7.11.1     DTTB measurements
                  7.11.2     WEB user interface
                  7.11.3      Radio facilities
 8     Japan
        8.1     History in brief
        8.2     Time schedule for digital terrestrial television
        8.3     Frequency situation
        8.4     TV channels in Tokyo
        8.5     Transmission antennas
        8.6     Shipments of ISDB-T receivers in Japan
        8.7     Technical characteristics of ISDB-T
        8.8     Applications on ISDB-T
        8.9     Outline of ISDB-T transmission scheme, and related ARIB standards, ITU-R Recommendations
       8.10     Emergency warning by broadcasting
                  8.10.1     Automatic activation of handheld receivers by Emergency Warning System signals (see Recommendations ITU-R BT/BO.1774)
                  8.10.2     Earthquake and tsunami information services via data broadcasting
                  8.10.3     Broadcasting earthquake early warning
 9     Kenya
        9.1     Kenya’s preparations for digital terrestrial broadcasting
                  9.1.1     National preparations towards the RRC
                  9.1.2     National Preparatory Committee
                  9.1.3     Regional preparations
                  9.1.4     Kenya’s technical bases for digital planning
                  9.1.5     Kenya’s assignments in the Geneva 2006 Plan (GE-06)
        9.2     Post RRC-06 activities regarding digital broadcasting
        9.3     Establishment of the digital migration taskforce
                  9.3.1     Role of the taskforce
                  9.3.2     Recommendations of the taskforce
        9.4     Digital Transition Committee
        9.5     Initial roll out of DTT in Kenya
                  9.5.1     Trial DVB-T digital network
                  9.5.2     DVB-H digital broadcasting network (mobile TV)
        9.6     Migration from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting
                  9.6.1     Introduction
                  9.6.2     Restructuring of the DTC
                  9.6.3     Digital infrastructure roll out plan in Kenya
                               9.6.3.3     Phase 2 digital roll out
        9.7     Programmes transport system
        9.8     Set-top boxes
                  9.8.1     Standardisation
                  9.8.2     Tax exemptions for STBs
                  9.8.3     Marketing of STBs
        9.9     Making migration visible to consumers
                  9.9.1     Digital migration logo/identity
                  9.9.2     Consumer awareness campaign and publicity
       9.10     Broadcast signal distribution
                  9.10.1     Licensing of broadcast signal distributor
                  9.10.2     Obligations of the signal distributor
       9.11     Developments in policy and legislative arena
                  9.11.1     The Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act
                  9.11.2     Public notification
       9.12     Harmonisation at the East Africa Community level
10     Russian Federation
Strategy basics for transition from analogue to digital broadcasting within an individual region (based on the experience of introduction of DVB-T broadcasting in the Primorsky region of Russia)
Overall strategy of updating the regional TV and radio transmission network and transition to digital broadcasting in the region
Stages of comprehensive modernization of the regional TV and radio broadcasting network
Overall description of information and interactive services and products based on digital TV broadcasting. The initial stage of introduction of the services in the region
Construction of a united interactive multipurpose information system on the basis of digital TV broadcasting in a region
11     Tanzania
Digital Migration Policy in Tanzania
12     United States of America
13     Republic of Korea
       13.1     Digital TV for fixed reception
       13.2     T-DMB for mobile reception
14     Venezuela
Digital Radio and Television project – Development stages
Trials
Appendix 2  to Part 2