• Roadmap for the Transition from Analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting in Sri Lanka
  • Table of contents
  • List of figures
  • Foreword
  • Executive Summary
  • 1. Introducti on
  • 2. Current Br oadcasting Situation in Sri Lanka
    • 2.1 Market structure
    • 2.2 Re gulatory framework
    • 2.3 Digital switch -ov er objective
  • 3. National Roadmap
    • 3.1 Ro admap concept
    • 3.2 Ro admap construction
    • 3.3 Functional building blocks rele vant to the Sri Lanka situation
    • 3.4 Description of the Sri Lanka roadmap
  • 4. Consideration of the top - ten most critical key topics
    • 4.1 Co nstruction of a frequency plan
    • 4.2 Issue on system licence for first DBNO
    • 4.3 Co mmon infrastructure at eight DTTB sites
    • 4.4 Re quire available budget for Capex
    • 4.5 Re gulation of access and tariffs of DBNO services
    • 4.6 Funding the conversion, e.g. subsidies for set-top-boxes
    • 4.7 Co mmunication to end-co nsumers and industry
    • 4.8 Ensure DBNO can meet DTTB services from eight DTTB principal stations
    • 4.9 DTTB reception issue
    • 4. 10 Digital divide nd
  • 5. Recomm endation s
  • Glossary of Abbreviations
  • Annex 1: Functional building blocks related to phase 1 of the roadmap for the regulator
    • 2. 11 National Telec ommunications Broadcast and Media Acts
    • 2.1 Technology and standards regulation
    • 2. 10 Defini ng digital dividend
    • 2.4 Update of the national spectrum plan
    • 2. 13 Co mmunication to end consumers and industry
    • 2.3 ITU-R regulation
  • Annex 2: Functional building block related to phase 2 of the roadmap for regulator
    • 2. 15 Es tablishment of organizational structures and entities
    • 2. 14 Defini ng transition models
    • 2. 16 Se tting up ASO planning and milestones
    • 2. 17 Id entifying infrastructure and spectrum compatibility
    • 2. 18 Drafting ASO Communication Plan
  • Annex 3: Functional building block related to phase 3 of the roadmap for th e regulator
    • 2.2 Se tting up the licensing framework
    • 2.5 Fo rmulation of assignment procedures
    • 2.6 Fo rmulating licence terms and conditions
    • 2.7 Drafting policies for local permits
    • 2.8 Drafting of media permits and authorizations
    • 2.9 Determ ining business models and public financing
    • 4.1 Technology and standards application
    • 4.2 Developing design principles and network architecture
    • 4.3 Performing network planning
    • 4.4 Determ ining system parameters
    • 4.5 Assessing radiation charac teristics
    • 4.7 Deciding shared and common design principles
  • Annex 4: Functional building block related to phase 1 of the roadmap for operator (DBNO)
    • 3.1 In vestigation of custom er insight and carrying out market research
    • 3.2 Defini ng customer proposition
    • 3.3 Carrying out receiver availability considerations
    • 3.4 Performing business planning
  • Annex 5: Functional building block related to phase 2 of the roadmap for operator (DBNO)
    • 4.6 Specifying network interfaces
    • 4.8 Co nsidering equipment availability
    • 4.9 Ne twork roll out planning
  • Annex 6: Functional building block related to phase 3 of the roadmap for the operator (DBNO)
    • 3.5 Defini ng en d consumer support
  • Annex 7: Example of DT SFN coverage probability prediction