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• Roadmap for the Transition from Analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television in the Kingdom of Tonga
  • Table of contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Current Broadcasting Situation in Tonga
    • 2.1 Market structure - geography - television
    • 2.2 Market structure - mobile television
    • 2.3 Market structure - digital television value chain
    • 2.4 Market structure - infrastructure
    • 2.5 Regulatory framework
    • 2.6 Spectrum utilisation
    • 2.7 Digital television switch-over objectives
    • 2.8 Mobile television objectives
  • 3. National DTTB Roadmap for Tonga
    • 3.1 Policy and regulation
    • 3.2 Analogue switch-off
    • 3.3 Market and business development
    • 3.4 Networks
    • 3.5 Roadmap development
    • 3.6 Tonga NRT decision making workshop
    • 3.7 Modified Tonga roadmap phases
    • 3.8 The Tonga roadmap
    • 3.9 The Tonga roadmap diagram
  • 4. The Top Ten Key Topics or Issues
    • 4.1 Tongatapu coverage
    • 4.2 Vava'u coverage
    • 4.3 How many DTTB networks?
    • 4.4 How many transmitting towers?
    • 4.5 National coverage - Is it required? - If so when and how?
    • 4.6 The relationship with DigiTV
    • 4.7 The relationship with Sky Pacific
    • 4.8 Funding
    • 4.9 Production equipment upgrades
    • 4.10 Australian and New Zealand receiver compatibility
    • 4.11 The National Spectrum Plan
  • 5. A Minimum Scope DTTB Example for Tonga
    • 5.1 Infrastructure cost estimates
    • 5.2 DTTB receiver estimates
  • 6. Planning
  • 7. Conclusions
  • 8. Recommendations
  • Annex A: 2011 - Broadcasters' television infrastructure
  • Annex B: ITU Guidelines - Questions for the NRT