Kyiv hosts regional meeting
Preparing the transition from analogue to digital television
In the run-up to the Regional Radiocommunication Conference (RRC),
preparations are under way in several countries to make the transition from
analogue to digital television — a switch that is expected to transform the
domestic television set into a gateway to the Information Society. According to
ITU Council Resolution 1185, an RRC will be convened in two sessions for the
purpose of revising the Stockholm Agreement of 1961 on radio and television
terrestrial broadcasting in the bands 174–230 MHz and 470–862 MHz. A technical
session is scheduled to take place in Geneva from 10 to 28 May 2004, while a
planning session is envisaged for the year 2005.
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of the conclusions of the meeting was the decision to establish a Regional
Working Group in spring 2002 to draft a regional frequency allotment plan
for digital terrestrial video broadcasting
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The first session of the RRC is expected to produce a report on the technical
basis for the work of the 2005 session on the planning principles and parameters
and to determine the requirements for the planning exercises. The second session
will then review the Stockholm Agreement and adopt a new frequency plan for
terrestrial digital sound and television broadcasting in the band
174–230 MHz,
and terrestrial digital television broadcasting in the band 470–862 MHz.
Responding to this resolution, a multilateral meeting of technical experts
was held in Kyiv (Ukraine) from 27 to 29 November 2001 for the administrations
of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Baltic and Eastern European
countries. Some 75 experts from 16 countries attended the meeting, representing
the administrations of Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary,
Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Slovak Republic,
Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
The main aim of this meeting on the principles of regional frequency planning
for digital terrestrial video broadcasting was to define a coordinated position
on the anticipated revision of the Stockholm Agreement. One of the conclusions
of the meeting was the decision to establish a Regional Working Group in spring
2002, with the mandate to draft a regional frequency allotment plan for digital
terrestrial video broadcasting in the 790-862 MHz frequency band. This working
group is also to coordinate the approaches of the administrations regarding the
revision of the Stockholm Agreement.
The full results of the Kyiv meeting were conveyed to Task Group 6/8 (TG 6/8)
of the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R), which met in Geneva for the first
time from 16 to 18 January 2002. TG 6/8 was established in September 2001 to
prepare the technical report to be used by RRC.
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