Terrestrial DTV Draft Standard Completed
Netease Tech, 11/13/08
Assistant director Bai Weimin of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's (MIIT) Electronic and IT Product department revealed that the draft specification for terrestrial DTV has been completed, and will be instituted early next year, with full DTV coverage throughout the country to be completed within the next three to five years.
Nationwide terrestrial DTV coverage will be split into two stages: first, simultaneous high-definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) broadcasts of CCTV in 37 major cities and municipalities; second, SD broadcasts in 333 cities and 2,861 counties.
Keywords: Bai Weimin timetable conversion coverage DTV MIIT standard television terrestrial