Mexico just steps from the era of digital television – Univision

Mexico is about to start a new era. This December 31, 2015 the deadline for dismissing analog television and welcome to the digital age of television.

In 2004 was when the first step in the so-called digital switchover was performed in Mexico according to the published in the Official Gazette. Its aim is to adopt the standard of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) with all its policies and processes to get it.

Tijuana, Baja California, was the first city where it was applied this transition in 2013. It was followed by Monterrey, Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa and Matamoros. After Mexico City, Guadalajara, Cuernavaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz, Merida, Mexicali, León, Celaya, Torreon, Jocotitlán, San Luis Potosi and Villahermosa Jalapa recalls Forbes.

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last week, the Mexican legislature endorsed a extension of up to one year for the digital switchover of public broadcasters and social television “that are not in a position to start digital broadcasting”, but the rest remains the December 31 deadline for the transition.

With 322 votes in favor, 71 against and four abstentions, MEPs gave the green light to an extension that will benefit some 29 issuers “of public and social, including community and indigenous people” who could not “realize the digital transition. “

According to the opinion of the House, which will be sent to the Executive for promulgation after it was endorsed by the Senate, the public media have argued that the change of” technical equipment “on Soon represents them “a highly expensive investment.”

The text presented to the channels of social and public television are two ways to avoid penalties under the law for non-compliance with the blackout and respond to the right audience.

The first is
suspend broadcasting “up to one year” and turn their signals “as they are in a position to transmit digitally.”

The second alternative is that broadcasters reduce “the power of its radiation” to be considered “low-power stations” and “may continue to transmit analog signals” until December 31, 2016.

The legislative change ensures
conditions “penetration and social coverage “in order not to jeopardize” the continued provision of public services “in rural areas and indigenous communities.

The cessation of analog broadcasting in the country was carried out in different phases , the last of which ends on December 31, when Mexico will become the first country in Latin America in transition to digital terrestrial television.

The city of Tijuana, in the northwestern state of Baja California, became in July 2013 the first Mexican city to adopt digital signal.

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, acknowledged last week that the government is working “very forced marches” to deliver 9.7 million digital TVs promised to poor families before the digital switchover.

The transition will allow the population to receive a signal of higher quality and release frequency currently used for analog broadcasting to launch a “shared network” to bring the Internet and television signal away in the country, people said.

The Secretary of Communications and Transport, Gerardo Ruiz Esparza said the daily delivery of television varies “between 70, 80 and 100,000 pieces”, which means “a rhythm three per second. ” According to its latest figures, so far they have delivered 8.8 million digital televisions around the country.