Tv, times and unknowns of the transition to Dvb-T2. Speak Preta (ITMedia)
The passage of TV channels to Dvb-T2 in a year analyzed by Augusto Preta, expert in telecommunications and media, founder of ITMedia Consulting.
From September 2021, the TVs we have at home may no longer work. The solution? Change them or get a decoder. In fact, in a year, we will (gradually) switch to a new television standard, the Dvb T2, not all televisions are able to support it.
The risk? It is that the transition takes place at a time when "the user could also choose not to buy a new TV because the way in which content is used is changing", Augusto Preta, an expert in telecommunications and media, tells Start Magazine . founder of ITMedia Consulting .
WHAT IS DVB-T2?
Let's start from the beginning. Dvb is Digital Video Broadcasting and is an international standard for telecommunications: hence the Dvb-T, the standard for transmissions through digital terrestrial (the first switch-off was in 2012 ), which in its second generation becomes Dvb-T2.
THE TIMES OF THE PASSAGE
Not all regions will undergo the switch at the same time. Among the first to pass, from 1 September to 31 December 2021, there are Valle d'Aosta, Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna and Trentino-Alto Adige. From 1 January to 31 March 2022 it will be the turn of Liguria, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio, Campania and Sardinia. From 1 April to 30 June 2022 Sicily, Calabria, Puglia, Basilicata, Abruzzo, Molise and Marche will pass to the Dvb-T2.
AUGUSTO PRETA: THE RISK? LET YOU DO WITHOUT TV
What is certain is that the transition, Augusto Preta points out to Start Magazine , takes place at a time when "online broadband TV is gaining ground".
“The change in the use of contents discourages users from buying a new TV”, adds Preta: “Unlike the first switch-off, this time putting such a complex mechanism in motion will bring many difficulties”.
NOTHING DISRUPTING IS OFFERED
And it could also disappoint, because “if with the old switch off we were able to view new channels and enjoy the opportunities of digital terrestrial, this time the novelty is represented by the high definition, which some channels already offer”, explains Preta.
MANDATORY PASS
So should we think about canceling the transition to Dvb-T2? "No, it is a mandatory step and takes place in compliance with European legislation", Preta argues, explaining that the transition will serve the 5G networks that will occupy the frequencies currently used for the transmission of the current digital terrestrial.
A BONUS TO INCENTIVE NEW PURCHASES
To incentivize the purchase, however, the government has granted a bonus of 50 euros for the purchase of a new device, until 31 December 2022. To obtain it, it is necessary to have an Isee income not exceeding 20 thousand euros.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/tv-tempi-e-incognite-del-passaggio-al-dvb-t2-parla-preta-itmedia/ on Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:10:32 +0000.