Russian plans for digital TV
Chris Forrester ©RapidTVNews
| 03-12-2008
Russia’s president Dmitriy Medvedev on Dec 3 held a working meeting with the prime minister Vladimir Putin to discuss prospects for the development of digital TV broadcasting.
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Deputy prime minister Sergey Sobyanin and Minister of
Telecommunications and Mass Communications Igor Shchegolev were also
present at the meeting.
Mr Sobyanin, according to a BBC Monitoring report, said that he was
proposing a system and programme that it in no way infringes on the
interests of the population, leaving analogue broadcasting and
introducing the digital form of broadcasting in parallel.
“At the first stage [we propose] to implement the programme in distant
regions, primarily in the Far East and border areas. In addition to
setting up a ground-based broadcasting network, [we propose] to give
particular attention to the satellite group, which requires
renovation,” said Sobyanin.
Mr Sobyanin added that construction of new satellites will start in
2010, and orbiting groups for digital broadcasting will be sent into
space.
© Rapid TV News 2008
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