Roadmap for the Transition from Analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting in Sri Lanka
Table of contents
List of figures
Foreword
Executive Summary
1. Introducti on
2. Current Br oadcasting Situation in Sri Lanka
2.1 Market structure
2.2 Re gulatory framework
2.3 Digital switch -ov er objective
3. National Roadmap
3.1 Ro admap concept
3.2 Ro admap construction
3.3 Functional building blocks rele vant to the Sri Lanka situation
3.4 Description of the Sri Lanka roadmap
4. Consideration of the top - ten most critical key topics
4.1 Co nstruction of a frequency plan
4.2 Issue on system licence for first DBNO
4.3 Co mmon infrastructure at eight DTTB sites
4.4 Re quire available budget for Capex
4.5 Re gulation of access and tariffs of DBNO services
4.6 Funding the conversion, e.g. subsidies for set-top-boxes
4.7 Co mmunication to end-co nsumers and industry
4.8 Ensure DBNO can meet DTTB services from eight DTTB principal stations
4.9 DTTB reception issue
4. 10 Digital divide nd
5. Recomm endation s
Glossary of Abbreviations
Annex 1: Functional building blocks related to phase 1 of the roadmap for the regulator
2. 11 National Telec ommunications Broadcast and Media Acts
2.1 Technology and standards regulation
2. 10 Defini ng digital dividend
2.4 Update of the national spectrum plan
2. 13 Co mmunication to end consumers and industry
2.3 ITU-R regulation
Annex 2: Functional building block related to phase 2 of the roadmap for regulator
2. 15 Es tablishment of organizational structures and entities
2. 14 Defini ng transition models
2. 16 Se tting up ASO planning and milestones
2. 17 Id entifying infrastructure and spectrum compatibility
2. 18 Drafting ASO Communication Plan
Annex 3: Functional building block related to phase 3 of the roadmap for th e regulator
2.2 Se tting up the licensing framework
2.5 Fo rmulation of assignment procedures
2.6 Fo rmulating licence terms and conditions
2.7 Drafting policies for local permits
2.8 Drafting of media permits and authorizations
2.9 Determ ining business models and public financing
4.1 Technology and standards application
4.2 Developing design principles and network architecture
4.3 Performing network planning
4.4 Determ ining system parameters
4.5 Assessing radiation charac teristics
4.7 Deciding shared and common design principles
Annex 4: Functional building block related to phase 1 of the roadmap for operator (DBNO)
3.1 In vestigation of custom er insight and carrying out market research
3.2 Defini ng customer proposition
3.3 Carrying out receiver availability considerations
3.4 Performing business planning
Annex 5: Functional building block related to phase 2 of the roadmap for operator (DBNO)
4.6 Specifying network interfaces
4.8 Co nsidering equipment availability
4.9 Ne twork roll out planning
Annex 6: Functional building block related to phase 3 of the roadmap for the operator (DBNO)
3.5 Defini ng en d consumer support
Annex 7: Example of DT SFN coverage probability prediction