Output Report on ITU-D Question 2/1 Strategies, policies, regulations and methods of migration and adoption of digital broadcasting and implementation of new services
Acknowledgments
Table of contents
List of tables, figures and boxes
Executive summary
1 Introduction
2 Statement of the situation
Abbreviations/acronyms
Chapter 1 – The digital television broadcasting transition
     1.1 Current situation of digital terrestrial television
     1.2 Relevant issues and best practices in respect of the transition to digital broadcasting, including analogue-to-digital and digital‑to‑digital
          1.2.1 The evolution of digital terrestrial television
          1.2.2 DTT market developments
          1.2.3 Transition scenarios
          1.2.4 DTT regulation and policy
     1.3 National experiences on spectrum-planning activities for the analogue switch-off
          1.3.1 Italian digital terrestrial television towards 2020
          1.3.2 Analogue switch-off spectrum planning in Brazil
     1.4 National experiences on interference-mitigation measures
          1.4.1 Background
          1.4.2 Interference-mitigation measures adopted in Europe
          1.4.3 Country experience
     1.5 Costs of the transition to digital broadcasting and implications for the various players: broadcasters, operators, technology providers, manufacturers and distributors of receivers, and consumers
     1.6 Conclusions and lessons learned from national experiences
Chapter 2 – Trends in new broadcasting technologies, services and applications
     2.1 Introduction
     2.2 Economic and regulatory impacts
          2.2.1 Industry players
          2.2.2 Regulators: Telecommunication operator video transformation already under way
          2.2.3 Network technology
     2.3 The introduction of new broadcasting technologies and emerging services
          2.3.1 Integrated broadcast-broadband (IBB) systems
          2.3.3 The emergence of virtual and augmented reality
     2.4 Considerations of the cost structure of new services and applications
          2.3.2 Ultra-high-definition television
     2.5 National experiences on strategies and socio-economic aspects of the introduction of new broadcasting technologies, emerging services and capabilities
     2.6 Conclusions: Lessons learned from national experiences
Chapter 3 – Use of the digital dividend frequency bands resulting from the transition to terrestrial digital broadcasting, including technical, regulatory and economic aspects
     3.1 A brief summary
     3.2 Availability of the digital dividend
     3.3 Status of use of the digital dividend frequency bands
          3.3.1 United Kingdom
          3.3.2 Brazil
     3.4 Sharing of the digital dividend frequency bands
     3.5 Harmonization and cooperation at regional level
     3.6 Role of the digital dividend in cost savings on the transition to digital, and best practice
     3.7 The use of the digital dividend to help bridge the digital divide, especially for the development of communication services for rural and remote areas
     3.8 Conclusions and lessons learned from national experiences
Chapter 4 – Digital sound broadcasting transition
     4.1 Background
     4.2 National experience on the transition to digital sound broadcasting and strategies implemented
          4.2.1 Norway
          4.2.2 China
          4.2.3 India
          4.2.4 Kuwait
          4.2.5 Japan
          4.2.6 Tanzania
          4.2.7 Brazil
     4.3 Lessons learned on the transition to digital sound broadcasting
Chapter 5 – ITU activities related to digital broadcasting and digital dividend
Annex 1: Interference mitigation measures adopted in Brazil
Annex 2: Integrated broadcast-broadband systems use cases and prerequisites
Annex 3: 4K UHDTV services: Chronology of launches
Annex 4: Availability of the 700 MHz band in Europe
Annex 5: The socio-economic and commercial benefits for countries that allocate the digital dividend to mobile
Annex 6: The different systems/standards adopted for terrestrial digital radio
Annex 7: Other case studies on digital sound broadcasting services
     National experience: Switzerland
     National experience: France
     National experience: Ukraine
     National Experience: Tunisia
Annex 8: List of countries with regular digital sound broadcasting services
Annex 9: ITU activities and publications in relation to Question 2/1
Chapter coordinators
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