Croatia DVB-T2,Investment concerns for Croatian industry

Croatia DVB-T2 Te mau parau apî: Croatian i te broadcasters e te telcos, a ara no te raveraa i te investments api i mua i te 2020.

  No nia i te hoe vahi aparauraa i nia i te ananahi o te pupu o te UHF, organised na roto i te HAKOM e te faahitihia na roto i te Poslovni, Zeliko Tabakovic, tia faatere no te tauturu a te regulator, said that the switch to DVB-T2 would require significant funding by all parties concerned. Te tuu nei te imiraa na roto i te HAKOM o te 1.2 million TV viewers will have to buy either DVB-T2 boxes or new sets. Given that Croatia DVB-T2 boxes currently cost HRK250 (€32.40), no teie te te outlay o te HRK300 milioni. I muri mai, 11 no te 13 broadcasters i te ui na roto i te regulator i te parau e, ua faanaho ratou i te faanuu i te HD i te faatureraa no te 720 api i roto i na matahiti e pae i muri iho. Publicly owned HTV expects to invest HRK100 million and the commercial stations RTL HRK5 million, Nova TV over HRK1 million and others HRK3-4 million. A tia'i noa'tu ai, mobile operators say that after have bought the first dividend they do not want to invest in the second one before 2020. For its part, HAKOM says that the migration to DVB-T2 will happen around 2020. It adds that a decision on the frequencies used by the first and second DTT multiplexes will be political in nature. HAKOM points out that Sweden DVB-T2, Finelani DVB-T2, Germany DVB-T2 and France DVB-T2 are rushing to the award the digital dividend and switch to DVB-T2 while the UK plans to do so in 2020. Source: http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2015/02/24/investment-concerns-for-croatian-industry/