National Council of Radio and Television , ALBANIA BROADCASTING TV DIGITALIZATION in Albania
Albania Audiovisual Landscape (Public audiovisual sector) The public sector is run by the RTSH (Albanian Radio-Television). Public television includes: 1 national television network : TVSH (Analogue terrestrial) 3 regional television networks (Analogue Terrestrial) Public Radio includes: 2 national stations (FM) 3 regional stations (FM) 1 satellite program 2 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
Albania Audiovisual Landscape (Private audiovisual sector) Radio: 2 national radios FM (Top Albania Radio and +2 Radio) 53 local radios (FM) Television: 2 general national television networks: Klan TV and Top Channel (Analogue Terrestrial). Third national operator, TV Arbëria stopped broadcasting and NCRT revoked its license (October 2010) 73 regional or local television networks (1 town up to 4 districts) of which 3 are news channels (Analogue Terrestrial) 44 cable networks, and 4 satellite networks (ALSAT, DIGITALB, Supersport, Tring). 3 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
Current Digital Networks (DIGITALB DVB-T) DIGITALB MOBILE DVB-H TRING DVB-T SHIJAK DVB-T 4 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
Current Digital Networks (DIGITALB DVB-T) DIGITALB COVERAGE Operates without a license Since July 2004. Uses 4 frequencies over almost one third of the territory for broadcasting 38 programs. (9 to 10 programs per MUX, while the average number of programs is 5 to 7 channels. The number of subscribers is not known, however it is bigger than 100.000 households. Decoders are locked for the frequencies other than the frequencies used by DIGITALB. The frequencies used from DIGITALB are not respecting the Frequency Plan GE06 D. 5 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
Current Digital Networks (DIGITALB MOBILE DVB-H) NO DIGITALB MOBILE COVERAGE ANYMORE (October 2010) DIGITALB broadcasted, without a license, 16 mobile television channels (DVB-H). Due to the business failure, it stopped broadcasting. (In October 2010 the last station in Dajti mountain close to Tirana was stopped). 6 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
Current Digital Networks (DIGITALB DVB-T2) DIGITALB is broadcasting, without a license, DVB-T2, from Dajti site using ch 29 UHF. Digitalb MUX 5 DVB-T2 256 QAM G.I 1/128 7 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
Current Digital Networks (TRING DVB-T) TRING COVERAGE Broadcasts a package of programs from Dajti site using only one frequency within the Frequency Plan GE 06 D. 8 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
Current Digital Networks (SHIJAK DVB-T) TV COVERAGE Broadcasts a package of programs from Dajti site using only one frequency within the Frequency Plan GE 06 D. 9 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
Current Digital Networks Situation in Dajti Mountain Site
GE 06 D Plan for Albania (Transmission Capacities) Digital broadcastings in Band III 174-230 MHz T-DAB T- DAB and DVB-T DVB-T (VHF) (VHF) T-DAB (VHF) Allotment Frequencies Tirana Sub Coverage Allotment Allotment0 Allotment Number 01 (Nord) 2 (South) (03) 1 11 D 11 B 11 A 2 12 B 12 C 12 A T-DAB (VHF) Tirana Sub Allotment 11 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
GE 06 D Plan for Albania (Transmission Capacities) Digital broadcastings in Band IV and V 470 - 862 MHz DVB-T 11 DVB-T Allotments (UHF) 12 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
GE 06 D Plan for Albania (FREQUENCIES) 1. VHF (T-DAB) Tirana Sub Number of Allotment Allotment Allotment of Coverage 01 (North) 02 (South) (03) 1 11 D 11 B 11 A 2 12 B 12 C 12 A 2. VHF+UHF (DVB-T 13 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
Licensing Digital Networks First effort to license existing digital operators: The parliamentary Resolution forcing the licensing of unlicensed operators; In an not fully completed legal framework; The switch over strategy not defined. In the November 2008,The NCRT announced the organization of the public competition of candidatures for licenses to build and operate 3 private national digital terrestrial networks. (Council Decision nr.726, date 08.09.2008 “About the organization of the competition of the candidatures for private operators of national digital terrestrial networks”. The deadline for presenting and the opening of applications, was set the date 24.11.2008. There were 10 applicants registered. With the request of the candidates, the date of the competition was postponed a couple of times. In the last date, 21.01.2009, the competition failed, because none of the candidates was present. 14 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
Licensing Digital Networks (Conclusions) Reasons of failure to license digital networks: NOW (2014) 2009 Law “On audiovisualmedia in Albania” aproved Lack of a well defined legal framework; (March 2013) Lack of an approved strategy; Strategy approved (May 2012) No such an obligation in the new law High financial requirements ( 10 000 000 of (assets are required by the beauty contest assets, 10% warranty, Yearly fee, Auction, etc); Regulation produced by AMA) The cooperation between operators and service New Law:The broadcaster can own one MUX and content providers, unclear; license. Refusal to introduce MPEG 4 instead of existing New Law: Beauty contest selection, Transitory MPEG 2; period from MPEG 2 to MPEG 4 The hope of decoder subsidizing from the state; New law: Partial subvention 15 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi -AMA
GE 06 D Plan for Albania (CHANNELS ) 1. VHF Tirana Sub Number of Allotment Allotment Allotment of Coverage 01 (North) 02 (South) (03) 1 11 D 11 B 11 A 2 12 B 12 C 12 A 2. UHF 16 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
Dividendi Digjital 470 MHz 790 MHz 862 MHz * Pjeserisht i perdorur prej sherbimeve mobile ne Transmetimet Televizive - Europe Mbrojtja* 20 vende Europiane (RR 5.316) 72 MHz 392 MHz 790 MHz 880 MHz 862 MHz 915 MHz 925 MHz 960 MHz Shfrytezimi aktual i spektrit UHF ne IMT IMT GSM GSM Europe/US A 2 x 32 MHz 2 x 35 MHz 470 MHz 849 MHz 851 MHz 806 MHz 894 MHz Transmetimet Televizive - USA PCS PCS Source European Digital Dividend 2 x 43 MHz 336 MHz Conference 5 Mars 2008 17 17 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
Dividendi Digjital 470 MHz 790 MHz 862 MHz Transmetimet Televizive 72 MHz 320 MHz 392 MHz Consequences of WRC-07 decisions Transmetime Televzive Mobile Pas ASO Source: European Digital Dividend Conference Subjekt i Marreveshjeve midis vendeve fqinje 5 Mars 2008 18 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT 18
Digital Dividend Impakti i caktimit te kanaleve 61-69 per sherbimet mobile ne Planin GE06 D per Shqipërinë AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL 001D 002D 003D 004D 005D 006D 007D 008D 009D 010D 011D 012D Nr i 8 10 10 8 9 12 9 12 11 16 8 8 allotment Ch 61-69 - 1 2 2 1 2 - 3 1 3 2 2 % - 10 20 25 11 16 - 25 9 18 25 25 Conclusion : 13.6 % of allotments need frequence change There is no time for coordination Alternative: Reduce the nr of coverage from 8 to 7 increasing the spectrum efficiency to maintain the sam nr of programs. (DVB-T2 Aplication) Follow the coordination latter 19 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
Digital Dividend Existing analogue assignments 28 To be closed by 2015 Existing digital assignments 28 To be closed by 2015 Planned digital assignments (GE-06-D) 19 Subject to coordination with neighbors CAKTIME ANALOGE EKZISTUESE CAKTIME NUMERIKE EKZISTUESE 20 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
Strategy for Conversion Strategy for Conversion to Digital Broadcasting to Digital Broadcasting NCRT has initiated the process of preparing a draft-strategy aiming to ensure a sustainable transfer from analogue to digital broadcasting. In realizing this process, the NCRT is working in close cooperation with the OSCE presence in Albania. In the framework of this cooperation, an expert from the CSA, France, has evaluated the Albanian audio-visual sector and produced a report stressing the main issues to be addressed in order to have a well-defined strategy. The key conclusion of the report is that, the ambitious project of transfer to digital broadcasting introduces the need for cooperative relations between the NCRT and the interested groups, operators in particular. European experience shows that the harmonic transfer to digital broadcasting requires a broad consensus between the involved parties, especially during the process of approval of a strategy of common interest. 21 18/02/2014 Pirro Koçi - NCRT
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