Indotel presents to media representatives updated transition plan to Digital Terrestrial Television

This is a machine translation of Indotel's press release

Santo Domingo: The Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL), presented to representatives of the country's media, the update of the Transition Plan for Digital Terrestrial Television (TTD).

The DTT is a necessity for the people who consume content on open television to benefit from better audio and video quality.

With the transition to Digital Terrestrial Television, channel owners will be able to offer a greater content offer, offer more services and reduce operating costs.

The president of the Board of Directors of Indotel, Nelson Arroyo, when pronouncing the central words of the act, expressed that the telecommunications regulatory body and the government have taken the necessary steps to make this a reality, so now it remains in media hands complete the goal.

In addition, he indicated that the State will make a millionaire investment for the purchase and delivery of signal converter boxes, with funds from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in order to guarantee that vulnerable households have access to the service.

"This is a process that does not stop, it is a pending commitment of the Dominican State, we are convinced that the time has come," said Arroyo to the media representatives who gathered at the Indotel Digital Culture Center.

The head of Indotel emphasized that the bidding process for the acquisition and delivery of the converter boxes has already been launched, and that the proposals are currently being evaluated. He also reported that the winners will be announced in the coming days.

During the event, the first phase of the advertising campaign was also presented to the media, with which the arrival of Digital Terrestrial Television will be announced to the country.

Likewise, the engineer Álvaro Nadal, technical advisor to the Indotel Executive Directorate, made a presentation in which he explained to those present the entire procedure and regulations on how the transition from analog to digital signal will be implemented.

The start date for the transmission of Digital Terrestrial Television has a deadline of December 31, 2023.

The members of the Board of Directors of Indotel, Príamo Ramírez, Fausto Rosario and the executive director, Julissa Cruz, as well as directors, managers, managers and collaborators of the regulatory body, participated in this important act.