Kokavil to use DVB-T2 system for Northerners

Irangika Range

The digital radio and television transmission using the Digital Video Broadcasting’s DVB-T2 digital terrestrial broadcasting standard will begin through the Kokavil tower for the Northern Province this year, Sri Lanka Telecommunication Regulatory Commission’s Director General Anusha Pelpita said.

He said that the technical equipment required for the digital radio and television transmission has already been imported for fixing to the Kokavil tower.

He said that Northerners who suffered during a 30-year long war will have the opportunity to use high quality, clear services of high speed Internet, radio, television, and telephone with the introduction of the Digital system to Sri Lanka’s television, radio and the cinema industries.

Channels in Sri Lanka at present broadcast using the analogue system and with the DVB-T2 system broadcasting would be made more productive and efficient,he said. The system will also reduce the cost on TV stations he added.

Digital radio and TV transmission will begin in the Western Province during this year.

All TV and radio stations in the island will function under the DVB-T2 system, by 2013. The system will also reduce the cost on TV and radio stations and provide better reception for the local listeners and television viewers.