Digital television in Mexico
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Mexican television company Televisa made experimental HDTV broadcasts in the early-1990s, in collaboration with Japan's NHK. Some events are now broadcast in high definition. During the first half of 2005, at least one cable provider in Mexico City, Cablevision, has begun to offer 5 HDTV channels to subscribers purchasing a digital video recorder (DVR).
In 2005, TV Azteca signed a deal with Harris Corporation's broadcast communications division for digital TV transmitters and HDTV encoding equipment to bring high-definition TV to nine Mexican cities.[citation needed] The launch was carried out in two phases. By the third quarter of 2005, HDTV transmissions from TV Azteca were available in Mexico's largest markets: Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. Phase Two of TV Azteca's national roll-out brought HDTV services to six cities along the Mexico-U.S. border (Matamoros, Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Juarez, Mexicali, and Tijuana) by the first half of 2006. This roll-out took advantage of HDTV receivers already in place thanks to an earlier HDTV roll-out by stations on the American side of the border. TV Azteca has also broadcast the Mexican football tournament in HDTV, and almost all retailers have started shipping televisions with HDTV tuners.[citation needed]
XETV in Tijuana, Baja California, is on the air in HDTV using 720p format. This affiliate of the American Fox TV Network is on UHF channel 23 broadcasting from Mt. San Antonio in Tijuana, with 403,000 watts, directed primarily northward at San Diego. In January 2006, Televisa's XEFB-TV and Multimedios' XHAW-TV in Monterrey began HDTV transmissions on UHF channels 48 and 50, respectively. In February 2006, Televisa's XHUAA in Tijuana began its HDTV transmissions on channel 20. Unfortunately they have no HDTV programs. Channel 20 broadcasts an upconverted version of the programs of XHUAA's analog signal on channel 57. In Guadalajara, Televisa channels 2 (XHGA HD), 4 (XHG HD) and 9 (XEWO HD) and TV Azteca channels 11 (XHSFJ 1) and 13 (XHJAL 1) are available in 1080i format.[citation needed]
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[edit] Official plan for Mexican DTT
Currently there are 36 digital channels in Mexico. They are:
- 7 in Mexico DF
- 6 in Monterrey
- 5 in Guadalajara
- 5 in Tijuana
- 3 in Juarez
- 3 in Mexicali
- 2 in Reynosa
- 2 in Matamoros
- 3 in Nuevo Laredo
The transition calls for 6 triannual periods and started on July 5, 2004 just three days after they adopted ATSC. The analog signal will be cut off no later than January 1, 2022.[1] The analog signal can be turned off in a region once COFETEL determines that there is a high enough presence of digital TVs, defined as:
- Digital Presence = At least 20% of what is reached by the analog signal
- Digital Replication = At least 90% of what is reached by analog signal
[edit] Phase I
Phase I was from July 5, 2004 to December 31, 2006. Digital presence of at least 2 commercial signals in the following cities:
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- México, D.F.
- Monterrey, N.L.
- Guadalajara, Jal.
- Tijuana, B.C.
- Mexicali, B.C.
- Cd. Juárez, Chih.
- Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
- Matamoros, Tamaulipas
- Reynosa, Tamaulipas
[edit] Phase II
Phase II is in progress, and began on January 1, 2007, completing on December 31, 2009.
- Digital replication of signal of Phase I
- Digital presence of at least 2 commercial signals in cities with 1.5 million people or more.
[edit] Phase III
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012
- Digital replication of signal of Phase II
- Digital presence of non-commercial signals in cities with 1.5 million people or more.
- Digital presence of at least 2 commercial signals in cities with 1 million people or more.
- All digital Channels must broadcast at least 20% HDTV. At least one hour during primetime, and at least one hour during the morning.
[edit] Phase IV
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2015
- Digital replication of signal of Phase III
- Digital presence of non commercial signals in cities with 1 million people or more.
- Digital presence of at least 2 commercial signals in cities with half a million people or more.
[edit] Phase V
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2018
- Digital replication of signal of Phase IV
- Digital presence of non commercial signals in cities with half a million people or more.
- Digital presence of at least 2 commercial signals in cities with 150 thousand people or more.
[edit] Phase VI
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2021
- Digital replication of all analog signals
[edit] References
- ^ Televisión Digital Terrestre (TDT). Retrieved on 2007-11-30. (in Spanish)
[edit] External links
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