1. Digital terrestrial TV and Spectrum arrangement in Viet Nam
ITU-AIBD-ABU REGIONAL WORKSHOP
STRENGTHENING DIGITAL BROADCASTING EXPERIENCE
HA NOI, VIETNAM, MAY 2011
Digital terrestrial TV and Spectrum arrangement in Viet Nam
Mr. Doan Quang Hoan
General Director of Authority of Radio Frequency Management

2. Content Overview on Viet Nam TV broadcasting
TV digitization in Viet Nam
Spectrum arrangement for DTV
The Digital Dividend
Summary

3. Overview on Viet Nam TV broadcasting
Viet Nam has 66 TV broadcasters:
- 3 nationwide TV broadcasters
63 local TV broadcasters
109 TV free-to-air program channels
So many local broadcasters! So many program channels!
More difficult to allocate the available frequency channels
to deploy DTV services

4. Overview on Viet Nam TV broadcasting
Market share of platform

5. TV digitization in Viet Nam
Benefits of TV digitization for Broadcasters
Better quality of video and audio
More channels, more services (Mobile reception,
mobileTV, HDTV, interactivity, data services)
Local TV broadcasters may have larger service coverage
DTV transmitter’s ERP requirement is lower
DTV gives a chance to set up SFN

6. TV digitization in Viet Nam
2. Benefits of TV digitization for telecommunications
Spectrum efficiency is high
Digital Dividend. That is a big chance to deploy more radio broadband services;
The more Broadband services, the more multimedia provided (such as Live TV channels, Interactive TV, Time-shifted TV, Video on demand...)

7. GDP Growth Impact of telecommunications: Highest Impact from Broadband
The Economics Benefit of Broadband
1.38
High – Income Countries
1.21
1.12
Low – Income Countries
0.81
0.77
0.73
0.6
0.43
Fixed- Telephony
Imobile - Telephony
Internet
Broadband
GDP Growth Impact of telecommunications:
Highest Impact from Broadband
GDP percentage point increase due to 10 percent increase in penetration
Qiang. Christine Z “Telecommunications and Economics Growth.” Unpublished
Paper. World Bank, Washington, D.C.
6 Booz & Company, Digital Highways: The Role of Government i 21 st-Centry
Infrastructure, 2009, p.5

8. TV digitization in Viet Nam
DVB-T standard have been adopted by VTV since 2001
VTC had launched DVB-T test project since 2002
2005 DVB-T was adopted to deploy nationwide
Planning on radio television broadcasting transmission to 2020 was adopted by Prime Minister in 2009;
Drafted Digitization Project on terrestrial TV was submitted to Prime Minister for approval
Radio law and Telecommunications law

9. TV digitization in Viet Nam
Drafted Digitization Project on terrestrial:
The final target of DTV roadmap: 95% of population served by digital TV.
Transmission standard: DVB-T and its next versions;
Compression standard: MPEG-2, MPEG-4 part 10/ H.264 (after 2014: MPEG-4 part 10 /H.264 is mandatory)
Analog switch off has been scheduled from 2015 to the end of 2020 (region by region)

10. TV digitization in Viet Nam
DTV roadmap
5 central cities
ATV - DTV
DTV
2011
12/2014
26 next provinces
ATV - DTV
DTV
2013
12/2016
18 next provinces
ATV - DTV
DTV
2015
12/2018
12/2020
15 next provinces
ATV - DTV
DTV
2017

11. TV digitization in Viet Nam
* Terrestrial DTV
- VTC has launched DTV services since 2006,
+2 MUX using MPEG-2 compression standard,
+ more than 20 TV program channels;
AVG has a trial of DTV SFNs with 3 MUX using MPEG-4 compression standard in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City;
More than 2 million set-top-box have been sold out to market
now VTC is operating network with 2 MUX using MPEG-2 compression standard
delivering more than 20 TV program channels

12. TV digitalization in Viet Nam
* Mobile TV
DVB-H was tested by VTC corporation in 2006,
T-DMB trial project has been broadcasted by VTV in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh city
* DTH
VTV launched DTH using DVB-S standard since 2004
VTC launched DTH using DVB-S2 standard since 2009

13. Spectrum arrangement for terrestrial TV
1. Multiplex and network planning
3 nationwide broadcasting transmission operators with 7 DTV Multiplexes
5 – 7 DTV MUX for existing local ATV (multiplex by regional areas)

14. Spectrum arrangement for terrestrial TV
2. Frequency channel allotment for DTV
to broadcast 2 MUX for VTV and 2 MUX for VTC with nationwide coverage using MFN;
to broadcast 3 MUX for third nationwide operator using SFN providing Pay TV services;
to broadcast 1 MUX for each regional networks delivering existing local TV channels
Allotment of frequency channels

15. Spectrum arrangement for terrestrial TV
3. Frequency bands
VHF band III: 174 – 230 MHz
UHF band:
Before 12/2009 : 470 – 806 MHz
After 12/2009: 470 – 790 MHz
4. Draft of VHF band plan
To be planned for DTV, Digital radio, Mobile TV
Band III VHF ( ) MHz for DVB-T/T-DMB
Band III VHF ( ) MHz for T-DMB/T-DAB

16. Spectrum arrangement for terrestrial TV
5. Draft of UHF band plan
Mainly for DTV implementation
UHF ( MHz) for DTV Long-term usage
UHF ( MHz) for DTV/ATV temporary usage and to be freed up to develop other radio services (Digital Dividend)
After 12/2020 UHF band 694 – 790 MHz is going to be freed up to launch other radio broadband services

17. More broadband services and More TV services
The Digital dividend
Digital Dividend is the spectrum made available over and above that required to accommodate the existing analogue television services in a digital form in VHF and UHF
Digital dividend
More broadband services and More TV services
Existing analogue channels
Spectrum
Existing program channels
Analogue transmission
Digital transmission
Time
A – D Transition period
2020

18. Who can use the Dividend?
Additional and improved terrestrial broadcasting services:
High quality digital TV
More spectrum & power efficiency
Multimedia Mobile broadcasting services: H
HANDHELD
Mobile communication systems:

19. Additional allocations for IMT in WRC-07
MHz
MHz
MHz
MHz in 81 countries
Footnote 5.317A
MHz
MHz
MHz
MHz
MHz
MHz ( MHz in 9 countries: Bangladesh, China, Korea (Rep. of), India, Japan, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Singapore)
MHz
MHz in 8 countries
(China, Korea, Japan, India,..) 19

20. Results from WP5D (1)
ITU-R Recommendation M.1036 : Frequency arrangements for IMT

21. Results from WP5D (2)
ITU-R Recommendation M.1036 : Frequency arrangements for IMT

22. AWF COMMON VIEW (from AWF 9th)
FDD Arrangement
45 MHz
698 MHz
806 MHz
694 MHz
PPDR/LMR
DTTV
10 MHz
centre gap
5 MHz
3 MHz
TDD Arrangement
PPDR/LMR
806 MHz
DTTV
698 MHz
694 MHz

23. Spectrum Allocation for broadcasting in Vietnam
Frequency (MHz)
VHF
UHF
Total: 392 MHz

24. Spectrum to be Refarmed
No new TV Transmiter and TV services in sub band 790 – 806 MHz.
Existing transmitters
No new TV service
VHF
UHF
Frequency (MHz)

25. Spectrum to be Refarmed
After 2020: Digital Dividend of 112 MHz ( MHz) and the band need to be refarmed.
DTV services should be used the bands below 694 MHz
VHF
UHF
To be refarmed
Frequency (MHz)

26. Thank you for your attention