Brazil - Digital TV to be transmitted via satellite to the entire country

TV Bandeirantes e Rede TV hold successful trials in Brasilia

Brasília — With an alternative technology it is already possible to receive digital TV through satellite dishes anywhere in the country, even an indigenous tribal areas in the middle of the Amazon. The test was conducted in Brasilia, this Thursday (29/11), in front of the Minister for Communications, Hélio Costa.

The new system developed by TV Band e Rede TV will allow anyone who has access to a parabolic antenna to receive digital tv from the beginning of the broadcasts. To do this, a specific set-top box is required. These should reach the market in December.

“With this system, anyone who has a dish will have immediate access to Digital TV, anywhere in the national territory,” said the chairman of Network TV, Amilcare Dallevo. The transmission was shown on a Full HD TV of 60 inches, using the maximum possible resolution of 1920×1080 lines. According Amilcare, three companies have already expressed interest in manufacturing the converter.

It is estimated that in Brazil there are about 20 million households that use a parabolic antenna, an audience estimated at more than 50 million people. With the new converter, digital signals will reach all homes even before the conclusion of the official schedule of deployment of Digital TV in the whole country.