Chile Reviewing Terrestrial DTV Test Results

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Michelle Bachelet, president of Chile, has received the results of the country’s digital terrestrial television tests, according to iProfessional.com.

The tests compared different DTV standards, including DVB-T, ATSC and the Brazilian version of ISDB-T. According to the article, Bachelet met with government officials in charge of setting the DTV standard. A government spokesman said that the group would take as long as needed to review and revise the standard, noting that it would affect television in the country for the next 40 to 50 years.

Chile’s three cellular operators want to be allocated UHF frequencies for DVB-H service even if ATSC, the standard favored by broadcasters, is chosen as the broadcast standard. Chile’s telecommunications laws will have to be modified to allow broadcasters to transmit on a second channel. The Undersecretary of Telecommunications of Chile said the country plans to open a contest for DTV UHF channels.

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Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack. A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.