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Page 1: Namibia’s Progress with Digital Migration - CTO · A Dreyer Chief Technology Officer . About Namibia

Namibia’s Progress with Digital Migration

A Dreyer

Chief Technology Officer

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About Namibia

Population; 2,2million, 1,26million - 16years & older

Households: ±500,000

HHs with a TV set: ± 260,000

Surface area: 824 268km2

Population Density: 2.7

TV Channels: NBC, One Africa, TBN, MNET, GOTV in Windhoek, DSTV.

National TV Coverage: 66%

Number of TV TX sites: 58

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About the NBC

Mandate ito the Broadcasting Act – to educate, inform and entertain the Nation

Public Service Broadcaster currently offering:

One 24 hour analogue TV Channel (Programs, News and Current Affairs) run from Windhoek with approx 66% coverage

10 unique local language Radio Stations (majority 24 hours) run from Windhoek and facilitated by 7 Regional Offices/Contribution Centres with 98% coverage

A country-wide transmitter network, used not only by NBC, but also relied on by the rest of the telecoms and broadcasting industry in Namibia for infrastructure sharing.

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Viewership Trends

Source: Vision Africa, 2012

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The Brief

To migrate viewers from analogue broadcasting to digital terrestrial broadcasting and switch off analogue terrestrial television by the SADC deadline of December 2013.

The International Telecommunication Union’s Analogue Switch Off (ASO) deadline is June 2015.

NBC current plan projects DTT rollout completed by March 2016.

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Who is Involved?

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Regulatory Matters

There are no regulations in place yet for DTT. The MICT is finalising DTT policy guidelines to set the

framework for migration. This is still to be gazetted. There will be a multiplex license category. There will be a public multiplex and a commercial

multiplex. NBC is deemed to be the national carrier and will operate

the public multiplex. CRAN to do a study to see if there is a demand for a

commercial multiplex. Multichoice Namibia to be grandfathered to continue

operating their current DTT multiplex - GO TV. Duration of multiplex license shall be 10 years. Provision is made for self provisioning of signal

distribution.

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Regulatory Matters

NBC is not currently being regulated by CRAN. The Minister needs to finalise this before CRAN can issue a signal distribution and multiplex license to NBC. Without this NBC will not be allowed to carry other broadcasters on the multiplex.

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The DTT Forum

DTT National Forum is the steering committee for the project and is chaired by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information Communication and Technology (MICT).

Members comprise of MICT, CRAN, NBC, One Africa, TBN Namibia, MISA, Multichoice Namibia.

Meet bi-monthly to report on progress. CRAN is the project coordinator. Forum established in 2009. The Forum reports to the Minister on its progress.

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The Specifications.

The DTT spectrum plan allows for 4 national multiplexes.

Transmitter Network Architecture: MFN

NBC multiplex parameters: 64QAM, 2/3FEC, PP4, GI 1/16, FFT 32K, C/N 15.3 dB = 27.7Mb/s

Standards: DVB-T2 and MPEG-4

The Decoder: MPEG4, HD, SD, USB Port, Ethernet port, HbbTV middleware.

NBC multiplex caters for 13 SD TV channels.

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NBC Decoder Specification

The NBC STB contains the following;

MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 Video decoding

SD and HD Both standard and high definition

DVB-T2 and DVB-T As per SADC decision

Conditional Access Included to allow for future subscription TV.

DVB SSU for OTA Over the air download capability

EPG Electronic programme guide for now and next and

next 7 days.

RCA video and audio output +

HDMI

Allows for analogue and digital video and audio out.

External Power Supply Power supply is not external to STB.

MHEG-5 and HbbTV Middleware to enable interactive services.

HE-AAC, MPEG-1 LII & E-AC 3 Audio for both HD and SD.

USB Port To enable content viewing through STB on TV via

USB port, pause and rewind feature.

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The Decoder

Hardware

Middleware

Applications

Software needed for hardware to understand the applications –HbbTV Selected

Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), Games, Information Services, e-gov (interactive) services, Standard Definition and High Definition Channels.

Physical components used to build STBs, resistors, memory, media processor, circuit boards & connectors. MPEG-4 selected, US B port, 256 MB flash memory, Ethernet port, Conditional Access.

Set Top Decoder

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PLANNED BIT BUDGET

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The Plan

Test Phase Technical Switch On Windhoek Only, Dec 12 – Mar 13

Phase 1.1 Public Launch Windhoek Only Apr 13 – Jun 13

Phase 1.2 69.4% Coverage Jun 13 – Mar 14

Phase 2 76.2% Coverage Apr 14 - Mar 15

Phase 3 80.2% Coverage Apr 15 - Mar 16

NBC, One Africa, TBN, NBC Radio

NBC, NBC 2, One Africa, TBN, NBC Radio

Introduce more channels

NBC, NBC 2, NBC 3, One Africa, TBN, NBC Radio

Introduce more channels

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Planned coverage for the Windhoek area

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Network Roll-Out Phase 1

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Network Roll-Out Phase 2

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Network Roll-Out Phase 3

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Network Roll-Out

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Further Expansion

Year 4 onwards

(Most cost effective technology to be determined)

Onesi (Ruacana), Buitepos, Maltahohe, Nkurenkuru, Shamvura, Otjinene, Sesfontein ,Tsumkwe, Noordoewer, Aussenkehr, Jericho, Otjimbingwe, Uis, Koes, Krantsberg, Luderitz,

Gibeon, Eholongo, Steinhaussen, Elandsfontein, Eiseb-1, Epupa, Tsumeb, Corridor, Gochas Kongola, Leornardville, Omitara, Rooidag,

Rehoboth, (Kalkrand/Schlip)

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Execution NBC is the main executor of the national project. The project is fully funded by Government. NBC appointed Huawei through a tender process to

upgrade its satellite uplink, implement encoding and multiplexing, procure the DTT transmitters, procure 100,000 decoders, procure antennas and combiners for existing and new sites.

The satellite uplink was designed to carry both DTT and analogue traffic. Uplink changeover done in April 2012.

NBC switched on a trial transmitter in Klein Windhoek used to test sample decoders in Sept12.

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Execution 20,000 decoders arrived in Nov12 for distribution in

Windhoek. In Dec12 NBC had a switch on event marking the start of

digital migration project in Namibia. The main Windhoek transmitter to be switched on in

March for the April 2013 launch. NBC News channel to be launched in April 2013. The rest of the channel lineup is still being finalised. NBC finalising agreements with retail partners for the

distribute of decoders. NBC finalising the contract with a call centre provider. NBC appointed a consultant to develop a carriage tariff

for carrying other broadcasters on the multiplex.

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Execution: Decoder Pricing

NBC initially wanted to give away the decoders for free but Ministry of Finance advised against this and requested NBC to work out a retail price.

NBC has agreed to a retail price for decoder and this needs to be approved by Government before it is made public.

Criteria for sale of STB

Must have a valid and paid up TV licence.

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Challenges The timeous availability of funding remains a

challenge. NBC currently behind schedule due to funding shortage.

NBC is currently structured as a single channel analogue broadcaster. The staff are trained for operating in this environment. NBC’s greatest challenge is transforming the broadcaster into a multi channel digital broadcaster.

The absence of policy creates tension between stakeholders due to the uncertainties in the regulatory environment.

Conflict of interest on the DTT forum makes the work of the forum very difficult as certain information cannot be shared.

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Challenges

Lack of manpower makes project execution very difficult. NBC is not able to employ additional staff.

The debate with regards to conditional access is still an ongoing matter.

NBC has decided to encrypt the broadcast and provide free to view services to the citizens. The advantage is that it future proofs the network in

that broadcasters can launch subscription services without viewers having to procure another decoder.

A controlled network also allows for easier TV license administration and collection.

Applications that require security can now be done.

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Challenges Why such a high spec decoder?

Namibia was ranked by 2 recent reports on the ICT sector: 1. The Global Competitiveness Report (technological readiness) – 99th

out of 142 countries 2. The Global Information Technology Report (networked readiness) –

105th out of 142 countries

DTT will aid in increasing Namibia’s ICT rankings with a decoder that is able to connect to the internet.

By including High Definition, the decoder is future proofed and viewers will not need to purchase an extra decoder.

HbbTV was selected because MHEG-5 is now becoming an old standard. MHEG-5 is also requires specialised skills. HbbTV is HTML based and any university IT graduate can start programming immediately.

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Thank you for listening

ALDRED DREYER +27 82 459 6149, +264 81 146 4900 [email protected]