Skip to main content

Member of Supreme Council, Mr. Esat Ciplak claims that there is no need to build DTT in Turkey

I have been using LinkedIn frequently. I post some updates on DTT and digital radio transition in Turkey. I found out that there are not enough source of information on these subjects. So, although it is extra work for me, I try to post my comments on these in English also. 

Recently Mr. Esat ÇIPLAK, gave a speech on DTT transition in Turkey. He is one of the members of Supreme Council of Radio & Television in Turkey, namely RTÜK. There are nine members of RTÜK. Mr. ÇIPLAK claims that there is no need to build a new DTT network as there are very little percentage left watching analog terrestrial television. According to Mr. ÇIPLAK, even in Europe percentage of population watching television via DTT is decreasing. As you well know, Turkey has not yet build DTT. So, Mr. ÇIPLAK claims that the UHF band should be released to mobile operators. Mobile operators will use the frequency band more efficient. 

I posted a comment on these in my blog in Turkish. Thinking of my international readers & keeping in mind that I was accredited as PRESS for IBC 2015, I will try to rewrite my comment in English. It will not be a sentence to sentence transition :)

Eskişehir & Ankara are two cities in Anatolia. There was railway and motorway between them. Until the new train, the faster one, was built, for transportation very small percentage was using railway. Nowadays, with the new faster train more people start to use the railway. I keep giving the same analogy, DTT is the faster train of TV reception. It is a mistake to think that people will not use DTT. DTT, satellite, IP and mobile are not competing, actually they are complementary solutions. 

I am not sure on which source did Mr. ÇIPLAK find out that the DTT is decreasing in Europe. According to the Eurobarometer report, 2013, the DTT is the option for tv reception.  40 % of population is receiving TV via DTT in average in Europe. In Germany, there was a debate on new DTT network. A professor claimed in 2013 that there was no need to build a new DTT network. According to him, LTE-B will be enough with some WIFI connection support. After some discussions, Germany announced that new DTT network will be build with DVB-T2 & HEVC. 

The mobile operators, will like a lot this offer of no DTT but LTE-B. The revenue of voice is keeping decreasing in mobile world. People keep using apps over WIFI connections, like SKYPE & WhatsAPP. So the television over LTE-B will be the rescue for them. But is it for the people? 

DTT is mainly FTA. You will not need to pay for reception, except one time fee for the Set Top Box (STB). If it is a brand new TV set, then there is no need for a STB. 

I find the Mr. Esat ÇIPLAK's words very important. It may light a fire, to a discussion, which is quite late. There were two panels in 2013, organised by Chamber of Electrical Engineers in Ankara on DTT in Turkey. I was one of speakers of the panels. We tried to start a discussion that time, which we could not manage to. Now, as I said, it is quite late to discuss whether DTT should be build or not. But, it is not too late, as there are no investment made yet. 

I personally want to thank Mr. ÇIPLAK for his speech and the future discussions...

 note: For those of you, who understands Turkish you can read my blog post in Turkish: 

 http://sadeceozgur.blogspot.com.tr/2015/08/rtuk-uyesi-snesat-cplak-dtt-sureci-ile.html


Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Comments will appear after approval, which may take time :)

Popular posts from this blog

May HD Radio be an alternative for Turkey?

There are mainly three worldwide digital radio technologies: DAB/DAB+, DRM30/DRM+ and  HD Radio™ . According to some sector professional Turkey should not even think of  HD Radio™  as an alternative for the digitization of radio. I have some doubts on that. Lets have a closer look at  HD Radio™ : Who is behind the  HD Radio™ ? IBiquity  Digital is the firm that developed the  HD Radio™  technology. Some argues that as it is a firm, not a consortium, so broadcasters should avoid choosing  HD Radio™  as the digital radio technology. It sounds a little bit ambiguous. Why should broadcasters avoid using it? Do they avoid using Windows, for their PCs? Well, it is the same actually. Microsoft is a firm, that has a product, and broadcasters, like many others are using it. So, Ibiquity Digital is a firm like Microsoft. They have an approach to digital radio, with using FM band, they can digitize the r...
2 comments
click to read more...

Shall we not build DTT, after WRC 2015

According to the news in the web site of EBU, 470 - 694 MHz will be reserved for DTT & radio microphones not only till WRC 2019, but also till WRC 2023. At the WRC 2023, 470 - 960 MHz band will be reconsidered. It is good news for the DTT business in Europe. But is it a good news for Turkey? As you may well know, Turkey has not yet spend any money on DTT. There is no DTT network, nor a finished frequency allocation tender. Hence, we can say that there is nothing, just NOTHING regarding DTT.  So, in best circumstances, the tender for DTT frequencies can be finished by 2016 & the network would be ready by 2017. Well, the picture becomes interesting from that point. The frequency allocation would be for 10 years, which covers 2016-2026. But, during the WRC 2023, the frequency usage will be reconsidered again. It may be more meaningful to think not to build DTT at all, and start thinking to work on xG mobile networks. I would appreciate for your comment...
2 comments
click to read more...

8th Annual Digital TV Central and Eastern Europe Event

I attended to IP & TV World Forum and TV Connect events in Istanbul, which of both was organized by Informa. Having attended to these events, I am glad to say that I will have chance to follow the Digital TV Central & Eastern Europe Event on 25-27 June at Krakow, Poland.  Actually I have to thank to Informa, for their support in attending the event.  Main topics that will be covered in the event are OTT (Over The Top) TV and Pay TV. There will be a one day event dedicated to Over The Top Television. I will try to attend this event also, which will be on 25 June. In fact I think that OTT will replace classic IPTV offers, with the increase in smart tv, connected tv sales figures, need for a set top box will diminish. Therefore, this one day event is really important for the sector professionals.  When we look at the speakers of the event, one can easily understand the importance of the event. Some of the speakers are: Ian McDonough, Senior Vice Pres...
4 comments
click to read more...