DVB-T and DVB-T2 Receiver Recommendations

The HAKOM issues a document entitled Recommendation on minimum receiver technical requirements for the reception of DVB-T and DVB-T2 signal in the Republic of Croatia  in order to facilitate high-quality reception of basic digital terrestrial television services in the Republic of Croatia. 

The HAKOM issues a document entitled “The Recommendation on minimum receiver technical requirements for the reception of DVB-T2 signal in the Republic of Croatia” as a recommendation regarding the minimum technical requirements to be met by DVB-T2 receivers in order to facilitate high-quality reception of free-to-air digital terrestrial television services in the Republic of Croatia.
 
The Recommendation was developed as part of the round table of HAKOM by representatives of HAKOM, Agency for Electronic Media, broadcast network and multiplex operators, the public and private broadcasters and academia representatives.
 
The allocation of the Digital Dividend II for mobile services in most of the EU member states is expected to be finished by 30 June 2020. The aforementioned allocation will enable further development of broadband mobile network services and will lead to significant spectrum reduction for digital terrestrial television. In order to enable economic broadcasting of TV content in high definition (“HD”) across the terrestrial broadcasting networks and to facilitate development of new services, a transition to a more efficient transmission system DVB-T2 with H.265/HEVC video coding is needed. The DVB-T2 system offers, with comparable reception conditions, more flexibility and up to 50% higher transmission capacity compared to DVB-T. The transition of free-to-air services from DVB-T to DVB-T2 in Croatia is planned to start in 2019.