BroadcastAsia 2011

Show Opens Next Week!


Asia's ultimate, most authoritative exhibition and conference for digital multimedia and entertainment technology finally opens next week, at a central location in Suntec Singapore.

Bringing together over 600 exhibitors showcasing groundbreaking technology such as Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV and playout services, you won't be missing out on the industry's hottest trends in broadcasting innovation. Hobnob with industry leaders in cinematography, film and production at our NEW dedicated zone at Level 3 and keep abreast of development in this dynamic field with our conferences.

Opening Hours: 21 - 23 June 2011: 10.30am - 6pm           24 June 2011: 10.30 am - 4pm

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The Opening of the Kokavil Multi - functional Transmission Center

The Kokavil Tower, the largest and highest transmission Tower in Sri Lanka, is 174 meters in height. It was reconstructed at a cost of Rs.330 million under the Uthuru Wasanthaya Programme. The experts have identified this Tower as the highest self-standing Transmission Tower in South Asia. The space of this Tower is to be utilized for installing telecommunication, television, radio and other government institutional facilities. This multi-functional Transmission Tower will be of help in removing problems associated with interference in telecommunication, television, radio, and information and communication technologies affecting the communities in the Northern Province. It is also expected that the Tower will provide adequate space and facilities for the use of the state and private media and telecommunication channels.

This Kokavil Multi - Functional Transmission Tower was re -built under the auspices of the Uthuru Wasanthaya Programme and under the direction of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka and the Mass Media and Information Ministry, with the Central Engineering consultancy Bureau playing a leading role in its restoration.

The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka wishes to gratefully acknowledge with thanks the valuable contributions and services rendered towards the re-construction of this Tower by Hon. Basil Rajapakse, President of the Uthuru Wasanthaya Executive Committee and Minister of Economic Development, Hon. Keheliya Rambukwella, the Minister of Mass Media and Information, the various institutions attached to the Ministry of Mass Media and Information, the services provided by the Ministry of Defence, the Sri Lanka Army and its Signals division.

http://www.trc.gov.lk/press-room/events/220-the-opening-of-the-kokavil-multi-functional-transmission-center.html

Why Digital?

Why We Switch to DTV?

An important benefit of the switch to all-digital broadcasting is that it freed up parts of the valuable broadcast spectrum for public safety communications (such as police, fire departments, and rescue squads). Also, some of the spectrum can now be auctioned to companies that will be able to provide consumers with more advanced wireless services (such as wireless broadband).

Consumers also benefited because digital broadcasting allows stations to offer improved picture and sound quality, and digital is much more efficient than analog. For example, rather than being limited to providing one analog program, a broadcaster is able to offer a super sharp High Definition (HD) digital program or multiple Standard Definition (SD) digital programs simultaneously through a process called “multicasting.”

Multicasting allows broadcast stations to offer several channels of digital programming at the same time, using the same amount of spectrum required for one analog program. So, for example, while a station broadcasting in analog on channel 7 is only able to offer viewers one program, a station broadcasting in digital on channel 7 can offer viewers one digital program on channel 7-1, a second digital program on channel 7-2, a third digital program on channel 7-3, and so on. This means more programming choices for viewers. Further, DTV provides interactive video and data services that were not possible with analog technology.

Analog Radio Channels Operate in Sri Lanka

City FM	92.2MHz	Sinhala	Active
CRI SRI LANKA	102.0MHz	Sinhala, Tamil, English and Chinese	Active
FM Derana	92.4MHz, 94.5MHz, 95.8MHz, 99.2MHz, 102.3 MHz	Sinhala	Active
E FM	100.4MHz, 93.2MHz, 95.8MHz, 99.2MHz, 102.3 MHz	English	Active
Gold FM	99.9MHz, 94.7MHz, 102.7MHz, 104.2MHz	English	Active
Hiru FM	94.7MHz, 95.3MHz, 96.7MHz, 107.0MHz	Sinhala	Active
HITZ FM	97 MHz	English	Active
Isira FM	88.0MHz, 89.0Mhz, 93.7MHz, 93.9MHz, 97.2MHz	Sinhala	Active
Isura FM	93.6 MHz	Sinhala	Active
Kiss FM	89.8 MHz	English	Active
Lak FM	92.0 MHz,93.3 MHz, 100.1 MHz, 100.2 MHz	Sinhala	Active
Lakhanda	97.6MHz, 87.9MHz, 88.5MHz	Sinhala	Active
Lakviru FM	91.6 MHz	Sinhala
Lite	89.2MHz, 98.2MHz, 92.5 MHz, 90 MHz	English	Active
Max Radio	90.6MHz	Sinhala	Active
Neth FM	93.9 MHz, 95.0 MHz, 100.4 MHz, 105.4 MHz, 105.9 MHz	Sinhala	Active
Prime Radio (Previously Radio 1)	95.5 MHz, 99.9 MHz, 104.5 MHz	English	Active
Ran FM	91.5 MHz, 95.0 MHz, 101.3 MHz, 102.2 MHz	Sinhala	Active
Rangiri	91.7 MHz, 96.7 MHz, 98.1 MHz, 107.2 MHz	Sinhala	Active
Real Radio	87.8 MHz, 93.9 MHz, 106.7 MHz	English	Active
Rhythm FM (formerly Asura FM)	87.6 MHz, 95.6 MHz, 100.7 MHz	Sinhala	Active
* Test ( formely Sath FM )	103.6 MHz, 103.0 MHz, 103.6 MHz	Sinhala	Active
Seth FM	101.5 MHz	Sinhala	Active
Shakthi FM	103.8MHz, 105.1MHz, 91.2MHz, 91.5MHz	Tamil	Active
Shree FM	99MHz, 99.3MHz, 93.2MHz, 98.8MHz, 95.8MHz	Sinhala	Active
SLBC - English National Service	90.9 MHz, 95.6 MHz, 96.4 MHz, 96.4 MHz, 98.4 MHz, 99.6 MHz, 100.2 MHz	English	Active
SLBC - Sinhala National Service (Swadeshiya Sevaya)	90.3 MHz, 90.3 MHz, 97.0 MHz, 98.3 MHz, 99.6 MHz, 102.0 MHz, 107.6 MHz	Sinhala	Active
SLBC - Sinhala Commercial Service (Velanda Sevaya)	93.3FM, 106.9FM, 92.7FM	Sinhala	Active
SLBC - Tamil National Service	94.2 MHz, 98.8 MHz, 101.3 MHz, 102.0 MHz, 102.4 MHz, 103.5 MHz, 104.8 MHz	Tamil	Active
SLBC - Tamil Commercial Service (Thendral)	92.2 MHz, 92.8 MHz, 94.2 MHz, 104.5 MHz, 104.8 MHz, 105.6 MHz, 105.6 MHz, 107.9 MHz	Tamil	Active
SLBC - Vidula Children's Service	102.6 MHz	Sinhala, Tamil and English	Active
Sirasa FM	106.6MHz, 88.8MHz, 106.5MHz, 106.2MHz, 101.7MHz	Sinhala	Active
Siyatha FM	90.9MHz, 107.6MHz, 98.6MHz	Sinhala	Active
Sooriyan FM	90.9MHz, 107.6MHz, 98.6MHz	Tamil	Active
Sun Fm	98.8MHz	English	Active
TNL Radio	101.7 MHz, 87.9 MHz	English	Active
V FM	100.4 MHz, 104.0 MHz, 107.6 MHz	Sinhala	Active
Vasantham FM (previously Radio 2 on this frequency)	97.6 MHz	Tamil	Active
Vettri FM	99.6 MHz, 101.5 MHz, 106.1 MHz	Tamil	Active
Y FM	92.6 MHz, 101.3MHz, 91.2MHz, 99.1MHZ	Sinhala	Active
Yes FM	88.2 MHz, 88.2 MHz, 89.5 MHz, 101.0 MHz	English	Active
Youth Radio	107.9 MHz, 100.7 MHz, 104.4 MHz, 104.8 MHz	Sinhala	Active
Your Radio	88.3 MHz	English	Active
The Budhhist	104.5 MHz	Sinhala,English	Active

SLRC On Digital

The network broadcasts services,Rupavahini, Nethra TV (which broadcasts in Tamil), Channel Eye and NTV (which broadcast in English). Since 1st January 2008 Nethra TV and Channel Eye share the same broadcast frequency. The shared channel is known as Nethra Eye. Currently, all of the network's services are only available by analog transmission. But there are plans to upgrade to digital broadcasting. From 2011 Kokawil Transmitting starts DVB-T2 for North area in Sri Lanka. There were plans to Transmit the DVB-T2 Digital Transmission all over the country in 2015. The excisting Analogous Transmission will completely cut off.

From Wikipedia

DRM News

News

An update on ITU activity

11-May-11

At the last meeting there was good support for adoption from many countries (administrations), but also a call for more test results. Over the last 6 months, DRM Consortium members and others have been working hard on setting up new trial sites, conducting measurements and producing reports of these trials. For the WP6A meeting starting this week in Geneva, DRM has submitted four reports: the band II trials in Sri Lanka and the UK, the band I trial in Italy and the SFN trial in Germany.

All these inputs can be viewed on the drm website. DRM will again be present at the meeting.

Report from Lindsay Cornell, DRM Technical Committee Chairman