Thursday, 12 March 2009 13:54 | James Barton
A conference to look at IPTV and Digital Broadcasting in Central and Eastern Europe has attracted top level government support. This is a clear indication of the high priority placed on the development of IPTV in the region, as broadcasters and telecommunications executives seek to implement new projects.
The "Ukraine on Air" conference will cover issues of frequency planning and review the current situation in the introduction of IPTV and digital broadcasting.
From Ukraine, representatives of the State Administration of Communications, the National Communications Regulation Commission, the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting, the State Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting, The Ukrainian State Centre of Radio Frequencies State Enterprise ("Ukrchastotnadzor") , as well as the Odessa National Academy of Communications and the Institute of Television and Radio Electronics will be attending, underlining the high priority given to this issue by the government.
From the Polish side, representatives of the Telecommunications Department of the Ministry of Infrastructure, the Electronic Communication Administration, the National Broadcasting Council and the State Test Institute of Communications are expected to participate.
The speakers at the session devoted to discussing the experience of implementing the projects of digital broadcasting in terrestrial, cable, satellite and IP environment, will include representatives of the BRT Concern (Ukraine), Levira JSC (Estonia), Al-Baath University (Syria), Poverkhnost TV (Ukraine), Volia (Ukraine) and Ukrtelecom (Ukraine). At the final session, "Technological solutions for the development of digital broadcasting", practical solutions for the Ukrainian operators and providers will be presented by Conax, Alcatel-Lucent, Thomson Grass Valley, etc.
"Ukraine on Air" takes place on March 31st in Kyiv (Kiev).
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