Press release (July 2010):
First Danish trials with DVB-T2 has gone live
An innovative little company from Copenhagen, Denmark has initiated the first broadcasting on the next generation terrestrial digital TV.
The small Copenhagen based company, Open Channel, has after many months preparation started to broadcast 2nd generation terrestrial digital TV, DVB-T2 on UHF Channel 67 in the Greater Copenhagen area, also called MUXKBH-2.
”We have definitely felt we have entered into new territories with this set up. We have had to build our own transmitter to be able to start this. That we have been able to due to our collaboration with the Danish company ProTelevision Technologies and the Dutch company DekTec” comments Open Channel’s CEO, Kenneth Wenzel.
ProTelevision Technologies, that develops and manufactures professional broadcast equipment for the global market, is pleased to participate in this DVB-T2 trial, where its DVB-T2 prepared platform PT2000 is used. "Our product is an industrial DVB-T2 modulator, offered in the form of a firmware upgrade. This means that our customers who already purchased our DVB-T2 prepared platform may upgrade their existing product to DVB-T2, "says John Ericsson, Director of Sales and Marketing at ProTelevision Technologies.
”DekTec is pleased to see that its tool set has been instrumental to help Open Channel achieve rapid deployment of a DVB-T2 test transmission” says Nilesh Mandalia, VP Sales at DekTec, a leading manufacturer of digital-video interface adapters for the professional Test&Measurement for Broadcast market.
The background for the trials Open Channel is undertaking is that there is no room for HDTV on the DTT-net in Denmark, unless you move to the next generation terrestrial TV, which will provide double the broadcasting capacity compared to DVB-T.
”HD will within the next years be the new TV-standard, and it is therefore imperative that the DTT-net will have the needed capacity, so the TV-channels can be broadcasted in HD. If these steps are not taken, the DTT-net will be left behind by the satellite and cable operators” says Kenneth Wenzel.
DVB-T2 also gives you some new technological possibilities like the possibility to broadcast on the same frequency, TV channels for traditional antennas and other TV channels for handheld receivers etc.
In the initial phase the broadcasting is from a single antenna set up with 600 Watt ERP from 100 meters height (330 feet) from the TDC Tower on Borups Alle in the center of Copenhagen, and the TV channels will be the same as the ones you can find on MUXKBH UHF channel 35, Kanal København, Familie TV and G-TV.
At the present time there are no DVB-T2 televisions or set top boxes on the Danish market, but they are expected to be in retail by the end of the year.
At that time, Open Channel will expand the broadcast set up to include several broadcasting positions in Roskilde and/or Hillerød in a SFN net and the broadcasting capacity will be increased to 2 kWatt ERP.
For more information:
Kenneth Wenzel, CEO at Open Channel, Tel. (+45) 20 20 11 22
Johan Ericsson, Director Sales & Marketing at ProTelevision Technologies, tel. (+45) 21 42 21 69
Nilesh Mandalia, VP Sales hos DekTec Digital Video B.V +44(0)7790 241112
Fact sheet:
Open Channel DVB-T2 transmitter consist of
▪ DekTec’s Modulator DTA-116 with DVB-T2 Signal Generator Software DTC-378 2Xpress and
▪ ProTelevision Technologies Terrestrial Gateway, PT2000, firmware upgradable to DVB-T2 in September 2010
The Terrestrial Gateway PT2000 is a generic platform for digital broadcasting. It may be used as (re)modulator, repeater or transceiver. The platform has been developed through the vast experience within ProTelevision Technologies and of course the market requirements. An open design offers a future proof solution in a broadcasting network and together with the web based management system makes it very easy to operate.
Key Facts of DekTec DVB-T2 Signal Generator Software DTC-378 T2Xpress
▪ Complete single-PLP and multi-PLP DVB-T2 test-signal generator with full user control over the entire DVB-T2 parameter set
▪ Input from Transport-Stream files or built-in O151 PRBS test-signal generator
▪ "Big-TS splitter" function with SI processing for easy generation of multi-PLP streams with a common PLP
▪ Full PAPR support
▪ MISO simulation: Generation of both MISO transmitter signals with independent channel model applied to each signal
▪ Fully-featured channel simulator with AWGN generator (adjustable SNR), multipath fading, Rayleigh channels and Doppler simulation to accurately simulate reflections and a moving receiver
Key Facts of ProTelevision Technologies DVB-T2 Modulator
▪ Single and multiple Physical Layer Pipe (PLP)
▪ Multiple-Input Single-Output (MISO) processing
▪ SFN adaption T2-MI
▪ Onboard GPS
▪ Linear and Non-Linear Digital Adaptive Pre-Corrections
▪ Extremely high modulation performance
▪ Very high quality internal clock (OCXO)
▪ Future proofed industrial platform
About Open Channel
Open Channel, a subsidiary of U-Media, has sine 2006 been doing DTT trials in the greater Copenhagen area on UHF channel 35 called MUXCPH, broadcasting several 24/7 TV channels during this period, and has started a new trial May 6th 2010 with DVB-T2 on UHF channel 67 called MUXCPH-2.
Open Channel broadcast partners has since 2006 been The Danish Parliament, Kanal København, G-TV | Gaming TV for alle, Boxer TV (TV 2 Zulu, TV 2 Charlie, TV 2 Film, TV 2 News, Kanal 5, Kanal 4, 6'eren, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet), C More Entertainment (Canal9) and FamilieTV.
The coverage area of MUXCPH consists of 700.000 households, equal to 28 % of all Danish households.
About ProTelevision Technologies A/S
ProTelevision Technologies offers transmission equipment to the broadcasting industry. The company develops and manufactures modulators, re-modulators, repeaters and transceivers for terrestrial broadcasting based on vast experience and state-of-the designs.
About DekTec Digital Video B.V.
DekTec is a leading manufacturer of digital-video interface adapters and associated software for the professional T&M and Broadcast Infrastructure markets.