PAP: Throw away all your TVs and Radios and Car hi-fi next year, or watch TV3 RTM

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There is no more signals directly receivable on your TV & Radio from SG broadcast next year. And Ah Pek Ah Mah will start to think their TV Radio spoiled so sell them all to Karunguni!

But depending on your antenna setup you may be still able to get Malaysia & Batam broadcasts.



http://www.todayonline.com/singapore...hased-out-2017


Fully digital broadcasts by the end of 2017

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By
Louisa Tang
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Published: 9:37 PM, January 21, 2016
Updated: 12:41 AM, January 22, 2016

SINGAPORE — Analogue broadcast will be no more by the end of next year, marking the end of a nation-wide migration to digital broadcasting that began in 2012.

The deadline was announced by Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim in his ministry’s addendum to the President’s address released today (Jan 21). Already, 65 per cent of households can now receive digital television (DTV).
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In comparison to conventional analogue television, DTV allows for better quality pictures and sound, multi-language subtitles and electronic programme guides.

The Republic’s free-to-air channels first went fully digital in 2012 using the DVB-T2 (Digital Video Broadcasting – Second Generation Terrestrial) broadcasting standard. Since December 2013, all seven MediaCorp channels have been broadcast in digital.

Dr Yaacob noted that full migration to DTV will also free up more capacity for mobile broadband, which will better support Smart Nation development.

Households in “lighted-up” estates will receive information booklets in four languages that will guide them on how to receive DTV. Members of the public can also get information from brochures, videos and posters in major retail shops.

Low-income households can get assistance on switching to DTV through the DTV Assistance Scheme, launched by the Media Development Authority (MDA) in September 2014. The scheme comprises a free DTV set-top box, an indoor antenna, and installation. As of Jan 12, around 44 per cent of eligible households have received the Assistance Scheme package, according to MDA.

MDA is also working with voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) to reach out to the elderly and persons with disabilities, so they are aware of what they need to do to prepare for the digital switchover.


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