RAI starts DVB-T2 Lite trials
May 13, 2013
From Branislav Pekic in Rome
Seven years after the start of the digital swithover in Italy, public broadcaster RAI has launched the first combined fixed and mobile TV transmission in DVB-T2, in the Valle d’Aosta region.
The new DVB-T2 Lite standard and innovative MPEG encoding techniques enable RAI to use the same DVB-T2 multiplex for transmission to both fixed and mobile terminals. DVB-T2 Lite has a bandwidth of 2.2 Mbps and allows signal reception even within a car moving at speeds of up to 130 km/h.
Two transmitters, located at Aosta and Saint Vincent, are already covering a significant part of the region, but there is still no date for the launch of DVB-T2 Lite to the public.
According to Italian regulations, TV manufacturers must include DVB-T2 receivers in their sets by 2015.