How the Doomsday of Analog TV to Digital TV Changed, Kominfo Urged to be Transparent

2022-08-26 23:46:54 By : Mr. William Yue

The Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) made changes in the middle of the process during the analog TV lethal injection process.According to observers, Kominfo must ensure that free digital TV set top box assistance reaches the right recipient and does not confuse the public.The cessation of analog TV broadcasts to be replaced by digital TV or known as Analog Switch Off (ASO) was originally carried out in three stages, but later changed to multiple ASO.With these changes, ASO phase 2 which was originally to be implemented on August 25 failed to occur due to the implementation of the termination of analog broadcasting which was carried out in many stages according to the readiness in each broadcast area."Actually, various efforts can be made so that the end is November 2, 2022 the migration process to digital TV is completed according to the Job Creation Act," said ICT Institute Executive Director Heru Sutadi, Friday (26/8/2022)."Even so, the stages that have been conveyed by the community and also the DPR are the main guidelines because there are clear dates so that the community is ready. And if there is a delay, it can be conveyed to the DPR and the public why the delay. Actually, it is normal as long as communication is intense and updated continuously," he said.The adjustment to the schedule for discontinuing analog TV, which has changed again, is suspected to be due to the problem of distributing free digital TV set top boxes to extreme households who are still doing their homework.It is known that there are 6.7 million free STB that will be distributed sourced from multiplexing providers (mux) and assisted by Kominfo."The main problem of this migration is the distribution of STB. Well, it seems that this has not been solved until now, both in terms of insufficient numbers and distribution," said Heru.Considering that the ASO deadline is less than three months away, Kominfo, as Heru said, must monitor the implementation of analog TV migration to digital TV."In order to be successful, make sure the number of STBs distributed is as needed by name by address. Intense communication with people in affected areas because many do not know and do not understand what digital migration is and how to keep getting TV broadcasts that will switch to digital," he concluded. .