Jakarta I Sumut24.co Expert Staff to the Minister of Communication and Information (Kominfo) RI Rosarita Niken Widiastuti emphasized that people do not need to buy new televisions to enjoy digital television broadcasts. switch to digital via a set top box (STB).STB is a tool for converting digital signals into images and sound that can be displayed on ordinary analog TVs," said Niken in a webinar on Technical Guidance on the use of Digital TV and Set Top Boxes in the face of ASO implementation, Thursday (16/6).Furthermore, Niken explained that STB already supports Digital Video Broadcasting-Second Generation Terrestrial (DVB-T2), and STB does not require a satellite dish to receive digital signals. "Just use a regular TV antenna (UHF)," he said.Meanwhile, subsidy set top boxes are being distributed in stages ahead of the analog switch off (ASO) implementation according to the planned stages.For the first phase of ASO, which took place on April 30, the set top boxes were gradually distributed from mid-March.For people who buy independent set top box devices, the Ministry of Communications and Informatics has a list of set top box brands that have received certification so that the device is suitable for use in Indonesia, and has passed the operation-worthy test (ULO).The list of set top box devices that already have certification from Kominfo can be seen on the official website of Indonesian Digital Broadcasting.Kominfo ensured that the ASO implementation will take place according to schedule, namely the first stage on April 30, the second stage on August 25 and the third stage on November 2.When asked about the migration program for analog to digital broadcasts, Niken emphasized that this is one of the government's priority programs to accelerate digital transformation.“There are five urgencies for broadcasting digitization, namely the public interest to obtain quality broadcasts;efficient use of frequencies to encourage the digital economy and industry 4.0 era;as well as frequency arrangement to encourage the digital economy and industry in the 4.0 era," said Niken.“Furthermore, digital dividends are available for the allocation of 5G broadband frequencies to be used;and avoiding disputes with neighboring countries caused by frequency spectrum intervention in border areas, as well as the diversity of television content," he added.Kadiskominfo Aceh Marwan Nusuf or his representative said, through this ASO program for people who still use analog TV, they need a tool called a Set Top Box (STB), while for those who are already using digital TV, they no longer need to use STB."This ASO is a central government program, for poor households that still use analog TVs, there will be assistance with STB equipment from the ministry using data from the Ministry of Social Affairs, so the data is already available, we just have to wait for information from the Central Government through PT. POS will distribute it, he said.KPI Aceh Commissioner Masriadi added that his party supports the efforts of the Ministry of Communication and Information to accelerate ASO."People should follow this transition.In addition to getting clearer and cleaner quality, this (transition) is also more efficient in terms of infrastructure and operations," he said.Meanwhile, the Head of the Aceh Education Office, Alhudri or his representative, said, "The implementation of the migration of Analog TV to Digital TV is a program that we should support together, because by migrating to Digital TV, we get many advantages, clear voice, clean picture and sophisticated technology," he said.The webinar was attended by Expert Staff to the Minister of Communication and Information (Kominfo) RI Rosarita Niken Widiastuti, Sukamto, Middle Expert Policy Analyst of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics, Head of Aceh Education Office Alhudri, Head of Aceh Communications and Information Technology Marwan Nusuf, Commissioner of KPI Aceh Masriadi, Armadiyanto Content Creator, Andrian Shidarta from GM Matrix, Ahyar Commissioner of KPI Aceh, online media both JMSi and Smsi from various regions throughout Indonesia.red2