Japan Funds Peruvian SBTVD Testing

By Doug Lung
published

The Web site www.convergenciadigital.com.br reports that Peru will test the Japanese-Brazilian SBTVD terrestrial DTV system in March 2010 thanks to $4 million in funding from Japan. The money will be used to purchase equipment and transmitters.

A Japanese expert plans to visit Peru this month to train technicians to install SBTVD facilities.

Luis Cuba, the deputy minister of communications in Peru, observed that his country was the first country outside Brazil to adopt SBTVD.

The article noted that when the agreement was signed between Brazil and Peru, it was reported that Brazilian companies could invest up to US$100 million in Peru.

Doug Lung
Doug Lung

Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack. A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.