translated from Spanish: Government set conditions to delay the activation of Digital TV

By means of a Supreme Decree, the Government welcomed the request filed by the National Association of Television (Anatel) to the Undersecretariat of telecommunications, to defer the legal obligation of having digital television to April of 2020.Con m edida, the new deadline was set so that 80% of Chileans may have digital TV in 2022, and through an agreement established a new set of demands on TV networks. Actions must be followed by channels in its entirety, at the risk of their leases are expired. “We are returning while the State was delayed in moving forward in the implementation of digital television. Taking on the Government, we initiated talks with the different actors of the sector to know the reality of the industry. As a result we have this plan of deployment that is focused on two goals: build a realistic agenda with requirements so that industry can upgrade to the required standards and, on the other hand, allow all Chileans access to quality TV No matter where in the country are”the Minister of transport and telecommunications, said Gloria Hutt.La Secretary of State also said that”the mandate of President Sebastián Piñera was clear in this matter and we drove, once and for all, We lay down with the industry a clear work schedule allowing to solve digital isolation living thousands of users throughout the country. Today we present this plan, even though it extends over four years the deadline for the analogue switch, also imposed clear rules, with a schedule of compliance by date, which will allow that at the end of these 4 years we can settle the debt in terms of Digital Television that We have with Chile.”

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