Jakarta and Ministry Call for TV Transformation
Reported by Aldi Geri Lumban Tobing | Translated by
The Jakarta administration together with the Home Ministry (Kemendagri) and the Communication and Information Ministry (Kemkominfo) held a coordination meeting to make the transformation program for terrestrial television broadcasting successful from analog technology to digital technology.
This aims to continuously receive television broadcasts digitally via terrestrial
They also discussed the termination of analog broadcasts (Analog Switch Off/ASO) in Jakarta.
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting Analyst for Village Government Development Directorate General Odi Satria Nugraha expressed that the monitoring was conducted to follow up on Radiograms to governors throughout Indonesia regarding programs to assist the community, especially the poor in Jakarta.
#JakartakeDepan Study, PPAPP Delivers Various Breakthrough Services for Families"This aims to continuously receive television broadcasts digitally via terrestrial," he said, at the Technical Implementation Unit for the Family Data and Information Center (UPT Pusdatin Keluarga), Empowerment, Child Protection, and Population Control Agency (PPAPP), Thursday (7/2`).
Broadband Ecosystem Evaluation Analyst, Broadband Development Directorate, Post, and Information Technology Directorate General Ratnadi Hendra Wicaksana explained that based on socialization and meetings that had been agreed upon several times for Jakarta, the data on the candidates for receiving broadcast reception aids (set-top-box/STB) was from decile data 1 and 2 of Carik Jakarta.
"Kemkominfo will determine the recipient of the STB and distribution. Hence, the administration can immediately submit data on prospective recipients of STB assistance through a Regional Head Decree," he explained.
As for the information, the administration supports the ASO program and submits data on prospective recipients of STB assistance after it is determined by the Jakarta Governor to Kemendagri and Kemkominfo.
The television transformation from analog to digital technology and the termination of analog television broadcasting is a mandate from Article 72 number 8 of Law number 11/2020 on Job Creation, Government Regulation number 46/2021 on Post, Telecommunications, and Broadcasting.
Aside that, the public can also access information related to this transformation process through the Kemkominfo portal on the https://siarandigital.kominfo.go.id page.
