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Santo Domingo. – Dominican Republic’s TV and radio broadcasters are preparing the switch from analog to digital despite resistance by some media owners who’ll need to make new investments to adapt their companies, said the broadcaster Teo Veras speaking on the History of Dominican telecommunications in the International Book Fair.

“The television broadcasters already are practically ready for digital (technology); but not the majority because there are more than 40 channels here, but many are already preparing as to the studies, and there are some (TV) which even have the transmitters here,” Veras said.

The radio veteran spoke in the pavilion of the Dominican Telecom Institute (Indotel) at the Fair taking place in the Culture Plaza, this year dedicated to the late President and writer, professor Juan Bosch.

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8 comment(s)
Written by: xwill7, 27 Apr 2009 1:06 PM
From: United States, Chicago
Will someone be donating converter boxes for the poor people???
Written by: Edward, 27 Apr 2009 1:30 PM
From: United States, Faux News: Unfair Imbalance
Wow I wasn't expecting the switching until 2025 or something. This is great news!
Written by: xwill7, 27 Apr 2009 3:58 PM
From: United States, Chicago
edward,
can a poor person borrow your flat panel tv? they will have nothing to watch if no one helps them with the converter boxes
Written by: BASTA, 27 Apr 2009 4:15 PM
From: Dominican Republic, = Ghetto-SPM-Barrio Blanco
ask our great president hohoho
Written by: DonManuel, 27 Apr 2009 5:56 PM
From: Haiti
- Humm, what measures have been adopted to encourage people to keep their analog TVs and buy a converter box? Because we need to prevent a considerable flow of of e-waste from being discarded in the dominican municipal waste stream.
- What is the process of collecting these old TVs?
- Will TV manufacturers be accountable and/or responsible in order to adopt any preventive measures such as collection, transportation, reuse, recycling, and facilities management to deal with this upcoming e-waste issue?
Written by: ateo1992, 27 Apr 2009 10:42 PM
From: Dominican Republic
i don't know about those people the gov't will inform them, but great news! :)
Written by: ZonaDominicana, 27 Apr 2009 11:19 PM
From: United States, San Diego, California
The problem is not the station, the problem is the consumers. Many consumers cannot afford buy a new TV in order to be able to receive the signal. Old TVs can get HD signals, but consumers need to buy a converter box. Either way is expensive. The best thing for the DR is to only switch cable to HD in about 1 or 2 years than the local stations a few years after or when our purchasing power parity increase, so we can all afford buy a new TV.
Written by: ateo1992, 28 Apr 2009 5:37 PM
From: Dominican Republic
no that's not a good way to do it, is less expensive for them to get the boxes, then to buy flat HD Tv's! , well i have no problem with that.

but the gov't will aid those who can't afford the boxes :)
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