10 educational facts about digital television in Voronezh

On August 13, 2001, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed Decree No. 1031 “On the creation of the federal state unitary enterprise” Russian television and radio broadcasting network “in order to” improve the functioning of the network for the distribution of television and radio programs in the Russian Federation and the formation of a single production and technological complex on the basis of state television and radio broadcasting networks “.

2. Voronezh Regional Broadcasting Center became a part of RTRS

The Voronezh Regional Radio and Television Transmitting Center (“Voronezh ORTPTS”), which provides broadcasting of the majority of television and radio broadcasting programs (both all-Russian and commercial broadcasters) to the Voronezh Region, has become part of RTRS as a branch.

3. Digital TV is gaining momentum

On December 3, 2009, the Government Resolution No. 985 approved the Federal Target Program “Development of TV and Radio Broadcasting in the Russian Federation for 2009-2015 (2009-2018)” (FTP).

4. Construction of a digital terrestrial television broadcasting network

In the Voronezh region, the Federal Target Program is being implemented by the branch of the RTRS Voronezh Regional Broadcasting Center, and it is symbolic that it was in this anniversary year for RTRS that the construction of a digital terrestrial television broadcasting network (DTV) in the DVB-T2 standard was completed on the territory of the Voronezh region.

5. Digital TV comes to the Voronezh region

The CETV network of the Voronezh region consists of 51 digital transmitting stations. 16 existing facilities were involved, including 5 large workshops: Voronezh, Bobrov, Boguchar, Borisoglebsk and Rossosh, with a network of low-power repeaters, and 35 new facilities with antenna mast structures (AMS) with a height of 32 to 72 meters were built.

The program package (the first multiplex) includes 10 television and 3 radio programs. The coverage of the population of the Voronezh region with digital terrestrial television broadcasting is about 98%.

7. Construction of the network of the second multiplex

In addition, the construction of the second multiplex network is underway (this is another 10 television programs). Currently, the transmitters of the 2nd multiplex are installed at all facilities. The commissioning of the network of the second multiplex in full (51 transmitters) is planned to be carried out after 2018. Currently, the programs of the second multiplex are broadcast in the cities of the region: Voronezh, Rossosh, Borisoglebsk. This is more than half of the region’s population.

8. Digital TV becomes available to everyone

The region continues to broadcast television and radio programs in analogue format. Today it is 130 television and 46 radio broadcasting transmitters. The antenna-mast structures of the ORTPTs house antennas of cellular operators, the Ministry of Emergencies and other organizations. A new infrastructure has been introduced, with new capabilities, with new technologies. It allows not only to see the breakdown of each transmitter in remote access, but also to predict the failure.

9.TV will turn the life of mankind

In parallel with the development of the digital broadcasting network, the development of the analog broadcasting network continues. In 2015-2016 in n. Voronezh, Ostrogozhsk, Buturlinovka, Kalach, Liski put into operation television transmitters broadcasting the Match TV program. By the end of 2016, it is planned to commission radio transmitters in Voronezh for broadcasting Vesti FM and Radio Rossii programs in the FM band at 96,3 MHz and 95,9 MHz, respectively. The coverage of the population of the Voronezh region with analogue broadcasting is more than 98%.