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Title
Examination of State of Art Technology in Digital Television Transmission in Ghana: Case Study of Knet Limited
Creator
E Malcalm, BAD Agyemang
Description
Digital Television Transmission (terrestrial, cable and satellite) is believed to be the way forward in television transmission, a paradigm shift from analogue television transmission. This study examined the state of art technology of digital television transmission and assessed Ghana readiness for the national switchover to the Digital Terrestrial Television platform (DTT), financial and technical challenges, and the need for Ghana to transition per International Telecommunication Union (ITU)-Geneva 2006 (GE06) agreement. To achieve these, qualitative research approach was adopted using case study since there is limited knowledge on this study by sampling (purposive and snowball) respondents to obtain data on Ghana DTT infrastructure, continuous development and transmission perspectives. The results obtained revealed Ghana has delayed significantly in transitioning from analogue to digital platform which was set for 17th June, 2015 per International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Geneva 2006 (GE06) agreement, with only 2 of the 42 transmission sites up at the time of this research, due to financial constraints, DTT project infrastructural variations (transmission mast and shelters), and unavailability of electricity to power the transmission sites. It also came to light that broadcasters could not harness the full benefits of DTT in form of reduced operational cost, signal quality, coverage etc. since most of the DTT sites are not up; intense educational campaign on digital terrestrial television broadcasting in Ghana is yet to commence and continuous development of DTT has been provided for with Ghana DTT platform being software upgradable …
Date
2018
Source
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=DA2jtasAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=DA2jtasAAAAJ:IjCSPb-OGe4C
Language
English