This document discusses financing infrastructure for digital television conversion. It outlines some key points around the production and distribution value chain. It then provides a table comparing different countries' digital conversion policies, timetables, incentives which include spectrum licenses, set top box subsidies, and satellite distribution subsidies. The table also notes household digital uptake levels and some additional comments for each country.

1. Keynote: Financing
infrastructure
STUART JACK
Partner
Nordicity Group Limited
http://www.events.cto.int/DBSFcar2012

2. Prepared by
Nordicity Group Limited - Staff Research
Presented by
Stuart Jack, Partner
August 14, 2012

4. Value chain: production to programming / broadcaster to
distribution (BDU CDN)
(http://www.marketingcharts.com/television/broadcast-value-chain-to-reach-87-billion-in-north-america-and-
western-europe-by-2012-2524/datamonitor-broadcast-value-chain-graphicjpg/)

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20. Country Digital
Conversion
Policy
Framework
Timetable Incentives:
- Spectrum/ - Set
top box subsidy/
- Satellite R&R
distribution
subsidy
Digital Uptake at
Household Level
Notes
Trinidad Yes Yes 50% (PayTV
HHS)
UK Yes Yes TV License fee,
Digital TV
Switchover Help
Scheme
90%
South Africa Yes Yes 70% of the set
top box
few thousand
house holds
Canada Yes Yes Reduce
restrictions on
advertising per
hour of broadcast
(none for
consumer)
85% very little support
for broadcasters
and consumers
alike
Australia Yes Yes Subsidized
satellite service
for R&R;
Subsidized STBs
– means test
82%
US Yes Yes Set top box
subsidy via DTV
Converter Box
Coupon Program
59% sets the
standards for
Canada &
Caribbean