Hong Kong | World's first commercial DVB-T2 Lite rollout.

Introduction ............................................................................ 3
DVB-T2 standard ................................................................... 8
 Selected Parameter ........................................................ 10
 Alternative Parameter ..................................................... 19
Original Network ID .............................................................. 20
Reception Mode ................................................................... 21
 Handheld portable........................................................... 23
 Moving vehicle ................................................................ 28
DVB>IP protocol................................................................... 40
PLP Payload Type “DVB-GSE” ............................................ 41
OMA Mobile Broadcast Services (OMA BCAST) ................. 45
DVB-T2 Devices | Minimum Requirements .......................... 46

Introduction | Hong Kong Mobile Television Network
• “Hong Kong Mobile Television Network Limited
(“HKMTV”) holds a Unified Carrier Licence
(No.041) for the provision of broadcast-type
mobile television services in Hong Kong
(“Licence”) on UHF channel 47 (682 MHz).
• It was the plan of HKMTV to provide its new
mobile television service through the adoption
of the Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast
(“DTMB”) transmission standard instead of
CMMB standard.
• HKMTV confirmed to CA & OFCA (after the
question in dispute was brought to the court by
way of judicial review) that it would not seek to
adopt the DTMB standard for the provision of
its mobile television service and would
continue to pursue its DVB-T2 v1.3.1 proposal.

Introduction | Hong Kong Television Network
• HKTV was considered the frontier in the television market three years ago when
it launched the station through online platform. The station won acclaim from the
public as it aired high-quality drama series such as The Election and The
Borderline.
• However, its reach was threatened by smartphones and smart TVs, making it
difficult for HKTV to compete with the dominance of TVB.
• Due to the license setback, the company focused on
the operation of an e-commerce platform which
involved huge investments. HKTV continues to build a
multimedia production centre in Tseung Kwan O until
that it can make a comeback to the TV market.
• HKTV would be able to co-exist with ViuTV, given that the latter will focus on
reality shows and infotainment programmes while HKTV would be able to focus
on drama series productions. Industry observers have claimed that in the past,
HKTV could be pursuing a wrong strategy for concentrating on drama series
productions, a segment where TVB has huge strengths.

Introduction | CA approved change to DVB-T2 standard
• Three years later, July 13th
2017, HKMTV finally cleared for mobile TV.
• HKTV is back in the broadcasting business
after Hong Kong’s independent regulator issued
an amended mobile TV license to its mobile TV
unit, HKMTV, which allows it to change its
transmission technology from CMMB to DVB-T2
Lite.
• The new transmission standard will be
implemented within 12 months upon the CA's
approval.
• It is also confirmed, by using the DVB-T2 standard with the installation of certain
technical measures specifically:
(a) digital encryption system and
(b) mobile receiving device with integrated built-in un-pluggable antenna
will enable HKMTV to provide a broadcast-type mobile TV service that complies with the
judgment of the court handed down on 29 September 2015.

Introduction | CA approved change to DVB-T2 standard
• HKMTV shall give written notification to the CA at least one month in advance
before commencing the use of the DVB-T2 standard;
• HKMTV shall encrypt all TV programme to ensure that its Mobile TV can only be
accessed by portable or mobile devices, which have been approved by the CA
for reception of the Mobile TV at moving locations (authorised equipment);
• HKMTV shall ensure the security of the encryption system of its Mobile TV and
shall have a robust, efficient and effective market monitoring and detection
scheme to detect and deny unauthorised access to its Mobile TV by any
equipment other than the authorised equipment;
• HKMTV shall be the sole supplier and distributor of all the authorised equipment
and ensure all the authorised equipment is properly labelled;
• HKMTV shall take all necessary steps to prohibit the supply, distribution and
sales of unauthorised equipment, cause the recovery of any such equipment and
disable it to prevent its use to access its Mobile TV

DVB-T2 | Standard
• The DVB-T2 standard was developed in order to increase the capacity of
terrestrial channels and accommodate high definition TV (HDTV) services.
• Although DVB-T2 primarily targets static and portable reception, it also
incorporates time interleaving in order to benefit from time diversity in mobile
scenarios. Time interleaving in DVB-T2 can be configured on a service basis
and can provide interleaving durations ranging from ms up to several seconds.
• It also allows different tradeoffs in terms of time diversity, latency and power
saving by means of inter-frame interleaving, sub-slicing and frame hopping.
• In addition, DVB-T2 incorporates advanced transmission technologies such as
low density parity check (LDPC) codes, rotated constellations or multiple-input
single-output (MISO).
• DVB-T2 also introduces the concept of physical layer pipes (PLPs) to enable
service specific robustness. By means of multiple PLPs it is possible to
accommodate multiple use cases, i.e. static, portable and mobile, in the same
frequency channel.

DVB-T2 | T2 Lite profile
• Version 1.3.1 of the DVB-T2 specification document introduced a T2-Lite profile.
• This profile is intended to allow simpler
receiver implementations for very low capacity
applications such as mobile broadcasting,
although it may also be received by
conventional stationary receivers.
• T2-Lite is based on a limited sub-set of the
modes of the T2-base profile, and by avoiding
modes which require the most complexity and
memory, allows much more efficient receiver
designs to be used.
• The chip size required for a T2-Lite demodulator is about 50 percent of that of a
DVB-T2 demodulator, which makes it ideal for small mobile devices.
• However, there is not and will not be developed some pure T2 Lite chip, so it
makes no sense signalled that the signal is T2 Lite profile as it will result in a
halving of the Time Interleaving length.

Selected Parameter | 8K ext, GI 1/8, PP2, Short LDCP
• Note that HKMTV DVB-T2 mux is signalled as T2 Base to get full time
interleaving length, even though all DVB-T2 parameters are T2 Lite compatible.

Selected Parameter | QPSK, CR 1/2 (aka 4/9)
2,2
3,1
4,1
6,2
7,4
8,7
7,3
8,2
9,0
11,7
13,2
14,9
11,6
12,5
13,1
3,9
4,8
5,3
7,3
8,1
8,9
7,9
9,6
10,7
14,6
16,2
17,9
11,9
14,4
16,0
0,0
2,0
4,0
6,0
8,0
10,0
12,0
14,0
16,0
18,0
20,0
QPSK 1/3 QPSK 2/5 QPSK 1/2 QPSK 3/5 QPSK 2/3 QPSK 3/4 16QAM 1/3 16QAM 2/5 16QAM 1/2 16QAM 3/5 16QAM 2/3 16QAM 3/4 64QAM 1/3 64QAM 2/5 64QAM 1/2
C/N Rayleigh (dB) Netto bitrate (Mbps)

Selected Parameter | QPSK, CR 1/2 - Option A (3 PLP)

Selected Parameter | QPSK, CR 1/2 - Option B1
(2 PLP)

Selected Parameter | QPSK, CR 1/2 - Option B2
(2 PLP)

Selected Parameter | PLP Type 2
• PLP type 2 (Sub-slicing) contains several
slices to carry the actual data.
• Multiple sub-slices per T2 frames increasing
time diversity and then providing better
robustness for mobile services.
• The number of sub-slices should be as large
as possible.
List of available number of sub-slices for different
constellations and FEC block sizes for LDCP 16K.

Selected Parameter | Sub-slicing & intra-frame interleaving
• The difference between an intra-frame
interleaving duration of 10 ms and 250
ms is approximately 3.5 dB in the case
of 10 Hz of Doppler and 2.5 dB in the
case of 80 Hz.
• These results represent a very
significant gain, and justify the need of
sub-slicing in mobile scenarios.
• CNR at BB FER 1% for interleaving durations ranging from 10 ms to 250 ms.
Note, it is not possible to achieve interleaving durations higher than 50 ms (with
218
cells of TI memory) without the use of sub-slicing.
Doppler frequencies of 10 Hz and 80 Hz with a carrier frequency of 600 MHz, which
correspond to user velocities of 18 km/h and 144 km/h respectively.

Alternative Parameter | 16QAM, CR 1/2 (aka 4/9) or 3/5
2,2
3,1
4,1
6,2
7,4
8,7
7,3
8,2
9,0
11,7
13,2
14,9
11,6
12,5
13,1
3,9
4,8
5,3
7,3
8,1
8,9
7,9
9,6
10,7
14,6
16,2
17,9
11,9
14,4
16,0
0,0
2,0
4,0
6,0
8,0
10,0
12,0
14,0
16,0
18,0
20,0
QPSK 1/3 QPSK 2/5 QPSK 1/2 QPSK 3/5 QPSK 2/3 QPSK 3/4 16QAM 1/3 16QAM 2/5 16QAM 1/2 16QAM 3/5 16QAM 2/3 16QAM 3/4 64QAM 1/3 64QAM 2/5 64QAM 1/2
C/N Rayleigh (dB) Netto bitrate (Mbps)

Alternative Parameter | 16QAM CR 1/2

Alternative Parameter | 16QAM CR 3/5

Original Network ID & LCN
• In areas where there are multiple original networks (Original Network IDs), the
DVB-T2 device shall first sort/list all services from Hong Kong (Original Network
ID = 8536), before sorting/listing the next original network.
DTT Network Original_Network_ID Network_ID Country code
Hong Kong 8536 (0x2158) NA 344
• Within DVB’s SI code allocation (ETR162), there is normally an un-written code of
practise for digital terrestrial networks that the original network id has been
allocated by the DVB office to the value of 0x2000 plus the country’s ISO 3166
Country code value.
• This is true for all countries, except three countries DTT network: Swedish DTT
(0x22F1), Hungarian DTT (0x22C7) & Portugal DTT (0x22C8)

Reception Mode | Urban at UHF channel 47 (682 MHz)

Reception Mode | Antenna gain & feeder loss
• Antenna gain in dBd for the different reception modes
Band III Bands IV/V Reception Mode
Rooftop antenna
& feeder loss
7
-2
11
-4
Fixed rooftop
Adapted antenna -2.2 0
Portable Class A and B Mobile
Handheld mobile vehicular Class H-C
External antenna
(eg telescopic or
wired headsets)
-13 -5.5
Handheld portable outdoor Class H-A
Handheld portable indoor Class H-B
Handheld mobile reception H-D
Integrated
antenna -17 -9.5
Handheld portable outdoor Class H-A
Handheld portable indoor Class H-B
Handheld mobile reception H-D
Source: EBU TECH 3348 | Frequency and Network Planning Aspects of DVB-T2

Reception Mode | Handheld portable reception
Outdoor (Class H-A) & indoor (Class H-B) reception
• Handheld portable reception is defined as the
 reception at rest (stationary reception) or
 at very low speed (walking speed).
Handheld portable reception will, in practice, take
place under a great variety of conditions (outdoor,
indoor, ground floor and upper floors). In addition, the
hand held receiver will probably be moved (at walking
speed) while being viewed.
With integrated or external antenna (for example
telescopic or wired headsets) and at no less than
1.5m above ground level.
Inside a moving vehicle (Class H-D) e.g. car & bus
• at higher speed without connexion to the external
antenna of the vehicle.

Reception Mode | Handheld portable one-chip solution
• Sony SMT-EW100 (Mass production Q2 2015) | Siano SMS4430
• With low power consumption ~ 180 mW. Especially designed to be incorporated in
the mobile devices
• Support DVB-T/-T2, T2 Lite & IDSB-T standards
Small silicon footprint ~ 7 x 7 mm

Reception Mode | New antenna design for mobile device
• Headphone Cable Antenna
› Ideal antenna pattern for mobile device
› Near isotropic directivity, polarization free
› Perfect for digital radio listening

Reception Mode | Antenna size for mobile device

Reception Mode | Handheld portable
Class H-A | Class H-B | Class H-D
› Receiver noise figure 6,0 dB
› Standard deviation 5,5 dB
› Antenna gain relative to half dipole -5,5 dB External antenna
Eg. headphone
• Outdoor: 0,0 dB
› Building Penetration loss 0,0 dB
› Standard deviation of the penetration loss 0,0 dB
• Indoor: 16,5 dB
› Building Penetration loss, UHF 11,0 dB
• Inside a moving vehicle (e.g. car, bus, etc):10,0 dB
› Vehicle Penetration loss, UHF 8,0 dB

Reception Mode | Moving vehicle Diversity-2 /-4 chip
• Supports 2-way or up to 4-way MRC diversity include dynamic background scan
across various broadcasting standards.
•
SIANO | SMS4470
oDVB-T/-T2 | T2 Lite
oMP Q2 2014
Sony | SMT-EW300 & CXD2881GG-W
oDVB-T/-T2 | T2 Lite
oMP Q2 2015 | MP ? 2016
Parrot Automotive | Octopus 3
oDVB-T/-T2 | T2 Lite, DTMB, ISDB-T etc
& FM, DAB+, DRM+
oMP Q2 2015

Reception Mode | Moving vehicle
Class H-C
› Receiver noise figure 6,0 dB
› Standard deviation 5,5 dB
› Antenna gain relative to half dipole 0,0 dB external antenna
› Diversity-2 gain 3,0 dB of the vehicle
• External antenna of the vehicle 0,0 dB
› Vehicle Penetration loss 0,0 dB

Reception Mode | MRC diversity
• MRC Diversity increases sensitivity that could triple the coverage area and
offers better indoor reception. It also improves Doppler Effect handling
(reception at higher speed).
• It is especially useful where robust reception can be very difficult to achieve.

Reception Mode | MRC diversity
• According to Parrot Automotive, a two-antenna MRC system can achieve a
sensitivity improvement (increase in SNR) of up to 3 to 8 dB.
› If channels are fully correlated the sensitivity gain is always equal to 3 dB.
› If channels are fully uncorrelated, then the sensitivity gain in the car will be at
the order of ~4½ - 6 dB for time interleaver standards as DVB-T2.

Reception Mode | Where to place diversity car antennas
• The main requirement is that antennas used for diversity reception must be
mutually decoupled, meaning that one antenna shall not receive the identical
signal than the other, better to receive a different phase or a different
component of the signal. Only then the fragments can be assembled to a better
signal.
• To achieve this, different antennas shall be placed at least 3 wavelength (λ)
apart, so that signal can be received at the different time and different phase.
This method is known as “spatial diversity”.
oVHF 170 - 240 MHz | λ = 1,76 - 1,25 m | 3x λ = 5,22 - 3,75 m
oUHF 470 - 790 MHz | λ = 0,64 - 0,38 m | 3x λ = 1,92 - 1,14 m
oUHF channel 47 (682 MHz) | λ = 0,44 m | 3x λ = 1,32 m
• If there is not enough space for a large gap between antennas, an alternative is
to receive different phase components, which is known as “phase diversity”.
• In a premium vehicle, diversity reception for FM or TV is achieved with a
combination of phase and spatial diversity.

Reception Mode | Omni-directional Antenna Pattern
• Omnidirectional antennas with different gains are used to improve reception and
transmission in certain types of terrain.
• A 0 dBd gain antenna radiates more energy higher in the vertical plane to reach
radio communication sites that are located in higher places. Therefore they are
more useful metropolitan areas with tall buildings and in mountainous.
• A 3 dBd gain antenna is the compromise in suburban and general settings.
• A 5 dBd gain antenna radiates more
energy toward the horizon compared to
the 0 and 3 dBd antennas to reach radio
communication sites that are further apart
and less obstructed. Therefore they are
best used in deserts, plains, flatlands, and
open farm areas.

Reception Mode | Different types of car antenna

Reception Mode | Passive TV antenna 16V
• Antenna under test has been measured fixed on a rounded ground
plane of 1 m of diameter.
• Due to the measurement system configuration, it is not possible to
measure dipole antenna; a comparison can be done with a
theorical/simulated dipole centered at 682 MHz

• CUT results – elevation
• Front View Side View

• Average gain vs frequency

Reception Mode | On Glass antenna
• Asuka-Mobile TDTV-20U

Technology & Feature | DVB>IP protocol
• DVB>IP aka SAT>IP is a “new” IP-based architecture for receiving
and distributing satellite cable and/or terrestrial signals.
• With DVB>IP, the DVB-T2 RF signals are demodulated and converted towards
IP right at the point of reception in a DVB>IP server. Effectively DVB>IP servers
remove the DVB-T2 layer and replace it with an IP transport layer.

Technology & Feature | PLP Payload Type “DVB-GSE”
• Generic Stream Encapsulation (DVB-GSE) protocol (ETSI TS 102 606)
conceptually is at the same level as the MPEG Transport Stream, offering an
alternative means of carrying whatever audio, video and data is being
broadcast.
• DVB-GSE, allowing the native carriage of IP with a significant reduction in the
overhead required by a factor of 2 to 3 with respect to Multi-Protocol
Encapsulation (DVB-MPE) over MPEG-TS.

Technology & Feature | PLP Payload Type “DVB-GSE-Lite”
• To reduce the memory and processing requirements at both the transmitter and
the receiver, the DVB-GSE-Lite profile has therefore been conceived to provide
a simple yet completely functional sub-set of DVB-GSE.
• The DVB-GSE-Lite profile (ETSI TS 102 606-1) has been designed with IP
traffic in mind, but it retains many of the generic features of the full GSE profile.
• As shown in the diagram, the DVB-GSE-Lite profile defines restrictions on five
parameters of the GSE protocol. The cap on the PDU and GSE packet sizes,
together with the two fragmentation restrictions, leads to a reduction of the
memory footprint to some 7.2 Kbyte.

Technology & Feature | PLP Payload Type “DVB-GSE”
• In deployments where enhanced interactivity is desired, the uni-directional
broadcast link may be complemented by an additional interaction channel.
• An example use-case employing an Internet service provided by an ISP over a
DSL connection is shown below

Technology & Feature | OMA Mobile Broadcast Services
• OMA Mobile Broadcast Services (OMA-BCAST) is broadcast platform-agnostic
and an open global specification for mobile TV and on-demand video services
that can be adapted to any IP based mobile delivery technology.
• OMA-BCAST specifies a variety of features including content delivery protocols
for streaming, service and content purchase and protection, terminal and service
provisioning (e.g. firmware updates), interactivity, notifications, etc.
• OMA-BCAST specifies separate set of specifications for the different physical
layer bearers, such as 3GPP, DVB-H, and now DVB-T2 | T2 Lite & DVB-NGH.
oBCAST Distribution System Adaptation – over DVB-NGH & DVB-T2 | T2 Lite
Approved Version 1.3 – 31st
January 2017
OMA-TS-BCAST_DVB_NGH_Adaptation-V1_3-20170131-A
oOMA DRM v2.0 Extensions for Broadcast Support
Approved Version 1.3 – 31st
January 2017
OMA-TS-DRM_XBS-V1_3-20170131-A
www.openmobilealliance.org/release/BCAST/V1_3-20170131-A

DVB-T2 Devices | Minimum Requirements
• The device shall generally comply with the specifications of the DVB-T2 standard
ETSI EN 302 755 v1.4.1 (2015-02) or subsequent releases
oDVB-T2 Lite & Scrambling of L1 post signalling support is Mandatory
oPLP Payload Type: MPEG-TS and/or DVB-GSE with OMA-BCAST V1.3
oFEF | DTT receiver does not require to demodulate or decode content of FEF
parts and auxiliary streams but the existence of FEF and or auxiliary streams
shall not cause the Receiver to malfunction.
• The device shall support
o1.7, 7 & 8 MHz bandwidth in VHF band III 170 - 230/240 MHz &
o8 MHz bandwidth in UHF band IV/V 470 – 694 / 806 MHz
oHEVC: SD (576i25), qHD (540p50), HD (720p50 & 1080p50)
oHE AACv2 audio codec
oCAS and/or OMA DRM v2.0
• If the DVB-T2 device supports broadband network connectivity, it shall support
HbbTV version 2.0.1 as specified in ETSI TS 102 796 V1.4.1 (2016-08).

DVB-T2 Devices | Service Type
• The service_type field is present within both the service_descriptor and
service_list_descriptor and is used to specify the type of a service.
• The intention of this field is to allow the service provider to describe the nature
of the service and can be used to group services into dedicated service lists for
presentation to the viewer, e.g. separate television and radio lists.
service_type Description
0x0A advanced codec digital radio sound service
0x16 H.264/AVC SD digital television service
0x19 H.264/AVC HD digital television service
0x1F HEVC digital television service
ETSI EN 300 468 V1.15.1 (2016-03) Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB);
Specification for Service Information (SI) in DVB systems

DVB-T2 Devices | HEVC video codec
• HEVC HDTV IRDs is capable of decoding pictures with luminance resolutions
shown in below table and to reconstruct the image size to be displayed at full-
screen size.
• According the requirements for 50 Hz HEVC HDTV 8-bit devices as defined in
ETSI TS 101 154 v2.1.1
• The new "SD" format aka 540q50 is today mandatory for eg. German DVB-T2
HEVC IRD boxes according to Minimum Requirements for DVB-T2 Devices in
Germany.

DVB-T2 Devices | qHD - New SD broadcast format
• qHD is a display resolution of 960x540 pixels, which is exactly one quarter of a
Full HD (1080p) frame, in a 16:9 aspect ratio.
• 540p50 is a new “SD” progressive scan format, 50 Frames per second.

DVB-T2 Devices | Sound quality
• DVB-T2 as well as DAB+, DRM+, CDR uses HE AACv2
audio codec
With original encoded program material:
• Acceptable quality stereo sound at 24 – 32 kbps.
• Good "FM-like" sound at 64 kbps or higher.
(64 kbps sets the lower limit of audio quality on the speech
by HE-AAC).
• Transparent high quality stereo sound at 128 kbps.
• The maximum bit rate of the encoded audio shall not exceed
192 kbps for a stereo pair.

HKMTV | HKTV buy mobile TV Licence
• In a decision issued on 3 January 2014, Hong Kong’s Communications
Authority has permitted broadcaster Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV) to
purchase the mobile TV business of China Mobile Hong Kong without any
further investigation, on the basis of its assessment that the acquisition does not
have significant competitive consequences.
• On 20 December 2013 HKTV said it completed the acquisition of 100% equity
interest in the Chinese-backed cellco’s mobile TV spectrum licence holding unit
– named China Mobile Hong Kong Corporation Limited (CMHKC) – for a price
of HKD142.2 million (USD18.3 million).
• HKTV made an announcement that it would launch over-the-top (OTT) and
mobile TV services alongside the deal to purchase – through its wholly-owned
subsidiary Talent Ascent Limited (TAL) – 100% of CMHKC from its mobile
network operating parent China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited.
• CMHKC holds one frequency multiplex of 8MHz (678MHz-686MHz) in the UHF
band for the provision of broadcast-type mobile TV services, under a Unified
Class Licence which expires on 30 August 2025.

HKMTV | Framework for Development of
Broadcast-type Mobile TV Services in Hong Kong
(A) Spectrum Availability
• The following frequency multiplex (i.e., a frequency channel for digital
transmission) in the relevant band of frequency spectrum should be released for
the introduction of broadcast-type mobile TV services in Hong Kong:
• One frequency multiplex of 8MHz (678 - 686MHz, also known as Channel No.
47) in UHF Band.
(B) Spectrum Allocation
• The spectrum to be released in (A) above should be allocated primarily for
development of broadcast-type mobile TV services. While at least 75% of the
transmission capacity should be used to provide mobile TV services, the
operator may harness the remaining capacity of the UHF Band multiplex
allocated for delivery of other services such as datacasting.
• To allow further flexibility, the mandatory percentage of transmission capacity
dedicated for mobile TV services will be subject to review by OFTA within five
years from the assignment of the frequency multiplex to the successful bidders.

(C) Spectrum Assignment
• The spectrum to be released primarily for mobile TV services in (A) above
should be assigned through auction with a pre-qualification process. The
spectrum utilisation fee should be determined by auction. Subject to (F) below,
bidders should propose obligations to roll out mobile TV services taking into
account their deployment plan of the relevant mobile TV transmission
technology. Such milestones will be tied with performance bond at an
appropriate amount to be imposed on the successful bidder.
(D) Licensing Arrangements
• Under the Telecommunications Ordinance (TO) (Cap. 106), an operator of the
network used to transmit mobile TV services via the assigned spectrum is
required to obtain a unified carrier licence.
• In case that the successful bidder rents out its transmission capacity to another
mobile TV service provider, the latter is required to obtain a services-based
operator licence for the provision of mobile TV services and other permitted
telecommunications services to the public.

• Regarding the regulation of mobile TV programming, the content of mobile TV,
either local broadcast-type or streaming-type, should be subject to regulation by
general laws but not the Broadcasting Ordinance (Cap. 562)2
.
o2
A provider of mobile TV services that are not primarily targeting Hong Kong
will need a non-domestic television programme service licence under the BO.
• To enable self-regulation, the industry will be required to develop codes of
practice on provision of mobile TV services before service commencement. The
codes should include, among others, the requirement of conditional access with
a view to protecting public morals and children.
(F) Geographical Coverage
• As prospective mobile TV service operators will be able to set up transmitting
stations by sharing the hilltop broadcasting sites and facilities of terrestrial
television broadcasters, provision of coverage for 50% of the population within
18 months from the grant of the unified carrier licence should be set out as a
licence obligation for the operators.

• Coverage in tunnels as well as the mass transit railway network will not be
mandatory. Mobile TV service operator may negotiate with the railway company
and tunnel operators for coverage based on commercial consideration.
(G) Technical Standards
• We should adopt a market-led and technology-neutral approach by leaving the
market to select the technical standards for broadcast-type mobile TV services.
(H) Timetable
• We aim to auction the frequency spectrum and license local broadcast-type
mobile TV services within 2010.
Communications and Technology Branch,
Commerce and Economic Development Bureau
February 2010

Spectrum | Allocated for TV broadcasting
• 470 – 806 MHz

Spectrum | Analogue Switching Off by 2020
• The Hong Kong government will review in
2017-2018 the Communications Authority’s
working target of switching off analogue
terrestrial TV service by 2020, with a view to
making available the spectrum in the 700 MHz
band for mobile services - the so-called digital
dividend.

Spectrum | OFCA Spectrum Release Plan for 2017–2019
• As part of the implementation of the Radio Spectrum Policy Framework
announced by the Government in April 2007, the Communications Authority
(“CA”) will publish a spectrum release plan (“SRP”) to inform the industry of the
potential supply of radio spectrum through an open bidding or tendering process
for the following three years.
February 21st
2017:

Domestic Free Television Programme Services
• As August 2017

Statistics
Television Broadcasting Services Quantity
Total television programme service licences (Jan 2017) 47
- Domestic free television programme service licences (Feb 2017) (Note 1) 3
- Domestic pay television programme service licences (Feb 2017) 3
- Non-domestic television programme service licences (Feb 2017) 15
- Other licensable television programme service licences (Feb 2017) 24
Digital Terrestrial Television take-up rate (Dec 2015) ~85%
Penetration of licensed analogue domestic free television services (Jan 2017) 99%
Penetration of licensed domestic pay television services (Dec 2016) >90%
Total TV audience (aged 4 or above) (Nielsen, January 2017) 6.499.000
Total TV households (Nielsen, January 2017) 2.463.000
Total number of subscribers of licensed domestic pay television services (Dec 2016) 2.262.833
1
A new domestic “cable TV” free television programme service licence was granted on 31 May
2016 to “Fantastic Television Ltd”. Its service has commence by 30 May 2017.

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Hong Kong | World's first commercial DVB-T2 Lite rollout.