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[IT] AGCOM approves new technical specifications for synthesizers/decoders receiving digital TV signals

IRIS 2016-2:1/16

Ernesto Apa, Daniel Joseph Giuliano

Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale

On 16 December 2015, the Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (Italian Communications Authority - AGCOM) by means of Resolution no. 685/15/CONS, introduced new technical specifications for the construction of receivers (decoders for the receipt of digital terrestrial TV signals). The new technical rules replace the ones set forth under Annex A to Resolution no 216/00/CONS. The new provisions will apply to set-top-boxes as well as to receivers (decoders embedded in TV sets). In particular, the adoption of new technical specifications by AGCOM in lieu of the ones adopted by means of Resolution 216/00/CONS is aimed at the inclusion of the DVB-T2 standard and MPEG4 signal compression. DVB-T2 (i) is the technological development of DVB-T and (ii) implements the efficiency of the performances of the digital terrestrial platform compared to first generation systems.

References

Delibera n. 685/15/CONS, Modifiche alla determinazione degli standard dei decodificatori e le norme per la ricezione dei programmi televisivi ad accesso condizionato di cui alla delibera n. 216/00/CONS
http://www.agcom.it/documentazione/documento?p_p_auth=fLw7zRht&p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_kidx9GUnIodu&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_101_INSTANCE_kidx9GUnIodu_struts_action=%2Fasset_publisher%2Fview_content&_101_INS
Resolution no. 685/15/CONS, amendments to determining decoders’ standards and provisions for the reception of TV programmess at conditional access

This article has been published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory.