DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial) allows viewers to watch channels with better quality of sound and picture compared to analog television broadcasting.

 

Digital terrestrial television is free for the viewers. In order to receive DVB-T signal, they need to have either a TV set with a built-in DVB-T tuner or a set-top-box. The tuner (set-top-box) has to support MPEG-4, H.264 AVC format. MPEG-2 set-top-boxes could not be used for decoding of DVB-T signal in Bulgaria. 

 

DVB-T support additional services like EPG /Electronic Program Guide/ - it gives scheduling information about the current and scheduled programs that are or will be available on each TV channel.

 

By Decision № 428 / 14.11.2019 of the Communications Regulation Commission (“CRC”), VIVACOM was issued Permit № 02361 / 14.11.2019 for the use of an individually determined limited resource - radio frequency spectrum for the implementation of electronic communications. via a national terrestrial digital broadcasting electronic communications network.

 

Technical parameters of DVB-T in Bulgaria:

Standard – DVB-T

Modulation – 64QAM

Video coding – MPEG-4

Audio coding – MPEG-1 Layer II