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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

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Population 7.346.700

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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)

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Alternative Parameter | 16QAM CR 1/2

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Alternative Parameter | 16QAM CR 3/5

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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)

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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Reception Mode | Antenna size for mobile device

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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 › Standard deviation of the penetration loss 5,5 dB

• Inside a moving vehicle (e.g. car, bus, etc):10,0 dB › Vehicle Penetration loss, UHF 8,0 dB › Standard deviation of the penetration loss 2,0 dB

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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 o DVB-T/-T2 | T2 Lite o MP Q2 2014

Sony | SMT-EW300 & CXD2881GG-W o DVB-T/-T2 | T2 Lite o MP Q2 2015 | MP ? 2016

Parrot Automotive | Octopus 3 o DVB-T/-T2 | T2 Lite, DTMB, ISDB-T etc

& FM, DAB+, DRM+ o MP Q2 2015

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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 › Standard deviation of the penetration loss 0,0 dB

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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.

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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.

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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”.

o VHF 170 - 240 MHz | λ = 1,76 - 1,25 m | 3x λ = 5,22 - 3,75 m o UHF 470 - 790 MHz | λ = 0,64 - 0,38 m | 3x λ = 1,92 - 1,14 m

o UHF 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.

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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.

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Reception Mode | Different types of car antenna

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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

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Reception Mode | Passive TV antenna 16V • CUT results – elevation

• Front View Side View

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Reception Mode | Passive TV antenna 16V • Average gain vs frequency

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

o BCAST 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

o OMA 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

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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

o DVB-T2 Lite & Scrambling of L1 post signalling support is Mandatory o PLP Payload Type: MPEG-TS and/or DVB-GSE with OMA-BCAST V1.3 o FEF | 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 o 1.7, 7 & 8 MHz bandwidth in VHF band III 170 - 230/240 MHz & o 8 MHz bandwidth in UHF band IV/V 470 – 694 / 806 MHz

o HEVC: SD (576i25), qHD (540p50), HD (720p50 & 1080p50) o HE AACv2 audio codec

o CAS 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).

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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(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.

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• 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.

o 2A 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.

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• 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

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Spectrum | Allocated for TV broadcasting • 470 – 806 MHz

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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.

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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:

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Domestic Free Television Programme Services

• As August 2017

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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

1A 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.