NEC to provide digital terrestrial TV equipment for
public broadcasting services in the Philippines
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| Dino Apolonio, General Manager, People's Television Network, Inc. (Left) Elizabeth Pangan, President, NEC Philippines (right) |
Tokyo, Japan & Manila, Philippines - January 23, 2017 -
NEC Corporation
(NEC; TSE: 6701) and NEC Philippines, Inc. announced today the signing
of a contract
to provide digital terrestrial TV equipment for the People’s Television
Network, Inc. (PTNI), the public broadcasting service for the Republic
of the Philippines.
This
contract supports the expansion of digital terrestrial TV broadcasting
in the Philippines, which has been gaining momentum since November 2013,
when the country
adopted the Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting Technologies
(ISDB-T) standard.
Under
this contract, PTNI is scheduled to introduce digital terrestrial TV
transmitters and compression multiplexers across six locations* in the
Philippines by
July 2017. NEC is providing total support for the introduction of these
units, including their provision, installation, and the training of
personnel.
The
equipment that NEC is slated to provide features some of the world’s
highest levels of power efficiency, and is highly evaluated for superior
reliability in
the broadcasting field.
“NEC
is proud to be working with PTNI to expand the delivery of high quality
broadcasting to a larger audience in the Philippines,” said Elizabeth
Pangan, President,
NEC Philippines. “As part of NEC’s focus on providing Solutions for
Society, this equipment will help to ensure that broadcasting and access
to information is reliably maintained, especially during times of
emergency, such as when powerful storms strike the
region.”
NEC
began providing digital terrestrial TV transmitters for international
markets in 1998, when it provided equipment for the world's first
commercial digital terrestrial
broadcasting service in the United Kingdom. Since then, NEC has shipped
more than 4,500 transmitters to over 50 countries throughout the world.
Note:
* Manila, Baguio, Naga, Guimaras, Cebu and Davao
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