Vietnam’s Red River Delta Transmission Broadcasting Company (RTB) has launched a pilot broadcast digital terrestrial television (DTT) service in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi.
The service will initially provide 14 standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) channels in Hanoi, as well as in five northern cities and provinces on one frequency. A second frequency will be added by September this year.
By the end of 2016, the company’s transmission network will cover all areas in the Red River Delta.
According to a digital TV plan approved by Vietnam’s Prime Minister in 2011, five cities under the central authority will switch from analog to DTT by the end of this year.
At present, there are five companies offering DTT services in the country.
RTB had secured a charter capital of 30 billion dong (over $1.36 million) from four major shareholders, including Hanoi Television, Hanel Company Limited, Hanoi Television Development Investment JSC and Hanoi Cable Television.