TVP, POLSAT and TVN will halt operating on December 15. Published Reason

In the coming days, more specifically at night from 14 to 15 December, Poland faces a revolutionary change in tv broadcasting. However, about 250,000 Poles may be unprepared and hazard losing access to their favourite programs.

Since the mediate of December 2023, tv channels on the MUX-3 multiplex, including popular stations specified as TVP1, TVP2 and TVP Info, have switched to a more modern DVB-T2/HEVC broadcasting standard. This brings with it improved image and sound quality, but can besides origin difficulties in reception for any viewers. The standard change process will be carried out in stages. For starters, on the night of 14th to 15th December, 9 provinces in western and northern Poland will be affected, and a week later, the remaining 7 regions will be affected.

The fresh standard is already served by stations like Polsat, TVN and others. They are now joined by channels on MUX-3, specified as TVP1, TVP2 and others. Unfortunately, about 266,000 households have not yet prepared for these changes. To proceed receiving the signal, you will request a tv or a decoder according to the fresh standard. Switching a tv can be expensive, but decoders are cheaper. Persons utilizing TV cable or satellite don't gotta worry due to the fact that their decoders already support the fresh standard. The changes concern only terrestrial television.

Television Poland launched a wide-ranging information run covering the issue of 2,000 educational films with Krzysztof Ziemec. Viewers utilizing terrestrial tv must prepare for these changes, which require adequate reception equipment. It is worth checking whether you have a tv or decoder compatible with DVB-T2 and HEVC to avoid losing access to your favourite programs.

STANDARD DVB-T2/HEVC

DVB-T2 in combination with HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) coding is widely utilized worldwide due to its many advantages. DVB-T2, which is the next generation of Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DVB-T), brings a number of improvements compared to its predecessor. Increases transmission efficiency, guarantees better image quality – including support for advanced resolution images, including even ultra advanced resolution – and shows greater opposition to transmission interference.

HEVC, or H.265, is an advanced video compression standard that allows high-quality image transmission at importantly lower data transmission speeds compared to older standards specified as H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.

The combination of these 2 technologies enables more efficient usage of available broadcasting space. This makes it possible to broadcast more channels of better quality and to send content at 4K/8K resolution. This makes it an attractive option for broadcasters across the globe. Many countries in Europe, Asia and another regions have adopted or are planning to control to DVB-T2/HEVC, which is part of the global trend in digitalisation and modernisation of terrestrial tv broadcasting systems.

Ignacy Michałowski

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