Strategy of the Republic of Slovenia for the digital switchover

STRATEGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA FOR THE SWITCHOVER FROM ANALOGUE TO DIGITALBROADCASTING5 STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION5.1 Basic steps of the strategyThe strategy for the switchover to digital broadcasting must be coordinated interms of place and time, and must be adopted by all players. The Ministry ofthe Economy – Directorate for Electronic Communications – and the Post andElectronic Communications Agency of the Republic of Slovenia will beresponsible for implementation, coordination, and overseeing.The strategy includes the following key steps:1. Allocation of the right to mark the products with labels on the basis ofperformed testing, not later than January 2009.2. Simultaneous transmission of all public RTV programmes andprogrammes with national coverage, not later than January 2009.3. Official start of digital broadcasting promotion in January 2009.4. Launch of digital broadcasting on the spare part of the spectrum for allexisting programmes with national coverage, on at least twomultiplexes not later than September 2009.5. Start of programme introduction in high definition technique on theavailable spectrum part by the end of 2009.6. Start of digital broadcasting implementation for radio programmes onthe part of the spectrum envisaged for this, by the end of 2009.7. Withdrawal of analogue broadcasting of TV programmes at the latestuntil the end of 2010, unless agreement on a shorter period ofwithdrawal is reached.8. Introduction of new multiplexes for digital broadcasting on the sparepart of the spectrum with the aim of establishing 4 or 5 multiplexes forTV in standard and high definition, in 2011.9. Introduction of multiplexes for the digital broadcasting of mobiletelevision on the spare part of the spectrum, in 2011.10.Use of part of the released spectrum for broadband networks andservices, in particular with a goal to achieve additional capacities onrural areas, in 2011.5.2 Technological aspect of the switchover38