DVB-T2 Technology Entering in 23 Locations of India

New Delhi: DVB-T2 is the worlds very advanced digital terrestrial television system which supports SD, HD, UHD, Mobile TV. Recently DD India website listed a Public tender notification to be installing DVB-T2 gateway in 23 Locations in all over India. DVB-T2 is advance technology of Terrestrial service.

DVB-T2 service is very advance service, although DD already using DVB-T service for Doordarshan DD-1 and DD News channels. After installation of DVB-T2 service, Doordarshan will use this technology for Mobile TV, HD and SD TV service.

Differences with DVB-T and DVB-2 Service:

Difference	DVB-T	DVB-T2
Input	Single Transport Stream (TS)	Multiple Transport Stream  (GSE)
Mode	Constant Coding & Modulation	Variable Coding & Modulation
FEC	1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8	1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6
Modulation	QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM	QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM
Guard Interval	1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32	1/4, 19/256, 1/8, 19/128, 1/16, 1/32, 1/128

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List of DD Locations for Supply of DVB-T2 Gateway System:

North Zone:

1. Delhi (HDTV)

2. Delhi (SDTV)

3. Lucknow (SDTV)

4. Jallandhar (SDTV)

5. Srinagar (SDTV)

West Zone:

1. Mumbai (HDTV)

2. Mumbai (SDTV)

3. Ahmedabad (SDTV)

4. Bhopal (SDTV)

5. Raipur (SDTV)

6. Indore (SDTV)

7. Aurangabad (SDTV)

East Zone:

 1. Kolkata (HDTV)

2. Kolkata (SDTV)

3. Patna (SDTV)

4. Ranchi (SDTV)

5. Guwahati (SDTV)

6. Cuttack (SDTV)

South Zone:

1. Chennai (HDTV)

2. Chennai (SDTV)

3. Bangalore (SDTV)

4. Hyderabad (SDTV)

5. Trivandrum (SDTV)

Total Locations 23