The DPR Considers The Postponement Of Analog TV's Death Injection Is Right

JAKARTA - Member of Commission I DPR RI Golkar Party faction, Christina Aryani, appreciates the decision of the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo) to postpone the implementation of the first phase of Analog TV (analog switch off/ASO) lethal injection, which was originally scheduled for August 17.

"This is the right decision. At a time when almost all of the nation's energy is focused on efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the decision to turn off analog TV broadcasts that have a big impact on our society certainly requires very careful consideration," said Christina to reporters, Tuesday, August 10. Christina said that her party had checked the readiness of providing a set top box as a conversion tool needed for analog TV to be able to capture digital broadcasts. However, he said, in reality many stakeholders are not ready to fulfill it.

"TV is an official information channel, what will be the impact on efforts to overcome the pandemic if people's access to TV is immediately removed," he said.

"How can the government clarify the hoaxes that are rife on social media if TV as a reliable information channel is not available for some people whose areas are affected by lethal injection of analog broadcasts. Not to mention the fact that TV is the only entertainment in this PPKM period for most of our people," he continued.

From the start, said Christina, Commission I of the House of Representatives had expressed doubts about the readiness of the Ministry of Communication and Information to fully migrate to digital broadcasting.

"This delaying momentum is a good opportunity for stakeholders to carry out more massive socialization to the community in the ASO area so that they are more ready to enjoy digital broadcasts, calculate real needs and prepare set top boxes carefully and estimate the analog switch off (ASO) timeline. ) which is rational," he concluded.

Previously, the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo) would turn off all analog TV broadcasts throughout Indonesia and switch to digital TV. Less than a month away Analog Switch Off (ASO) or migration of analog TV to digital Phase 1 is complete on August 17, 2021.

The Ministry of Communication and Information Number 6 of 2021 concerning Broadcasting, states that it will gradually stop analog TV broadcasting in various regions until it completely switches to digital TV broadcasting no later than November 2, 2022. The Ministry of Communication and Information has divided it into five stages for lethal injection of analog TV. Throughout 2021, the government will stop broadcasting analog TV in two stages. The remaining three stages will be carried out in 2022.

Even though it was switched to digital TV, this transfer did not use internet access. Of course this is a concern because not all Indonesian people can reach it.

The Expert Staff for Legal Affairs of the Minister of Communication and Information, Henri Subiakto, revealed that not a few have asked the difference between analog TV and digital TV. In fact, there is something wrong with this definition of digital TV." Some think that digitizing this TV has changed to analog TV with a TV that can internet. No, there is no need (digital TV) to use the internet. There is no need to use a network that is like using internet credit, no, " said Henri, Thursday, July 29.

The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)

Tag: dpr nasional siaran tv digital kemenkominfo