Zone 1 is the winner in RCTI, quiz, Trans 7, Metro TV and Indosiar. While the winner for zone 14 is Trans 7, Global TV, AFP, Metro TV and SCTV. Ministry of Communication and Information will establish 10 winners in the two zones on the 3rd May.
The winners welcomed the results of the tender digital TV. A number of TV managers expressed readiness to invest in the zone that they have acquired.
Neil Tobing, Corporate Secretary of PT Visi Media Asia Tbk (Viva Media), the holding company of the quiz and the AFP, said that investment in zone 1 and zone 14 is much more expensive than the investment in the zone before the majority are on the island of Java.
"Investing for digital TV in the Java island approximately Rp 50 billion. Meanwhile in the two zones can be many times, maybe three times as much," he told KONTAN, Sunday (28/04/2013).
Neil argued, in the two zones, Viva Media management must build the infrastructure from scratch, could not take advantage of existing infrastructure. While in Java, Viva Media can take advantage of existing infrastructure.
He said, on the island of Java, a subsidiary of the Bakrie Group has the infrastructure transmitters spread across 11 cities. However, city services to 32 cities in Java and Viva Media managers must provide at least a transmitter which amounts to half of the number of city services.
"Then in the second zone (zone 1 and zone 14), there are approximately 25 city services and infrastructure we've had in the three city services. So, we had to create a new network," said Neil.
However, in accordance with the proposal that they convey Viva Media for Digital TV selection in the second zone, Viva Media management is committed to implementing it. Related to the number of set-top box into commitment, Viva Media set up 1,200 units set-top box with the details of each zone supported 600 units set-top box. Set-top box decoder is also called, a tool which contains useful tools to manage television channels to be received, then selected according to the needs.
In addition to the zone 1 and zone 14, Viva Media Group won the tender of digital TV in zone 4 (DKI Jakarta and Banten) via Reuters, zone 5 (West Java) passing the quiz Bandung, zone 6 (Central Java and Yogyakarta) and the AFP through the zone 7 (East Java) through the quiz.
In contrast to Neil, Corporate Secretary of PT Surya Cipta Media Tbk (SCMA), manager of the television station SCTV, Hardijanto Saroso said, the investment will be spent by SCMA in zone 14, it is cheaper. "It should be cheaper, because the population is small. Amount city services that are not too broad also helped reduce costs," he said yesterday.
However SCMA management could not give details how the value of the investment required for the migration to digital TV in the Kalimantan region. What is clear, said Hardijanto, the amount is less than Rp 50 billion.
After the official government set SCTV as a winner in zone 14, the manager of SCTV was determined to build an infrastructure of digital TV. "If the existing legal umbrella, we immediately move. Was in the Kalimantan region there are 15 city services, we are committed to build 13 transmitters spread across 15 city services," he said.
For information, SCTV has spent Rp 50 billion investment fund to build a digital TV infraastruktur in zone 4 which includes Jakarta and Banten, zone 7 (East Java) and zone 14 (Riau Islands).
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