Analog television broadcasting is gradually being switched off in the Vitebsk region
Readers continue to ask many questions about the shutdown of analog television and the transition to digital. For clarification, we turned to the Vitebsk Regional Radio Broadcasting and Television Center – a branch of RUP "Belarusian Television and Radio Broadcasting Center".
As explained there, in accordance with the
"State Program for the Implementation of Digital Television and Radio Broadcasting in the Republic of Belarus until 2015" the transition to digital terrestrial television broadcasting is being carried out. According to the schedule for the phased shutdown of analog broadcasting, the broadcasting of state analog television programs is ceasing in Belarus:"
Belarus 1" (22 TVK), "Belarus 2" (25 TVK), STV (42 TVK), ONT (59 TVK) - from March 10, 2015, from the radio and television transmitting station in Osveya, Verkhnedvinsk district;"
NTV-Belarus» (26 TVK), «Belarus 2» (28 TVK), STV (36 TVK) - from April 1, 2015, from the radio and television transmitting station in Ostrovents, Ushachsky district;«
Belarus 1» (23 TVK), «Belarus 2» (37 TVK) - from May 15, 2015, from the radio and television transmitting station in Krasnoseltsy, Braslavsky district;«
Belarus 1» (33 TVK) - from May 15, 2015, from the radio and television transmitting station in Bychiha, Gorodoksky district;«
NTV-Belarus» (6 TVK), ONT (12 TVK) - from June 16, 2015, from the radio and television transmitting station in Krasnoseltsy, Braslavsky district;«
Belarus 1» (9 TVK), ONT (12 TVK) - from June 16, 2015, from the radio and television transmitting station in Ostrovents, Ushachsky district;ONT (12 TVK),
«RTR-Belarus» (8 TVK), TRK «Vitebsk» (6 TVK) - from June 16, 2015, from the radio and television transmitting station in Vitebsk;«
Belarus 1" (10 TVK) - since June 16, 2015, from the radio and television broadcasting station in Liozno.Currently, depending on the location and terrain, confident terrestrial reception of a digital program package is possible in the region:
"Belarus 1", "Belarus 2", "Belarus 3", "ONT", "STV", "RTR-Belarus", "NTV-Belarus", "MIR".Digital transmitters broadcasting the digital package of television programs are located at radio and television broadcasting stations in:
Vitebsk - 43 TVK (650 MHz); Liozno - 43 TVK (650 MHz); Bychiha, Gorodok district - 43 TVK (650 MHz); Lyalyevshchina, Gorodok district - 43 TVK (650 MHz); Ostroventse, Ushachi district - 40 TVK (626 MHz); Vargany, Dokshitsy district - 40 TVK (626 MHz); Bogdanovo, Chashniki district - 40 TVK (626 MHz); Begoml, Dokshitsy district - 40 TVK (626 MHz); Osveya, Verkhnedvinsk district - 33 TVK (570 MHz); Gorakh, Rossonsky district - 33 TVK (570 MHz); Krasnoseltsy, Braslav district - 43 TVK (650 MHz); Sharkovshchina - 43 TVK (650 MHz); Dolginovo, Miory district - 43 TVK (650 MHz); Senno - 25 TVK (506 MHz); Obukhovo, Orsha district - 25 TVK (506 MHz); Ozertsy, Tolochin district - 25 TVK (506 MHz).
After 05/15/2015: Mishnevichi, Shumilino district - 33 TVK (570 MHz); Strubki, Polotsk district - 33 TVK (570 MHz).
To receive terrestrial digital television broadcasting, you must first purchase a digital television set-top box from a retail store that supports the DVB-T standard and MPEG-4 encoding (compression) format, which connects to a regular TV, or a digital television receiver (TV) that supports the DVB-T standard and MPEG-4 encoding (compression) format.
Then, install an individual receiving television antenna for the decimeter wave range (470-862 MHz) with horizontal polarization and orient it towards the nearest radio and television transmitting station. For remote areas, it is recommended to install the antenna at a height of at least 10 m.
You can tune the digital television receiver (TV) or set-top box according to the user manual to the frequency of the digital transmitter of the nearest radio and television transmitting station.
For questions regarding the reception of digital television broadcasting, please contact the free information service by calling the short number 172 from a landline phone or at the address: Vitebsk, Stroiteley Ave. 3b, tel. 8-(0212)-27-22-53.
Detailed information on the development of terrestrial digital television and the organization of terrestrial reception of digital format TV programs can be found on the website of RUE "BRTPC"
Ales Byньkov, "Vitebskie vesti"