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MANILA, Philippines — On Wednesday, Acting Presidential Spokesperson Martin Andanar reiterated his full support for efforts to achieve a digital television transition by 2023.

He told a press conference at the Palace that it is past time for the Philippines to transition to digital television because it is already trailing behind its neighbors.

“Kung tatanungin mo ako as a broadcaster, aba’y dapat lang ituloy natin iyong pag-digitalize ng ating transmission dahil napag-iiwanan na tayo ng ating mga neighboring countries (If you ask me as a broadcaster, I think we should just keep digitizing our transmission because we’re behind our neighboring countries),” said Andanar, who is (PCOO).

If the country succeeds in moving to digital TV by next year, he hopes that government media, like Japan’s state-controlled public broadcaster NHK, will eventually adopt “emergency broadcasting.”

“Kung mayroon tayong digital broadcasting, ito’y magagamit natin for emergency broadcast tulad ng mga state-of-the-art television networks like NHK sa Japan,” he continued.

Meanwhile, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is the principal agency in charge of digitalization activities, according to Andanar.

“Ang katuwang natin na siya talagang namamahala at siyang sinusunod ng JICA [Japan International Cooperation Agency] doon po sa Japan ay ang DICT,” he said.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has sent an expert to the National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) to assist local specialists in the development and implementation of digital television and related government initiatives.

In 2013, the Philippines became the first country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to adopt the Japanese digital television standard, known as Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T).

The DICT launched its Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting (DTTB) migration plan four years later, with the goal of reaching 95 percent of all households with digital television.

The transition from analog to digital corresponds to the country’s evolving communication systems.

In 2018, the Philippines and Japan partnered to digitalize state-run People’s Television 4 (PTV4) in a ceremonial switch-on, transforming it from analog to entirely digital.

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