Technological Progress in Television Transmitting –Efficiency and Rentability of DVB-T2 HEVC System Germany and Croatia
Keywords:
Terrestrial television; DVB-T; DVB-T2; HEVC; Germany; CroatiaAbstract
Germany and Croatia are among first European countries that have adopted the strategy of switching
from DVB-T h.264 system to DVB-T2 h.265 (HEVC) system of broadcasting for terrestrial television. The newer
h.265 system has better performance compared to previously h.264 especially in terms of efficiency of
transmitting. On a single frequency, h.265 enables much more data flow, which means more channels and/or
better quality of transmitting. This paper investigatesthe efficiency and rentability ofsuch transition and compares
Germany as s big and Croatia as a small European country. The aim of the analysis is to show the background for
such a technological change in these two countries and to compare it having in mind the difference of capacities
necessary for terrestrial transmission. This switch to the DVB-T2 HEVC system represents the classical example
of technological progress in practice, and is especially interesting in the period when other countries are setting up
strategies for the future of terrestrial television transmission
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