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1.2 M-top boxes delivered to set up digital TV in Argentina

Minister De Vido announced that it distriburián the first devices in the "most disadvantaged". In May will begin broadcasting in the Federal Capital and year-end 47 plants will be installed to extend the new rule to 75% of the country

The Government announced that from May will begin digital terrestrial television broadcasts free of charge and cover year-end 75% of the entire country.

The announcement was made by the Federal Planning Minister Julio De Vido, closing a forum on the new system, along with the Ministers of Science and Technology, Lino Barañao, and Education, Alberto Sileoni.

Next April 15 will begin testing the new satellite signal, it will be able to transmit to the Federal Capital in May, and in 2012 will reach across the country, according to De Vido.

The broadcasts will begin next May with a transmission plant donated by the Japanese government, which is already installed on the old public works building, which now runs the Ministry of Social Development.

As revealed by the president of the National Media, Tristan Bauer, President Cristina Kirchner decide the date of official opening of the transmissions, which could be before the Bicentennial celebration on 25 May.

De Vido said that before the end of the year "will be constructed 47-story digital TV broadcasters, which will be distributed in major cities and reach 75 percent of the population."

Source: http://www.infobae.com/tecnologia/508712-601275-0-Entregan-12-M-decodificadores-colocar-marcha-la-TV-digital-la-Argentina