Quality Assessment of Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcast in Surabaya

Abstract

Indonesia established Analog Switch-Off (ASO) in 2018 and was not fully implemented. In this study, we assessed the quality of terrestrial digital TV from end-users, which was also complemented by field measurements of CNR, SNR, and BER values. Based on the results of the assessment, shown 59% of respondents still use analog TV. The TV migration process in Indonesia has not been widely known by the public, 78% of respondents are not aware of the ASO condition, and 74% of respondents claim to have never heard of digital terrestrial TV. More than 50% of respondents of terrestrial digital TV users stated that experienced broadcast dropouts and almost 50% experienced broadcast delays. This relates to the results of field measurements based on a technology-centered approach that shows a higher bit error rate than the simulation data, blank spots at two points, and are still points that classified as low signal categories.