Levira (broadcasting infrastructure company jointly owned by
the Estonian state (51%) and French company TDF (49%).
EMT (telecom operator)
CONTACT
levira@levira.ee
DURATION
Began May 2008 - due
to run until end 2008
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
Trial service in advance
of commercial launch. Legislative change is required in Estonia
before a commercial service can be launched. The companies running
the trial hope such legislation will be put in place in 2009.
BUSINESS MODEL(S) INVESTIGATED
Free to air for the trial - Network
ID based access only for EMT customers.
USERS
-
SERVICE CONTENT
Currently broadcasting 7 TV services free-to air: ETV, Kanal
2, Kanal 11, MTV Eesti, Seitse, Eurosport and Euronews.
Star, Eurosport 2, National Geographic and Jetix shall be added
shortly.
TARIFFS / PRICING LEVELS
n/a
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
TRANSMITTERS
Sagem
NEC
BROADCAST BAND AND
FREQUENCY
UHF
506 MHz
DVB-H PARAMETERS
QPSK
CR 2/3
GI 1/16
MPE FEC 0-25%
AMOUNT OF BANDWIDTH
USED FOR DVB-H
7.8 Mbps
INTERACTIVITY PLATFORM
-
CONDITIONAL ACCESS
/ DRM TYPE AND PROVIDER
-
HEADEND EQUIPMENT
Elecard (SW based encoding
platform)
Icareus ESG (OMA BCAST)
UDCast IPE
Appear Tv (ASI over IP remux)
