Levira (broadcasting infrastructure company jointly owned by the Estonian state (51%) and French company TDF (49%).
Trial started together with EMT (telecom operator), cooperation ended on 31th of December 2008.
CONTACT
levira@levira.ee
DURATION
Began May 6, 2008
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
Trial service in advance of commercial launch. Legislative change is required in Estonia before a commercial service can be launched.
BUSINESS MODEL(S) INVESTIGATED
Free to air for the trial - Network ID based access only for EMT customers.
USERS
-
SERVICE CONTENT
Currently broadcasting 5 TV services clear-to air: ETV, ETV2, Kanal 2, Kanal 11 and Seitse.
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)
Expway and Icareus ESG (OMA BCAST)
UDCast IPE
Appear Tv (ASI over IP remux)
