During the last meeting of the committee on technological development and modernization of the national economy, which was held under the leadership of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the head of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications, Igor Shegolev, said that Russia is entering a new era of digital television en masse.

The Minister said that  five regions of Russia is part of the project implemented digital terrestrial television. This is Moscow, Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg Oblast. Digital television is now working in Khabarovsk Krai, located in the Asian part of Russia near the border with China. In the words of Shegoleva, 10% of farms in this area make use of numbers.

The transition to digital broadcasting will be gradual. From the Far East and South Siberia in 2010-2011, the regions where the population is large for the approval of this project. By 2015, digital television must cover the entire country. The cost of the digital receiver is 50-80 dollars, but Shegolev file your income in a given time is from 100 to 120 dollars.

The federal program provides for the digitization of the whole operation will cost about 122.4 billion rubles, of which 76.4 million rubles from the state budget and 46 billion rubles from other sources. The largest cost incurred by the company RTRS (Russian Television and Radio Network) and the RSCC (Russian satellite communications operator.)

Composition and multiplex MPEG-4 consists of the following TV channels: Pierwyj channel Rossiya, Rossiya 2 (former Sports), K Rossiya, Rossiya 1924 (previously Vesti 24), NTV, Channel and Piatyj yunosheskij dots channels (for children and young people) based on the channel and Bibigon Telenyanya. Among radio stations, Radio Rossiya, Radio Mayak and Vesti FM. Ultimately, it will operate three muxy.

Russia notes that in terms of development of digital technology in Western Europe is far behind. Do you have in mind countries like France and the UK. At the global level, Russia is not so bad. For example, Vietnam plans to implement a digital system by 2020. South Africa initially set the target for 2011, but authorities now say that around November 2013.