RTB To Broadcast 2008 Beijing Olympics Live
By Ben Ng

Bandar Seri Begawan - Viewers are bound to watch the 2008 Beijing Olympics live on television as Radio Television Brunei (RTB) is set to start broadcasting digitally in Brunei.

The "digital plan", which officials predict will be ready in August, has been in motion since the turn of the century and will be RTB's future broadcasting system, allowing RTB to keep up with the world's rapid advancement in technology, media and information in particular.

"From the technical aspects, the spectrum usage will be more efficient with digital as compared to our current analogue system," RTB Acting Director Hj Osman Hj Mohammad told reporters yesterday.

"In other countries, regulators prefer the digital system because they can use the (digital) spectrum for other uses," he said.

For example, he said, with digital TV one could broadcast multiple channels using just one spectrum — something an analogue system is incapable of doing.

"It will also enable us to broadcast in high definition, and also allow us to provide interactive television, such as recording your favourite shows," the Acting Director said.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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