Alexei Malinin, the deputy head ofRussia’s Ministry of Communications,
has met with Stan Baayens, the CEO
and owner of Funke Digital TV, to
discuss the advantages of the DVB-T2
standard.
In a statement issued by the ministry, it
says that Baaijens described the
experience of the company with DVB-T2.
Also discussed was the problem of
interference between digital signals
and LTE networks (if they are
employing the same frequencies) and
the possibility of pairing LTE and TV
broadcasting to mobile devices.
Following the meeting, Malinin said that the ministry received additional conformation of the
correctness of its position (in opting for DVB-T2).

(Left: Stan Baaijens, middle: Alexei Malinin: right: Ministry’s secretary)
He added that an important feature of DVB-T2 is that it gives the opportunity to provide government
services electronically
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ource: Broadband TV News, October 24, 2011 by Chris Dziadul