The central city and neighbouring Quang Nam Province will switch off analogue signals on VTV Da Nang, VTV6 and the local Da Nang Radio and Television (DRT) from July 1. — Photo vietnamnet

DA NANG (Biz Hub) — The central city and neighbouring Quang Nam Province will switch off analogue signals on VTV Da Nang, VTV6 and the local Da Nang Radio and Television (DRT) from July 1.

They will be the first localities in the central region to stop broadcasting analogue signals.

Following a decision approved by the information and communication ministry on ‘Digitalisation programme in five central governance cities', the three channels will stop broadcasting in the city and in northern Quang Nam Province from next month, before seven analogue channels – VTV3, VTV9, VTV4 and VTV2, as well as DRT2, VTC1 and VTC9 – stop their broadcast from September 30.

The move follows the government's approval last year of a nationwide analogue-to-digital migration plan, which will see the country's television stations broadcasting all their content in the digital format by 2020.

Two years ago, DRT became the first station outside a large metropolitan area to use satellite services for live broadcasts. —VNS