Mexico's transition to digital will be speeded up with government subsidies, Calderon reveals
By Angelina Mejia and Horacio Jiménez
El Universal
In his Informe sent to Congress this week, President Felipe Calderon issued a decree to advance Mexico's transition to digital television.
He said that subsidies will be provided to help digital customers buy digital receivers, devices that are responsible for transforming the current analog signal to digital. The amount of the payments was not revealed but the program is expected to extend from 2011 to 2015.
"Mexico is entering a new era that will allow everyone to have access to 21st Century technology," he said in a televised speech on Thursday.
Calderon said the transition to digital will trigger investment, democratic pluralism, competitiveness and job creation.
Experts consulted by El Universal warned that the program faces "complicated" legal, economic and operational hurdles.
