Sejumlah Wilayah di Jayapura Belum Terjangkau Siaran Digital

JAYAPURA - Siaran TV analog di Indonesia resmi mulai dimatikan pada 30 April 2022 lalu, dimana pelaksanaannya dilakukan secara bertahap. 

Kendati demikian, penerapan siaran TV digital di Papua, lebih khusus di Kota Jayapura dan sekitarnya, ternyata belum benar-benar maksimal.

Dimana pada beberapa tempat di wilayah Jayapura dan sekitarnya, masih ditemui area blank spot, hingga tak dapat mengakses siaran TV digital. Diantaranya seperti di kawasan Kelurahan Tanjung Ria, Organda serta beberapa titik lainnya.

“Memang untuk saat ini masih banyak kawasan di Kota Jayapura yang belum bisa menerima siaran digital. Tapi pemerintah secara bertahap akan terus berupaya menjangkau kawasan blank spot agar semua warga bisa mengakses siaran digital," terang Kepala Dinas Komunikasi dan Informatika (Kominfo) Papua Jeri A. Yudianto, di Jayapura, Senin (9/5/2022).

Jeri meminta warga Jayapura dan sekitarnya yang belum mendapatkan siaran TV digital untuk bersabar menunggu sampai disediakannya pemancar di area blank spot. Sebab kedepan, Kementerian Kominfo RI tengah bersiap membangun pemancar siaran TV digital untuk daerah blank spot.

"Bahkan untuk tahun ini saja, TVRI sudah mulai membangun beberapa pemancar di beberapa titik. Intinya, negara tetap akan berupaya, tetapi nanti penyelenggara Multipleksing akan memperluas jangkauan siarannya," jelas ia. 

Sementara menyoal kualitas siaran TV digital, tambah Jeri, dipastikan sudah sangat baik dan tidak kalah kualitas dengan siaran TV berbayar seperti Indihome atau Indovision. 

"Bahkan hanya cukup pakai antena dalam sebenarnya sudah bisa tangkap siaran dengan kualitas yang bagus. Tapi sekali lagi daerah yang bisa dapat TV digital itu tergantung apakah areanya bisa terjangkau siaran digital atau tidak,” tandasnya. ***

JAYAPURA - Analog TV broadcasts in Indonesia officially began to be turned off on April 30, 2022, which the implementation was carried out gradually.

Nevertheless, the implementation of digital TV broadcasts in Papua, more specifically in Jayapura City and surrounding areas, was not really optimal.

In some places in Jayapura and surrounding areas, there is still a blank spot, so it cannot access digital TV broadcasts. Among them such as in the Tanjung Ria Sub-district, Organda and several other points.

"Indeed, for now there are still many areas in Jayapura City that have not been able to receive digital broadcasts. But the government will gradually continue to try to reach the blank spot area so that all citizens can access digital broadcasts," explained Head of The Papua Communication and Informatics Department Jeri A. Yudianto, in Jayapura, Monday (05/09/2022).

Jeri asked residents of Jayapura and surrounding areas who have not received digital TV broadcasts to be patient waiting until the transmitter is provided in the blank spot area. Because in the future, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics of the Republic of Indonesia is preparing to build a digital TV broadcast transmitter for the blank spot area.

"Even for this year, TVRI has started building some transmitters at some point. In essence, the state will still work, but the Multiplexing organizers will expand the broadcast coverage," he explained.

While about the quality of digital TV broadcasts, Jeri added, it is certainly very good and not inferior in quality to pay-TV broadcasts such as Indihome or Indovision.  

"Even just using the inner antenna can actually capture broadcasts with good quality. But it depends on whether the area can afford digital broadcasts or not," he said. ***