AN ACT PROHIBITING AND PENALIZING UNAUTHORIZED INTERCEPTION, RECEPTION OR USE OF ANY SIGNAL OR SERVICE OVER A CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM OR CABLE INTERNET SYSTEM AND/OR NETWORK, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Last February 15, 2013, just a month away before the PCTA Convention, the Convention Organizing Committee conducted an Exhibitors’ Briefing at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. The activity was held to familiarize the exhibitors with the venue layout and with the rules and regulations that have to be followed from the organizers, venue, booth contractor, and freight forwarder.

CATV headends throughout the country are now seriously considering the addition of digital TV channels. Digital headend has the advantages of better picture clarity, multi-channel sound, as well as the potential to deliver HDTV (High Definition Television). The key factor to shift to digital is the integration of more channels which was limited in the analog spectrum to about 116 analog channels for a 750 MHz system. In Digital CATV, single analog 6 MHz bandwidth can accommodate 6 to 12 digital channels...

Coming back from a successful staging in Cebu City last year, the 21^st edition of the PCTA Convention 2013 is bound to take place this year, from March 19 – 22, once again at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City. Braise yourselves and witness extravagant exhibition from top of the line technology suppliers and content providers for cable TV combined with the finest plenary sessions that provide heads up on the theme “Digital Now”.