China's National Radio and Television Administration to Complete Prototype of Built-in TV Set-Top Box by Year-End

TapTechNews September 27th news, at the series of theme press conferences on 'Promoting High-Quality Development' held by the Information Office of the State Council today, Zhu Yonglei, the deputy director of the National Radio and Television Administration, disclosed that the prototype development of the built-in set-top box of the TV is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

When a reporter asked at the press conference, 'May I ask what measures the Radio and Television Administration will take next to improve the audio-visual experience of users?'.

In response, Zhu Yonglei stated that in the next step, the National Radio and Television Administration will further optimize the management system and strengthen supervision and inspection in governing the 'matryoshka' charging of TV, and resolutely not allow the 'matryoshka' charging phenomenon to rebound. In the second half of the year, some regulations and systems will also be formulated, and what service standards cable TV and IPTV and Internet TV have will be announced to the whole society. The National Radio and Television Administration will also optimize the setting of the integrated film and television package of Internet TV, which is also a charging package called the integrated film and television package, so that the people can see more and richer contents.

In terms of governing the complex operation of TV, by the end of this year, the National Radio and Television Administration will complete the governance work of the complex operation of most hotel TVs in the country. Before the end of this year, the national batch deployment of the new three-mode universal remote control and the micro set-top box the size of only a USB flash drive will also be started.

The National Radio and Television Administration is also actively promoting operators and TV manufacturers to fully integrate the function of the set-top box into the TV, and integrate the set-top box and the TV. Try to complete the prototype development as soon as possible before the end of this year, so that watching TV no longer requires a set-top box.

According to the previous report of TapTechNews, the Planning and Research Institute of the Radio and Television Administration has developed a new three-mode universal remote control that can control both the TV and the set-top box at the same time, and the Radio and Television Science Research Institute of the Radio and Television Administration has also developed 8 micro set-top boxes the size of only a USB flash drive that can be hidden behind the TV.