Yachiyo Engineering Co. has signed an agreement to provide consultancy and assist with Public Service Media (PSM) to establish ISDB-T service in Maldives.
Yachiyo Engineering Co. also announced that engineers and architects from the company would be visiting the atolls in July, in order to begin the implementation stage of establishing the Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting Television or the Japanese ISDB-T standard of broadcasting for Public Service Media (PSM). The company revealed that the installation phase would begin in December this year.
Addressing the press Managing Director of PSM Ibrahim Khaleel said that, the Japanese government donated funds for the project after top level negotiations held between the heads of state, during President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom's visit to Japan in 2014. He expressed appreciation to the government for its numerous efforts to improve the technological standards of national TV.