OREANDA-NEWS. July 30, 2010. Uzbekistan was one of the first countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States to start introducing digital TV broadcasting.

The transfer to digital TV started in 2007 and should complete by 2015, according to the plan.

In 2008, test zones of digital broadcasting were set up in two cities of the country – Tashkent and Bukhara,

Currently, 25 channels are broadcast in the capital, and their number will soon increase to over 40.

This year, a digital transmitted will be supplied to Samarkand, while in Tashkent their number will be increased from two to four.

Next year, digital transmitters will be mounted in four other regions of Uzbekistan.

Tashkent-based company TelMax Electronics produces special TV tuners to receive digital channels.

To date, the company produced more than 5,000 of such set-top-boxes. With growth of demand for the receivers, a new company will be launched with foreign investments to manufacture 50,000 to 60,000 receivers per year.