Brazil - Technical Requirements for Conformity Assessment of Broadcasting Products

Anatel's (Brazilian Telecommunication regulating agency) Technical Regulation, which deals with the conditions for the Provision of the Sound and Image Broadcasting Service and the Television Relay Service, approved by Resolution No. 284 of 7 December 2001, describes the technical requirements that have currently been applied in the assessment of the technical conformity of products for broadcasting approved by Anatel and distributed in the national market, such as analogic TV transmitters and auxiliary broadcasting service (TV), as well as TV channel converters and audio and video modulators.

The regulation approved by this Resolution is part of the Agency's project to update the administrative procedures and technical parameters associated with the Broadcasting Services, as set forth in the Regulatory Agenda for the biennium 2017-2018.

The technical requirements applicable in the conformity assessment of broadcasting equipment assigned to that regulation, they must have their publication transcribed and updated, as appropriate, through Technical Requirements Acts approved by this competent Superintendence of Anatel, in order to allow the publication of the technical standards that guide this evaluation until the date scheduled for the repeal of the regulation on 08/10/2020. This measure aims to avoid the emergence of a regulatory gap for the determination of the evaluation requirements of these products.