Overview

Chinese Government provides RMB 157 million grant for Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast (DTMB) Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$22,043,433

Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•PakistanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PakistanSector•CommunicationsFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Feb 2, 2022

Geospatial footprint

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This project involved funding the Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Project at PTV. For more detailed information, see: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/106504861.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Pakistan

Loan description

Chinese Government provides RMB 157 million grant for Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast (DTMB) Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

On February 2, 2022, the Chinese Government and the Government of Pakistan signed an RMB 157 million grant agreement for the Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast (DTMB) Project. The purpose of the project is to facilitate the use of Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast (DTMB) technology by the Pakistani official TV channel (PTV).

Staff comments

1. One source identifies that grant commitment as $21.57 million and the grant commitment date as November 9, 2021. These discrepancies warrant further investigation. See https://www.ead.gov.pk/SiteImage/Misc/files/2024/Year-Book-2022-23.pdf