The Austrian facilities company ORS comm, part of public broadcaster ORF, has said it has applied for the two new nationwide muxes Mux E and Mux D.
Telecom regulator KommAustria closed the tender for the two multiplexes on Tuesday, November 15.
ORS comm. said it will broadcast up to 30 new channels, including a number of HD channels, among them ORF eins HD, ORF2 HD, ServusTV HD and ZDF HD.
ORS has also said it plans to launch ‘innovative’ services such as Video-on-demand and catch-up TV. “We will quickly introduce the new services when we receive the licence”, said Michael Wagenhofer, managing director of ORS comm.
The current DVB-T offer includes public and private national broadcasters ORF1, ORF2, ATV, Puls4, ServusTV, 3sat, ORF3 and ORF Sport Plus, as well as a few regional stations.
After the November 15 deadline, KommAustria will decide on the issuing of the new DVB-T2 licences.
