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Decision on future of Dutch DTT in 2015

July 7, 2014 20.19 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The Netherlands flagThe Dutch government aims to take a decision in early 2015 on the future of the Dutch digital terrestrial television (DVB-T) services.

The current DVB-T licences will expire on January 31, 2017. Dutch public broadcaster NPO holds the licence for the free-to-air distribution of the three national public networks, while KPN holds the Digitenne licence.

Digitenne operates an encrypted service with 25 channels and a number of radio stations. The regional public broadcasters broadcast a free-to-air signal in their respective footprints. There is a total of five nationwide muxes available.

The Dutch ministry of economic affairs has now started a public consultation on the future of the DTT services in the country with the aim of reaching a decision in the first half of 2015.

DVB-T in the Netherlands uses the UHF bands IV and V (470-790 MHz), but the 700 MHz band (694-790 MHz) might be designated for mobile broadband. In that case, just three of the current five multiplexes would remain available.

All Dutch terrestrial broadcasts now use DVB-T and introduction of DVB-T2 would make all current receivers obsolete.

Earlier this year, KPN said it wants to continue the Digitenne service at least until the end of the current license.

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Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation, Terrestrial Tagged With: Digitenne, NPO, The Netherlands Edited: 9 July 2014 10:47

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Arnhem-based Robert covers the Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as IPTV, web TV, connected TV and OTT. Email Robert at rbriel@broadbandtvnews.com.

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