The Slovak regulator RU has awarded a licence to operate the country’s first DVB-T multiplex to the national transmission company Towercom.
Towercom’s current licence is valid until May 31, 2021 and its new one, for which it will be required to pay a one-off fee of €501,000, expires on September 9, 2029.
Under the terms of the new licence, Towercom will have to ensure the first multiplex covers at least 86.6% of the population by June 1, 2021, the date the company has fixed for the launch of commercial DVB-T2 services.
Channels on the multiplex will be distributed using HEVC (H.265) coding system by January 1, 2024.
