“The digital dividend will amount to 250 million” – Diario de Sevilla

"The digital dividend will amount to 250 million" – Diario de Sevilla

The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism faces this fall migration process multichannel DTT to another frequency range to clear part of the radio spectrum, the so-called digital dividend companies winning telephony competition. The owner José Manuel Soria shelled the details of this transition to be completed by January 1.

How will be the migration of channels

That’s what will be included in the technical design of the digital dividend. Is that those who are Freeview channels now broadcast on 800 Mhz band have to migrate to the unreleased part of the spectrum. It will turn a space for 8 channels, three public, two of TVE and one regional and five private television. Competition will come to four HD and one standard definition.

How much money is expected from this contest TV?

I have no idea. The Government hopes that the contest is a distribution out of the spectrum that is most beneficial as possible for citizens to consumers.

‘The digital dividend must be before 1 January 2015 Will give time?

All this is accompanied by a comprehensive communication plan to develop between September and December so that all the TV channels that are affected by the digital dividend, which are not all they will be simulcast for citizens to continue viewing. The period from September to December is just for those affected reantenizar.

Do they have calculated the investment required to make these changes?

the digital dividend ‘The plan was planned and done by the previous government, at the end of 2011, affecting 15 million homes and the amount was 800 million euros. With this plan there are about 5 million homes least affected, so they will be 10 million, and the amount of any change will be around for about 250 million euros.

Who brings this money?

That is one thing to determine the technical design of the digital dividend and will go down in the Royal Decree.

-¿La reantenización could be paid with the proceeds of the contest?

That is something that will have to be included in the technical plan. At this point I can not say because it is not a decision that is taken by the Government.