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Although the Faroe Islands are strongly linked to Denmark they have overtaken their parent with the early introduction of Digital Terrestrial Television.

The first service was switched on during December 2002 by Televarpio who now Broadcast from five transmitter sites, providing DTT coverage to 2/3 of the Faroe Islands. Two more transmitter sites will be added later.

It is reported that Televarpio have four multiplexes in operation which with time sharing broadcast 24 TV channels across the Islands.

The information provided comes from several sources and whilst DVB believe it to be correct we cannot guarantee its accuracy.
If you have more up to date information or corrections please send them to dvb@dvb.org
Last update: Barry Tew, 21st January 2004.

General  
Pilot trial mid 2002
Soft launch December 2002
Full launch April 2003
Analogue switch off most December 2002. 1 ch. remains
   
Data  
Population 46.5 thousand (2003)
TV households 15 thousand (2003)
   
DVB-T Parameters  
Number of multiplexes 4
Operational band UHF
Carrier type 8k
Guard 1/8
FEC 3/4
Modulation 64QAM
Reception model replacement for analogue
MFN or SFN MFN
Max. transmitter ERP 400 Watts
Channel bandwidth 8MHz
   
Source Cesar Rios
More info.  http://www.faroesetele.com/

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