Hungary issues call for DTT tenders


The Hungarian National Telecommunications Authority (NHH) has issued a call to tender for five DVB-T and one T-DAB multiplexes for a 12year period.
The results of the tender will be announced in the summer, with the winners of the first two TV and one radio multiplex licences expected to start broadcasting by the end of the year.
The third DVB-T multiplex will have space allocated for mobile TV services, while the remaining two will be introduced following analogue switch off.
The tender will not be open to analogue TV broadcasters with over 300,000 subscribers, and the deadline for bids is April 24.
Source: Broadband TV News
Item added: 1st April 2008