DTVE the week in view: The gravitational pull of broadcast switch-off
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WRC-23 focused minds on how digital terrestrial TV could be compromised by spectrum sharing. Despite a ‘no change’ decision, future DTT development needs a parallel roadmap that caters for all-streaming homes – as Freely will offer in the UK. With advocacy groups now demanding the protection of the broadcast spectrum, 2024 starts with a familiar feeling, like life in the build-up to analogue switch-off, writes John Moulding .
One thing is obvious at the start of 2024: the road to all-streaming is focusing minds, regardless of the ‘no change’ decision at the ITU World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-23) in Dubai during December that means broadcasting will remain the only primary service in the 470-694MHz frequencies across ITU Region 1, which includes Europe.
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