• In the coming months, 850,000 community buildings will have to make adaptations in their DTT signal reception systems
  • These grants will be intended to offset the cost of the Second Digital Dividend for these neighborhood communities
  • The subsidy, which will range between € 104.3 and € 677.95 per building, can be requested through the website www.televisiondigital.es

On September 26, the deadline for the communities of neighbors who assume a cost as a result of the Second Digital Dividend can claim an economic subsidy. The information to request these grants will be available on the website www.televisiondigital.es.

The Second Digital Dividend is a process, initiated last July in Spain, whereby some digital terrestrial television (DTT) channels will change the broadcast frequency to transfer that space to the deployment of future 5G connectivity networks.

In order for citizens to continue enjoying the full DTT offer, over the next few months, around 850,000 collective housing buildings must make adaptations in their television signal reception systems. This adaptation requires the performance of a telecommunications installer registered in the database of the Secretary of State for Digital Advancement. It will not be necessary to make this adaptation in single-family homes and in smaller community buildings. Likewise, the buildings of Asturias, Barcelona, ​​A Coruña, Menorca, Melilla and a part of the provinces of Toledo and Murcia will not be affected by the national and regional frequency changes.

To minimize the impact of this process on citizenship, the Council of Ministers approved by Royal Decree last June 21 the direct granting of subsidies worth up to 145 million euros, which will be managed by the public company Red.es. The call for aid will be published on September 25 and the deadline for receiving applications will open the next day. The amounts of this subsidy range between € 104.3 and € 677.95 per building, depending on the DTT signal reception infrastructure previously installed.

Regardless of the type of signal reception equipment in the buildings, all citizens must subsequently re-tune their televisions.

This process, identical to that produced during the First Digital Dividend in 2014 and 2015, will not imply the appearance or disappearance of television channels – they simply shift frequencies. Similarly, it should be noted that this process will not involve the obsolescence of televisions or DTT decoders.

Calendar

The release of the Second Digital Dividend is taking place in a phased manner in most of the national territory. The first areas to start the ignitions of new DTT frequencies, last July, were Mallorca, Ibiza, Formentera, 94 municipalities in the north of the province of Cáceres and 24 municipalities in the south of the province of Huelva. Throughout the month of September, the provinces of Almería, Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Córdoba, most of the municipalities of Albacete, Álava, Huesca, Lugo, Málaga, Segovia, Soria, Teruel, Valladolid, Zaragoza, are added. Granada and Huelva, as well as some locations in 14 other Spanish provinces. The citizens will be progressively informed of these and of the following areas where the DTT channels will change frequency.

The release of the Second Digital Dividend will have culminated before June 30, 2020, thus complying with the calendar established by the European Union and with the Roadmap published by the Ministry of Economy and Business in 2018. Therefore, all Reantencing and rescheduling of televisions must have been carried out before that date.

Thanks to this process, as of June 30, 2020, the 700 MHz band will be fully available in Spain for the provision of services associated with fifth-generation mobile telephony, within the 5G National Plan. Thus, the commitment to place Spain among the leading countries in the development of this technology is maintained. 5G connectivity will boost the competitiveness of the business fabric, facilitate the emergence of disruptive business models and bring new innovative technological solutions to the public.

Information Channels

All information about the Second Digital Dividend is available on the website www.televisiondigital.es and through the telephone service numbers 901 20 10 04 and 91 088 98 79.

(tagsToTranslate) Press office (t) ministry of economy and competitiveness (t) mineco (t) cabinet of the minister (t) press (t) news (t) Spain (t) communication address (t) press office ( t) economy (t) competitiveness (t) company (t) commerce (t) science (t) innovation (t) i + d + i (t) policy (t) laws (t) finance (t) export (t) import (t) banks (t) treasure (t) financial policy (t) macroeconomic analysis (t) insurance (t) pension funds (t) international economy (t) ine (t) statistics (t) epa (t) survey active population (t) ico (t) credit (t) competition (t) cnc (t) cnmv (t) national commission market values ​​(t) insurance compensation (t) csic (t) ieo (t) inia (t) cdti (t) iac (t) ciemat (t) igme (t) isc III (t) press conference (t) release (t) press release (t) report



Source of the new