Jun 21 2016
Programme Making and Special Events (PMSE) Audio Applications will lose the potential to access approximately 100MHz of spectrum on a secondary basis when 700MHz clearance happens. The full impact of 700MHz clearance will not be known until the UK’s detailed plans for DTT in the remaining UHF band are made available. One solution proposed by […]
Mar 31 2016
UK communications regulator, Ofcom, announced that the 700 MHz spectrum band – currently used for digital terrestrial television and wireless microphones – would be repurposed for mobile data services. Disruption to DTT viewers is agreed to be kept to a minimum, and Ofcom explain that the vast majority of viewers will only need to retune […]
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700MHz clearance retunes for Q1 2018
Please find below a list of upcoming 700MHz clearance events in Q1 2018. Detailed technical information for installers and industry, including UHF channel changes, is available in regional documents following this table. These will be updated as further information is released. Some transmitter groups will have multiple retunes between now and mid-2020 as airwaves are […]
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By Expat • Freeview, UK Media News • Tags: 700MHz clearance, Freeview