Local and public digital television services (Ofcom)

Ofcom has today published research into the technical options for terrestrial digital local television services. The report builds upon Ofcom's earlier work on Digital Local- Options for the future of local video content and interactive services and makes a detailed assessment of the alternative technical approaches to providing local digital television services on the terrestrial platform. Technical options for terrestrial digital local television services
Separately, Ofcom is also making available predictions of the coverage expected to be achieved by the public service broadcasting and commercial multiplexes post switchover. In December 2006, Ofcom made a statement on the coverage that must be achieved by these digital television services post switchover. In this statement Ofcom confirmed that it would include conditions in the licences of the Public Service Broadcasters to ensure that their terrestrial digital services substantially match the coverage achieved by analogue television services. In the same statement, Ofcom also confirmed that the post-switchover coverage of the three commercial multiplexes should at least match that which they currently achieve. Predicted coverage of public service broadcasting and commercial digital television multiplexes following switchover.