Auction for successor DVB-T in July

- The auction for the license for digital television is 4 July. Development minister Henk Kamp (Economic Affairs) Monday informed the Lower House. The license for wireless watch digital TV is currently owned by KPN Digitenne.

The telecom company wants to renew its license. The term of the new license is February 1, 2017 until February 1, 2030. Camp is going to sell one license.

DVB now sends more via the 700 MHz band. But that is made available by 2020 for mobile telecommunications. Digital terrestrial television should switch to the new technology DVB-T2 which is more than can be broadcast in HD quality. Consumers have or need new decoders.

A few years ago, the number of customers DVB been taken after considerable growth. The share hovers around 6 percent of the television market. But according Camp remains a market of approximately 300 000 to 400 000 clients, he wrote to the House last year.