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Questionnaire

In February 2014, the European Commission issued a request for an opinion on a long-term strategy

on the future use of the !F band "4#0-#$0 %!&' in the European nion() *his +equest for an

pinion follos the intention e.pressed by the +/ in its 3or rogramme 2014 and beyond to

de5elop a long-term strategy for the !F band 4#0-6$4 %!& in7luding a realisti7 5ision for the 8**

platform, and the assessment of the possible implementation of 399 in the 6$4-#$0 %!& band)

*he +/ sub-group dealing ith the de5elopment of the draft opinion on this matter is seeing your

5ies in relation to the role of 8** platform, in7luding the 7urrent and planned use of the spe7trum in

the #00 %!&)

For this purpose, responses and details related to the folloing questions ould be appre7iated before

July 30th)

1. 700 MHz band (694-790 MHz):

o 3hat is the 7urrent and planned spe7trum usage of the #00 %!& band:

Currently there are four national DVB-T MUXes in operation with 24 TV programme services

in total !! of them "eing #T$% #re&uencies for these MUXes have "een assigne' "y the

(ational )egulatory $uthority until 2*2+% There are ,+ DVB- T transmitters in ** M./

"an'0 which represents 47 %of the total num"er of transmitters in U.# "an' for these four

national DVB-T MUXes%

1n a''ition to that the Council for Broa'casting an' )etransmission assigne' many other

licenses to "roa'casters namely status as of 3! Decem"er 2*!35

2! licences with national coverage

22 licences with regional coverage an'

6+ licences with local coverage%

There are !+ regional an' local transmitters operating in ** M./ "an'0 it represents 33 %

of the total num"er of regional an' local transmitters of DVB-T in U.# "an'% #re&uencies for

these MUXes have "een assigne' "y the (ational )egulatory $uthority until 2*2*% 7ther 22

applications for local fre&uencies are in the process of coor'ination%

#uture5

1f we assume that the num"er of TV programme services will "e 8ept an' their &uality will "e

increase' to .D 'ue to new receiving e&uipment in househol's then5

- for e9isting 24 TV programme services with national coverage a sufficient num"er ofDVB-T2 MUXes woul' "e nee'e' with M:;*=26 or !+2*=!*>*=6*

- the num"er of regional an' local transmitters fre&uencies shoul' "e maintaine'%

)elease of the ** M./ "an' woul' significantly affectthe current situation in "roa'casting%

Due to the si/e of ?lova8 territory an' o"ligation to coor'inate all transmitters fre&uencies

with neigh"ouring countries it is unrealistic to fin' new alternative channels for e9isting

transmitters operating in ** M./ "an'%

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o !as your 7ountry already adopted national de7isions on the implementation of 399 in the

#00 %!& band: In 7ase that a national de7ision has not yet been taen, hat is your

preliminary 5ie on the possible implementation of 399 in the #00 %!& band:

$ccor'ing to the current (T#$ the ** M./ "an' has not yet "een allocate' to

ra'iocommunication services which woul' "e suita"le to provi'e @BB% $s this "an' is

intensively utili/e' "y DVB - T with long-term licenses for "roa'casters it is not foreseen touse this "an' for @BB "efore 2*2+% @ith regar' to possi"le implementation of @BB in this

fre&uency "an' the ?lova8 )epu"lic has to ta8e into account e9isting situation in

"roa'casting%

o 8id you already mae an assessment of ad5antages and disad5antages of ha5ing a 7oordinated

approa7h on the implementation of 399 in the #00 %!& band "long term different use of the

spe7trum %9I;E 5s) 9C, or only a limited different use, i)e) hen 2 different dates are

7hosen by 2 neighbouring 7ountries':

@e have not ma'e such assessment yet% #rom our point of view it will "e inevita"le to ta8e

into account 'ifferent situations 'ates in various countries while implementing @BB in the

** M./ "an'%

2. !olut"on of the #$$ %latfor&:

o 8o you en5isage some pro5isions on a national le5el for fa7ilitating the transition to ne 9C

te7hnologies in the !F band "i)e) 8e7ti5es atta7hed to the spe7trum rights of use: If not, here are these ob>e7ti5es laid

don: @re 8** rights of use granted to media ser5i7e pro5iders "i)e) the entity hi7h has

editorial responsibility':

Before transition to DVB-T analogue terrestrial TV "roa'casting was relevant for ! A of

population as a primary source of TV signal an' 3+ A of population as a secon'ary source

respectively% $fter transition this percentage 'ecrease' 'ue to migration to other platforms

"ut DVB-T remains an important platform of reception% $s no 'etaile' survey was carrie' out

in last years more e9act 'ata are not availa"le%

The importance of 'igital terrestrial "roa'casting is also relate' to the term of fre&uency

licence perio' vali'ity as in'icate' in pu"lishe' rights of use see www%efis%'8% These rights

of use have "een grante' to networ8 operators%

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ro5ide details, if a5ailable, in relation to the implementation of @rti7le 14 of @udio5isual %edia /er5i7es8ire7ti5e)

2 @7tion A2 of the 8igital @genda for Europe,romotion of European 7ultural di5ersity and industry)

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1n Decem"er 2*!! the Ministry of Transport Construction an' )egional Development of the

?lova8 )epu"lic con'ucte' a survey regar'ing the awareness campaign relate' to

analogue='igital terrestrial TV switchover% The survey showe' that after the 'igital switchover

!22 A of the ?lova8 househol's use' terrestrial antenna to receive DTT%