Digital terrestrial television in Denmark
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Digital terrestrial television
in Denmark
was officially launched in March 2006 after some years of public trials. The analogue broadcasts shut down nationwide at midnight on November 1, 2009.
As of February 2008, only one national multiplex is available, broadcasting DR1
, DR2
, TV 2
and a channel shared by DR Update
and sign language simulcast of DR/TV2 news using the DVB-T
technology and MPEG-2
compression in 64-QAM
mode.
and Zealand. Another trial was launched in 2002 on northern Jutland
, broadcasting the three public service channels and an experimental regional channel called "TV2/Nord-Digital".
In June 2005, a broad majority consisting of Venstre
, the Conservative People's Party
, the Social Democrats
, the Radical Liberal Party
, the Socialist People's Party
and Danish People's Party
agreed that the analogue broadcasts would cease in October 2009.
and TV 2
, as well as DR2
, a stream for signed simulcasts of news programmes on the three other channels and the MHP
services DR extra and TV 2 Extra. February 19, 2008, DR Update
started broadcasting on the simulcast channel when this channel was not used for simulcasting (between 17 and 20 o'clock). The multiplex was operated by I/S DIGI-TV, a joint-venture between DR and TV 2.
On June 11, 2007 the Danish Ministry of Culture announced that the six parties had agreed on how the extension of the network would continue. Four multiplexes would be given to a commercial gatekeeper which would be required to have a varied offering and would be chosen through a "beauty contest". Another multiplex, MUX 2, would be made available for public service broadcasting, carrying the children and history channel from DR
, a parliament channel, more airtime for the TV 2 regions, community television
and further capacity for DR.
It is expected that the new multiplexes will use the more efficient MPEG-4
compression. MUX 1 will continue using MPEG-2 until 2012 when it switches to MPEG-4.
On March 27, 2008 Boxer
got the gatekeeper rights, and will carry about 30 SDTV channels, some HDTV and DVB-H
(from 2010)
Three of the commercial multiplexes will be made available at the analogue switch-off, while the fourth will be available in October 2010. The commercial gatekeeper would be required to carry at least one channel from neighbouring countries and a local channel. A maximum of 25 percent of the capacity could be used for "high-pay" channels (such as Canal+
) and if the gatekeeper would like to offer mobile television (DVB-H
), 15 percent of the capacity on multiplex used for mobile television would have to given to DR.
Digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals...
in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
was officially launched in March 2006 after some years of public trials. The analogue broadcasts shut down nationwide at midnight on November 1, 2009.
As of February 2008, only one national multiplex is available, broadcasting DR1
DR1
DR1 is a Danish national television channel, produced by the public service broadcaster, DR. It was the first television station to be established in Denmark, and began broadcasting in 1951 – at first only for an hour a day three times a week....
, DR2
DR2
DR2 is a Danish television station. It is part of Danmarks Radio, the public service broadcasting company of Denmark.It was launched in 1996 as a satellite-/cable-only channel. This was highly controversial at the time, as it was considered close to a breach of public service principles that the...
, TV 2
TV 2 (Denmark)
TV 2 is a publicly owned television station in Denmark based in Odense. The station began broadcasting on 1 October 1988, thereby ending the television monopoly previously exercised by the Danmarks Radio ....
and a channel shared by DR Update
DR Update
DR Update is a Danish television news channel broadcast by Danmarks Radio. It is developed for viewing on computer with Internet access and will be streamed in broadcast quality. Although the channel is primarily aimed at web distribution, it is also available on regular broadcast television from...
and sign language simulcast of DR/TV2 news using the DVB-T
DVB-T
DVB-T is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting — Terrestrial; it is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first published in 1997 and first broadcast in the UK in 1998...
technology and MPEG-2
MPEG-2
MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information". It describes a combination of lossy video compression and lossy audio data compression methods which permit storage and transmission of movies using currently available storage media and transmission...
compression in 64-QAM
Quadrature amplitude modulation
Quadrature amplitude modulation is both an analog and a digital modulation scheme. It conveys two analog message signals, or two digital bit streams, by changing the amplitudes of two carrier waves, using the amplitude-shift keying digital modulation scheme or amplitude modulation analog...
mode.
Pre-launch
In 1999, a trial was launched in CopenhagenCopenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
and Zealand. Another trial was launched in 2002 on northern Jutland
Jutland
Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...
, broadcasting the three public service channels and an experimental regional channel called "TV2/Nord-Digital".
In June 2005, a broad majority consisting of Venstre
Venstre (Denmark)
VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party. Similar rules apply for the name of the party's youth wing Venstres Ungdom. , full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti , is the largest political party in Denmark...
, the Conservative People's Party
Conservative People's Party (Denmark)
The Conservative People's Party , also known as Conservatives is a Danish political party.-History:The party was founded 1915 based mostly on its predecessor, Højre , but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of Venstre , the liberals.The party has participated in several coalition...
, the Social Democrats
Social Democrats (Denmark)
The Social Democrats , is a Danish political party committed to the political ideology of social democracy. It is the major coalition partner in Denmark's government since the 2011 parliamentary election, and party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the current Prime Minister of Denmark...
, the Radical Liberal Party
Det Radikale Venstre
The Danish Social Liberal Party is a social liberal political party in Denmark. The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.-Origin:...
, the Socialist People's Party
Socialist People's Party (Denmark)
The Socialist People's Party is a green and socialist political party in Denmark.-1959–69:The SF was founded on 15 February 1959 by Aksel Larsen, a former leader of the Communist Party of Denmark and CIA agent. Larsen was removed from the ranks of the DKP for his criticism over the Soviet...
and Danish People's Party
Danish People's Party
The Danish People's Party is a political party in Denmark which is frequently described as right-wing populist by political scientists and commentators. The party is led by Pia Kjærsgaard...
agreed that the analogue broadcasts would cease in October 2009.
National launch
The official launch was made on March 31, 2006 after some months of national trials with one multiplex covering the entire country. It offered the national analogue channels DR1DR1
DR1 is a Danish national television channel, produced by the public service broadcaster, DR. It was the first television station to be established in Denmark, and began broadcasting in 1951 – at first only for an hour a day three times a week....
and TV 2
TV 2 (Denmark)
TV 2 is a publicly owned television station in Denmark based in Odense. The station began broadcasting on 1 October 1988, thereby ending the television monopoly previously exercised by the Danmarks Radio ....
, as well as DR2
DR2
DR2 is a Danish television station. It is part of Danmarks Radio, the public service broadcasting company of Denmark.It was launched in 1996 as a satellite-/cable-only channel. This was highly controversial at the time, as it was considered close to a breach of public service principles that the...
, a stream for signed simulcasts of news programmes on the three other channels and the MHP
MHP
MHP may stand for:*Minsk-1 Airport*Montana Highway Patrol*Monty Hall problem*A mental health professional*Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi - a Turkish nationalist political party*Multimedia Home Platform...
services DR extra and TV 2 Extra. February 19, 2008, DR Update
DR Update
DR Update is a Danish television news channel broadcast by Danmarks Radio. It is developed for viewing on computer with Internet access and will be streamed in broadcast quality. Although the channel is primarily aimed at web distribution, it is also available on regular broadcast television from...
started broadcasting on the simulcast channel when this channel was not used for simulcasting (between 17 and 20 o'clock). The multiplex was operated by I/S DIGI-TV, a joint-venture between DR and TV 2.
On June 11, 2007 the Danish Ministry of Culture announced that the six parties had agreed on how the extension of the network would continue. Four multiplexes would be given to a commercial gatekeeper which would be required to have a varied offering and would be chosen through a "beauty contest". Another multiplex, MUX 2, would be made available for public service broadcasting, carrying the children and history channel from DR
Danmarks Radio
DR – officially rendered into English as the Danish Broadcasting Corporation – is Denmark's national broadcasting corporation. Founded in 1925 as a public-service organization, it is today Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise...
, a parliament channel, more airtime for the TV 2 regions, community television
Community television
Australia's Community Television is a form of Citizen media much like Public Access Television in the United States and the Community Channel in Canada...
and further capacity for DR.
It is expected that the new multiplexes will use the more efficient MPEG-4
MPEG-4
MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
compression. MUX 1 will continue using MPEG-2 until 2012 when it switches to MPEG-4.
On March 27, 2008 Boxer
Boxer TV A/S
Boxer TV A/S is a company that is broadcasting pay television channels on the digital terrestrial television network in Denmark since February 1, 2009...
got the gatekeeper rights, and will carry about 30 SDTV channels, some HDTV and DVB-H
DVB-H
DVB-H is one of three prevalent mobile TV formats. It is a technical specification for bringing broadcast services to mobile handsets. DVB-H was formally adopted as ETSI standard EN 302 304 in November 2004. The DVB-H specification can be downloaded from the official DVB-H website...
(from 2010)
Three of the commercial multiplexes will be made available at the analogue switch-off, while the fourth will be available in October 2010. The commercial gatekeeper would be required to carry at least one channel from neighbouring countries and a local channel. A maximum of 25 percent of the capacity could be used for "high-pay" channels (such as Canal+
C More Entertainment
C More Entertainment is a premium television company, operating under the banner CANAL+, that targets the Nordic Countries and with one separate channel in Sweden ....
) and if the gatekeeper would like to offer mobile television (DVB-H
DVB-H
DVB-H is one of three prevalent mobile TV formats. It is a technical specification for bringing broadcast services to mobile handsets. DVB-H was formally adopted as ETSI standard EN 302 304 in November 2004. The DVB-H specification can be downloaded from the official DVB-H website...
), 15 percent of the capacity on multiplex used for mobile television would have to given to DR.
Channels
| LCN | Channel | MUX | |
| 1. | DR1 DR1 DR1 is a Danish national television channel, produced by the public service broadcaster, DR. It was the first television station to be established in Denmark, and began broadcasting in 1951 – at first only for an hour a day three times a week.... |
1 | |
| 2. | TV 2 TV 2 (Denmark) TV 2 is a publicly owned television station in Denmark based in Odense. The station began broadcasting on 1 October 1988, thereby ending the television monopoly previously exercised by the Danmarks Radio .... |
1 | |
| 3. | DR2 DR2 DR2 is a Danish television station. It is part of Danmarks Radio, the public service broadcasting company of Denmark.It was launched in 1996 as a satellite-/cable-only channel. This was highly controversial at the time, as it was considered close to a breach of public service principles that the... |
1 | |
| 4. | DR Ramasjang DR Ramasjang DR Ramasjang is a Danish television channel owned by DR targeting children.The channel is named after the Danish word "ramasjang" which means a loud or festive uproar, similar to the English word hullabaloo.-History:... |
2 | |
| 5. | DR K DR K -History:Originally conceived as a channel dedicated to history, the channel was first presented in 2005 in the run up to DR's new settlement with the Danish state. It would draw on DR's vast archives of Danish material. The effort would be combined with digitalizing DR's archives and launching... |
2 | |
| 6. | DR HD DR HD DR HD is a Danish high-definition television channel and Danmarks Radio's sixth licence-funded channel. The channel launched on 1 November 2009. All broadcasts on DR HD are in HD quality; no upscaled standard definition programmes are broadcasted. The channel broadcasts in 1280x720.-External links:*... |
2 | |
| 7. | TV 2 Charlie TV 2 Charlie TV 2 Charlie is a Danish television channel owned by TV 2. It was launched on 1 October 2004. The channel is primarily aimed at audiences over 50. It broadcasts from 13:00 in the afternoon to 01:00 in the night, and is available by cable and satellite only... |
4 | |
| 8. | TV 2 Zulu TV 2 Zulu TV 2 Zulu is a Danish television station which started broadcasting on 15 October 2000. It is primarily aimed at viewers between 15 and 30 years of age.... |
4 | |
| 9. | Kanal 4 Kanal 4 Kanal 4 is a Danish subscription television channel operated by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.The station is broadcast to Denmark by satellite from London, showing mainly films, US and drama shows.Kanal 4 profile them self as Denmark's only "women's channel".... |
4 | |
| 10. | Kanal 5 Kanal 5 (Denmark) Kanal 5 is a Danish subscription television channel operated by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.The station is broadcast to Denmark by satellite from London, showing mainly films, US drama shows and sports.... |
4 | |
| 11. | 6'eren 6'eren 6'eren is a Danish subscription television channel operated by SBS TV A/S, part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. It replaced SBS net on January 1, 2009.... |
4 | |
| 12. | TV 2 News TV 2 News TV 2 News is a Danish language television news channel which started broadcasting on 1 December 2006... |
4 | |
| 13. | TV 2 Film TV 2 Film TV 2 Film is a 24-hour two star movie channel owned by TV 2.It was launched on November 1, 2005 at 9 p.m. First to air was Danish feature film The Green Butchers.... |
4 | |
| 14. | Discovery Channel Discovery Channel Denmark Discovery Channel is a Danish television channel.The Discovery Channel has been available to Danish viewers since 1989, but started becoming increasingly localised during the 2000s... |
4 | |
| 15. | MTV MTV Denmark MTV Denmark or MTV Danmark is a television channel broadcasting to Denmark and the Faroe Islands market. It started in May 2005 as part of MTV's expansion into the Nordic region which followed with launches of MTV Finland, MTV Sweden and MTV Norway in September 2005... |
4 | |
| 16. | CNN International CNN International CNN International is an international English language television network that carries news, current affairs, politics, opinions, and business programming worldwide. CNN is one of the world's largest news organizations. It is owned by Time Warner, and is affiliated with CNN, which is mainly... |
3 | |
| 17. | TV 2 Sport (Denmark) TV 2 Sport (Denmark) TV 2 Sport is a Danish sports channel operated as a joint-venture between Danish TV 2 and Swedish Modern Times Group.MTG launched a dedicated Danish version of its Viasat Sport channel in January 2002... |
4 | |
| 18. | Canal 9 Canal 9 (Denmark) CANAL9 is a Danish television channel owned by the TV4 Group and C More Entertainment.The channel is designed for men and was launched as a low-pay sister channel to Canal+ and share sports rights with Canal+ Sport, and is based on sports, mostly football including broadcasts from the Danish... |
3 | |
| 19. | Animal Planet | 3 | |
| 20. | DR Update DR Update DR Update is a Danish television news channel broadcast by Danmarks Radio. It is developed for viewing on computer with Internet access and will be streamed in broadcast quality. Although the channel is primarily aimed at web distribution, it is also available on regular broadcast television from... |
2 | |
| 21. | Local TV | 1 | |
| 22. | Folketings TV | 2 | |
| 23. | Discovery Travel & Living | 3 | |
| 24. | Discovery Science | 3 | |
| 25. | Disney Channel | 3 | |
| 26. | Disney XD | 3 | |
| 27. | Cartoon Network | 5 | |
| 28. | Nickelodeon Nickelodeon Denmark Nickelodeon Denmark is a Danish television channel targeting children.The channel was launched on March 15, 2008 with the launch of VH1 Denmark, where it was simulcasted between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. From 1996 to 2008, Denmark had been served by the Pan-Nordic channel Nickelodeon Scandinavia... |
5 | Timesharing with Star! |
| 29. | Travel Channel Travel Channel (UK) Travel Channel is a British satellite television channel, transmitting 24 hours a day in 19 languages across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific... |
3 | |
| 30. | History Channel | 3 | |
| 31. | The Voice | 3 | |
| 32. | VH1 | 5 | |
| 33. | Body in Balance Body In Balance Body in Balance is a TV channel which broadcasts from Germany & the UK. It was the UK's first leisure and health channel.In the UK, the channel broadcasts on Sky 275. It airs programming about yoga, pilates, meditation, health & spiritual well being. There are regional versions of the channel for... |
5 | Timesharing with Canal+ Sport 1 |
| 34. | Canal+ First Canal+ First Canal+ First is a Scandinavian premium television channel owned by C More Entertainment showing movies and TV shows. It is the flagship movie channel of the Nordic Canal+ package. The channel shows big hollywood blockbusters as well as Scandinavian movies... |
5 | |
| 35. | Canal+ Hits Canal+ Hits Canal+ Hits is a Scandinavian premium television channel showing movies and TV shows. The channel shows big blockbusters, independent movies, classic movies, movies from the whole world and erotic movies.... |
5 | |
| 36. | Canal+ Sport 1 Canal+ Sport 1 (Scandinavia) Canal+ Sport 1 is the name of four Scandinavian sports channels owned by C More Entertainment. They launched as the pan-Nordic Canal+ Sport on May 1, 2004 when C More introduced themed channels for movies and sports. On September 1, 2005, most sports broadcasts were moved to Canal+ Sport and... |
5 | Timesharing with Body in Balance |
| 37. | Star! Star! Scandinavia Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,... |
5 | Timesharing with Nickelodeon |
| 38. | TV4 Malmö | 5 | |
| 39. | TV 2 Norway | 5 | |
| 40. | Das Erste Das Erste Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , marketed as Das Erste , is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany... |
5 |