The Digital Dividend: An Overview of National Policies

Table of Contents

• Executive summary
• In a nutshell
• Key messages
• What is the digital dividend?
• Spectrum released by the digital switchover
• Potential uses of the digital dividend
• The importance of a coordinated approach in Europe
• Country case studies
• EU approach
• Future uses of the spectrum
• Timing
• Denmark
• Finland
• Progress of switchover to digital TV
• Allocating the digital dividend
• France
• Hong Kong
• Digital terrestrial television penetration
• Digital dividend plan
• Japan
• Switchover to DTT
• Digital TV broadcasting penetration
• Plan for frequency freed up by digitising terrestrial TV broadcasting
• Sweden
• Putting the plan into action
• UK
• The switchover
• The award
• US
• Spectrum policy: bringing the digital dividend to all Americans
• Allocation of the 700MHz band
• Switchover to digital TV

List of Tables

• Table 1: Allocating the digital dividend
• Table 2: Snapshot of DTT status
• Table 3: Spectrum bands relevant to TV broadcasting
• Table 4: Proposed usage of digital dividend in the consultation paper of 2007
• Table 5: 700MHz auction result in 2008

List of Figures

• Figure 1: Plans for 800MHz band across Europe
• Figure 2: Most likely common spectrum bands (clusters)
• Figure 3: Timetable for the transition to digital TV broadcasting
• Figure 4: Illustrative LTE deployment
• Figure 5: Ofcom' s intention to clear the 800MHz band
• Figure 6: Revised 700MHz band plan for commercial services