DTT tender reported as canceled
According to Digimedia and local news agencies the Slovak DTT tender has been canceled reports Broadband TV News.
As reported in previous items various obstacles including a legal challenge have delayed the tender process a process that has now been reportedly terminated.
The tender cancellation could be a major blow to Slovak DTT plans, which include an analogue switchoff in 2012.
Source: Broadband TV News
Item added: 9th December 2008




Slovak DTT bidders emerge
Broadband TV News reports that four companies have expressed an interest in operating Slovakia’s first two DTT multiplexes.
It credits local reports as saying that the interested parties are Austria’s ORS, the Canadian group Valtech Communications and Slovak firms Towercom and Telecom Corp.
Telecom Corp has been operating a DTT trial in Presov and Kosice for some time.
The tender process is currently suspended following a legal challenge from Telecom Corp.
The Telecom Office (TU SR) is in the process of challenging this decision.
(for more info. see previous item)
Source: Broadband TV News
Item added: 24th November 2008



Legal challenge to DTT licensing
The DTT licensing procedure in Slovakia has been halted following a legal challenge taken by the broadcast network operator Telecom Corp.
Telecom Corp says that the licensing procedure is biased against some candidates because it calls for MPEG-4, H.264,AVC compression standard instead of the existing MPEG-2.
The national regulator TU SR had invited tenders for two multiplexes in August with the intention of allocating licences by the end of 2008.
TU.SR is to appeal the Court’s decision.
Telecom Corp is currently operating a trial DTT services in Kosice
Source: Broadband TV News
Item added: 20th October 2008




DTT Tender opened
The telecom Office (TU SR) is inviting candidates to tender for licences to operate two DVB-T multiplexes, reports Digitag.
The first multiplex is expected to provide a simulcast of the existing analogue terrestrial platform. Candidates must submit their applications by the 20th November 2008.
Analogue switch of in Slovakia is planned for 2012.
Source: Telecom Office website (source and translation thanks to Digitag)
Item added: 22nd August 2008


Trojka starts DTT broadcasts
The new Slovak channel STV3 (Trojka) made its debut on the 8th August reports Broadband TV News.
Local reports indicate the service will be made available on trial DTT operations in Bratislava and Banska Bystrica-Zvolen operated by Towercom.
Source: Broadband TV News
Item added: 11th August 2008



DTT platform to use MPEG-4
Broadband TV News reports that the Slovak Telecom Office (TU SR) are said to have recommended the use of MPEG-4 compression for the country’s forthcoming DTT operation and also that a tender for the first multiplex, which will carry the leading public and commercial channels STV1, STV2, TV Markiza, TV Joj and TA3, is understood to be imminent.
Two further multiplexes are likely to be launched ahead of ASO in 2012.
Source: Broadband TV News
Item added: 8th July 2008



Analogue Switch off campaign to begin in 2008
The Slovakian Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MDPT) will launch a digital publicity campaign in 2008 with a budget of SKK 125 million (€3.74 million), reports Broadband TV News.
Analogue switch-off is set to take place in 2012. Official DTT services have not yet been launched although extensive trials are underway.
Source: Broadband TV News
Item added: 30th October 2007

DTT services expected to launch in early 2008
According to Broadband TV News, the leading Slovak stations STV, TV Markiza and TA3 have jointly agreed to share a common DTT multiplex during the transfer to digital broadcasting.
Services are expected to be launched soon after a new law on digital broadcasting is passed. This law is expected to come into effect at the beginning of 2008.
Source: Broadband TV News
Item added: 13th March 2007

DTT Trials Start
A four-channel DTT trial operated by the Slovak Telecom a subsidiary of Rádiokomunikácie has begun in Bratislava according to Advanced-Television.com.
Rádiokomunikácie is 51% owned by Deutsche Telekom and has licences to undertake DTT trials in Bratislava and Banská Bystrica-Zvolen, while a company named Telecom Corp. is permitted to do so in Kosice-Presov.
Slovak Telecom undertook its first DTT trials in Bratislava during 1999 and the government approved a detail strategy for the implementation of DTT two years later. The analogue switch off date in Slovakia has been set for 2012, though it still remains unclear when a full service will make its debut.
Source: Advanced-Television Central and Eastern Europe
Item added: 29th November 2005

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DTT progress in Slovakia
The launch of DTT moved closer in Slovakia with the news that Slovak Telecom has been awarded digital terrestrial frequencies in the capital, Bratislava.
Last year Deutsche Telekom-backed Slovak Telecom was granted frequencies in Banska Bystrica-Zvolen and Telecom Corp. in Kosice-Presov shortly after the country had passed a new electronic communications law.
Slovak Telecom’s licence in Bratislava is valid until mid-2006 and both it and Telecom Corp, are expected to begin trials shortly.
Source: Broadband TV News, Central and Eastern Europe 
(May 6th 2005)

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Last update: 9th December 2008, Barry Tew