[cma-l] Digital Community TV in Denmark

[Steve Buckley]

This latest news from Denmark, a country which, 
since the mid 1990s has become one of the most 
progressive models for community broadcasting in Europe.

The Danish population, of 5.5 million, contribute 
around £1.12 per capita per annum, through the 
licence fee, to a fund for community radio and community television.

Steve


>From: Christer Hederström | Ideosphere
>         <christer.hederstrom at comhem.se>
>To: CMFE Members <members_cmfe at lists.freie-radios.at>
>Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:59:38 +0200
>Subject: [Members_cmfe] Digital Community Television in Denmark
>
>Expanding freedom of speech in Denmark:
>Digital terrestial television opens for the civil socitey
>
>The radio- and tv-authority has issued 220 
>broadcast permits in the new digital terrestial 
>network (DTT) for associations and other 
>now-commercial organisations (out of 306 
>applicants). Starting date is November 1 this 
>year when the analogue tv-network will be 
>closing down. The organisations will be able to 
>broadcast 20 hours per day on a channel of the 
>first multiplex (MUX1) which is otherwise used 
>by public service television. 15 permits are 
>issued for national coverage and the other 205 
>for broadcasting in eight regional areas.
>
>When issuing the permits the authority has put 
>an emphasis on various program content and 
>in-house productions.  On the national scale 
>programs with a broad appeal as well as special 
>programs will be broadcast for example 
>environmental, for women, for elderly and for 
>ethnical groups. The regional broadcasts will 
>have a more local content but still a broad 
>spectrum of various interests including ethnical and religious content.
>
>2010 the organisations with a permit for 
>non-commercial television on DTT will be able to 
>get funding up to DEK 270.038 (€ 36.300) per 
>organisation and permit.  Funding comes from the 
>media license fee (former tv license fee). A 
>total of €3,5 million will be allloted for 2010.
>
>Denmark is the second European country (after 
>Norway) to open its DTT-network for 
>non-commercial community television (open channels).
>
>A complete listing of broadcast permits in Denmark at
>
><http://www.bibliotekogmedier.dk/medieomraadet/radio-og-tv/landsdaekkende-og-regional/mux-1/tildelte-tilladelser/>http://www.bibliotekogmedier.dk/medieomraadet/radio-og-tv/landsdaekkende-og-regional/mux-1/tildelte-tilladelser/
>
>
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