From autumn 2007, television services in Norway will go completely digital, county by county. This will affect all viewers who receive signals through aerials.
Today, analogue television signals are sent through the air to your aerial from ground-based transmitters, which form a terrestrial television network. With effect from autumn 2007 these transmissions will be digital, i.e. the terrestrial television network will become a digital terrestrial television network (DTT network). The changes affect those who receive TV signals via a standard aerialTo receive digital signals through an aerial and still use your existing television set you will have to connect a digital decoder (receiver box) to your television for it to “understand” the digital signals. You must purchase the digital decoder yourself.
Analogue signals from the terrestrial television network will be gradually stopped, and without a decoder you will not be able to watch television.
In many instances, viewers may choose how they want to receive television signals, such as through an aerial or by cable, satellite or broadband.
Will everyone be able to receive digital TV via aerial?The DTT network will cover 95% of Norwegian households. As a rule, if you can receive TV2 through your aerial today, you will also receive digital signals through the same aerial. For a map showing the coverage of the DTT network go to www.ntv.no/hvor !! Those who receive signals via cable, satellite or broadband are not directly affected by the switchover to a digital terrestrial television network !! As digital TV kicks in, analogue signals will ceaseWhen the DTT network is complete, the old network will have stopped sending analogue signals, and the entire ground network will be fully digitalised. This will happen county by county in 2008 and 2009. By the end of 2009, analogue signals will be a thing of the past! The company responsible for developing the DTT network is Norges Televisjon / Norwegian Television (NTV), which is owned by Norwegian broadcasters NRK and TV2 and Telenor (Norwegian Telecom). These companies can tell you when analogue signals will stop in your region. NRK via the DTT networkYou do not have to buy a special card or subscription to receive NRK via the DTT network. NRK is its own distributor, and it will be possible to receive NRK’s three television channels and 13 radio stations independent of RiksTV.