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Written question asked by George Turner (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 March 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 March 1999. It was answered by Janet Anderson (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 March 1999 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.


Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the prospects for removing regional anomalies in television coverage following the introduction of digital terrestrial television services; if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy on communities receiving appropriate regional television broadcasting; what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) using digital terrestrial television transmitters to remove regional anomalies in analogue broadcasting and (b) using digital capacity to simulcast different regional variations from a single transmitter in order to remove these anomalies.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
327 c211-2W; 75464;75463;75462
Session
1998-99
Subjects
BBC Costs Digital broadcasting Broadcasting reception Independent Television Commission Local broadcasting Television