The New Digital Dividend Submitted for Discussion

At the invitation of the Catalan Audio-visual Cluster, various associations and organizations of the Catalan audiovisual and creative sector met this morning to discuss the draft agreement of the new digital dividend which is currently being analyzed by the European Commission.

Jaume Pujol, of Abertis Telecom, informed attendees about the meeting held by a delegation of leading European organizations in the audiovisual and creative areas with representatives of the European Parliament. Faced with a proposal that would set aside most of the spectrum allocation for mobile phone industry use, the organizations stressed the importance of sufficient bandwidth for DTT within the audiovisual sector.

Following that meeting, the Catalan associations and organizations are studying the possibility of presenting a common position in favor of DTT during the public consultation period opened by the European Commission prior to the new spectrum allocation.