So that any decision to be taken with respect to the so-called ''digital dividend'' - the remaining spectrum allocated to the television broadcasting service in the VHF and UHF bands, resulting from the conversion of services from existing analogue terrestrial television programmes in digital format - has a fully sustainable basis, at the end of 2008 ICP-ANACOM conducted a thorough examination of the subject, leading to the launch a public consultation on this issue, during the first quarter of 2009, and the organization, during the period of consultation, of a seminar/workshop with the aim of achieving broader and more informed participation in the consultation.
