Approval of the report on the future of DTT

By determination of 1 August 2014, ANACOM has approved the report on the public consultation held on the future of digital terrestrial television (DTT), as regards matters covered by its remit.

The same report was approved by the Regulatory Council of Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social (Media Regulatory Authority) on 6 August 2014, with respect to matters covered by its remit.

In response to the consultation, launched subsequent to ANACOM’s decision of 4 April 2014, contributions were received from Adriano Manata; Afonso Anjos; Aldino; Alexandre Vicente; Amaresa; António Abrantes; António Ambrósio; António Batista; António Martinho; Armando Cecílio; Associação de Produtores Independentes de Televisão (Association of Independent Television Producers); Associação Portuguesa de Imprensa (Portuguese Press Association); Associação Portuguesa de Radiodifusão (Portuguese Broadcasting Association); Autoridade da Concorrência (Portuguese Competition Authority); Blogue TDT em Portugal; Carlos Bonacho; Carlos Carmo; Célia Almeida; Célio Oliveira; Eliseu Macedo; Hugo Nunes; Jacinto Ribeiro; João Carlos Silva; João Pifre; Joaquim Rainho; José Arlindo Santos; José Rodrigues; Marco Alves; Miguel Couto; Miguel Teixeira; Nuno Lopes; Presslivre - Imprensa Livre e Cofina Media SGPS; PT Portugal SGPS, on behalf of its subsidiaries, PT Comunicações and MEO - Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia (Grupo PT); Rádio e Televisão de Portugal; Rede Record de Televisão Europa; Rui Filipe Simões; Rui Pedro Sousa; SIC - Sociedade Independente de Televisão; Tiago Filipe Pereira; Tomás Rodrigues Lopes; TVI - Televisão Independente; Verónica Marques e Salomé Pereira; Victor Castro Rosa; Vodafone Portugal - Comunicações Pessoais; ZON Optimus SGPS, on behalf of its subsidiaries NOS Comunicações, ZON TV Cabo Açoreana and ZON TV Cabo Madeirense (NOS). Further comments were received from Associação Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor (Portuguese Association for Consumer Protection), alsimajo@hotmail.com and Balancedmaps, but subsequent to expiry of the stipulated deadline.