Portugal

[PT] Government Opens Bidding Process for Digital Terrestrial Television

IRIS 2001-6:1/21

Helena Sousa

Communication and Society Research Centre, University of Minho

On 7 April 2001, the Portuguese Government opened the bidding process for a digital terrestrial television platform. The regulation for the public bidding was published in Diário da República (Official Journal of Portugal). According to this regulation, applications may be submitted to the Instituto das Comunicações de Portugal (the Portuguese communications regulatory body) until 15 June 2001. The proposals shall be open, heard in public and evaluated by a special commission appointed by the Government. The result of the bidding process will be announced by 6 August 2001. The opening of the bidding process has the objective of awarding one national licence for the establishment and exploitation of a digital terrestrial television platform for 15 years. The licence awarded to the successful applicant may be renewable.