Digital terrestrial television roll-out policies in Spain and the changing television scene in the context of analogue switch-off

Fernández Alonso, IsabelDíaz-González, María-Jesús2017-01-132017-01-132010Fernández-Alonso, I. and Díaz-González, M.-J. (2010), ‘Digital terrestrial television roll-out policies in Spain and the changing television scene in the context of analogue switch-off’, International Journal of Digital Television1: 3, pp. 289–3072040-4182http://hdl.handle.net/2183/17894[Abstract]: This article describes and analyses the digital terrestrial television roll-out polices developed and applied in Spain by conservative and socialist governments (Partido Popular [1996–2004] and Partido Socialista Obrero Español [2004–2010], respectively) from the end of the 1990s until the analogue switch-off in April 2010. It also considers, from national, regional and local perspectives, the implications of this digitalization process for the terrestrial television scene in Spain. Finally, it points to a number of pending public policy issues and potential market trends. As a result of this process, Spain has become one of the first large Western European countries with a predominantly terrestrial television model to switch off analogue broadcasts.eng© 2010 Intellect Ltd.DTTSpainAnalogue switch-offBroadcasting policyDigitalizationTelevision marketDigital terrestrial television roll-out policies in Spain and the changing television scene in the context of analogue switch-offjournal articleopen access