§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to improve reception to terrestrial television in areas that traditionally have suffered from a weak signal. [130583]
§ Estelle MorrisThere are no plans to develop further the analogue terrestrial television transmission network, this is to enable the broadcasters to concentrate their resources on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) network. The Digital Television Action Plan tasks Government to determine and agree a target level of coverage for digital terrestrial public services post-switchover in 2004. This spectrum plan will also enable us to assess the possibilities of improving current688W reception levels of DTT services across the UK. The latest version of the Digital Television Action Plan is available at: www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk.