Chile. Described as a historical fact, since for the first time it will be possible to request a new concession of television of national, regional, local or local coverage of a community nature, the National Television Council made a call for public competition to apply to 116 frequencies of Digital Television throughout the country.
"Today we wanted to be present in the Tarapacá region and make an invitation to all those who make television or want to make a television with more content and quality, and to all local and community channels in this region. In this region there are 9 frequencies available and we are witnessing the audiovisual talents in this area, "said the president of the CNTV, Oscar Reyes.
The President of the National Television Council made a call for competition in the city of Iquique, where there are 9 frequencies available: "This is a historic milestone for our country, one of the greatest democratic acts, which will mean a before and after in the distribution of the television signal. With digital television, access to a greater number of channels, more offer and diversity of content is opened. This translates into greater pluralism, and this principle, applied to the media, is reflected as a fundamental value of the democratic system, which is based on the exercise of the fundamental rights of freedom of expression and information," said the President of the CNTV, Oscar Reyes.
The application form is available in www.cntv.cl where applicants through an application specify the type of concession to which they want to apply, whether national, regional, local or local of a community nature.
Currently in Chile there are 849 television concessions that are already in the process of migrating from analog to digital, plus 13 concessions of a municipal nature. Of this number of available frequencies, and as stipulated by law, the Council has determined that 40% should be reserved for regional, local and local channels and community character, of which two national frequencies intended only for cultural or educational signals should be considered. The digital ignition or analog blackout was set for April 2020.
