DNA’s terrestrial pay-TV channels will switch completely to DVB-T2 technology on 17 May

DNA’s remaining DVB-T format pay-TV channels will switch to DVB-T2 technology on 17 May 2017. The majority of terrestrial-network pay-TV channels and all high-definition channels are already being broadcast with the new technology. The greater efficiency of DVB-T2 technology increases broadcasting capacity and enables the transmission of HD-quality broadcasts over the terrestrial network.

”This change will only apply to pay-TV channels received over the terrestrial network. For the majority of terrestrial-network households, this will entail no changes to the channel offering. To continue viewing the channels, viewers will need to make a channel search on 17 May. If your receiver does not support automatic channel searches, you may have to update the channels manually”, says Pekka Väisänen, Senior Vice President, Consumer Business at DNA.

Viewing channels broadcast with T2 technology requires a television or set-top box equipped with a T2 tuner. The safest choice is an Antenna Ready HD approved device. The Antenna Ready HD marking means that the device’s compatibility with DVB-T2 technology has been tested in Finland.

The change will harmonise the number and coverage of pay-TV channels. After the change, 85% of the Finnish population will live within the coverage of all terrestrial-network pay-TV channels. Customers outside the coverage area can still watch the channels over a broadband connection with the DNA TV application or with the new DNA TV-hubi device, which increases the channel offering in terrestrial homes. The DNA TV application allows the viewing of all channels on a computer, smart phone or tablet.

”We have made extensive investments in a nationwide broadband network, which we can now use for the distribution of pay-TV channels. In areas beyond the coverage of the terrestrial network, you can now actually view more channels via broadband than you used to see in the terrestrial network”, Väisänen says.

Pay-TV subscribers in the terrestrial network can easily check whether their devices are compatible with DVB-T2 broadcasts.

Select channel 99 on the television or set-top box in which you have the TV card. If you get an image, everything is fine. If you cannot get an image even after making a channel search, now it’s a good time to update your equipment. On devices without a TV card, select channel 100 for the test.

The on-going broadcasting technology update is part of a wider improvement of TV offering, where the current DVB-T transmissions of the free channels on the terrestrial network will be switched over to DVB-T2 technology on 31 March 2020.

Further information (in Finnish):
www.dna.fi/antenniTV
www.testatutlaitteet.fi

More information for the media:
Pekka Väisänen, Senior Vice President, Consumer Business, DNA Ltd, tel. +358 44 040 0168, pekka.vaisanen@dna.fi
DNA Corporate Communications, tel. +358 44 044 8000, communications@dna.fi