09-10-2008

Cyprus sets date for move to digital TV

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    Cyprus will make the transfer to digital TV broadcasting in 2011, government officials announced.

    According to a report in the Famagusta Gazette, the ministers of the interior and of communication and works said that the country would have a period of transition with both analog and digital transmissions available. The government intends to have the switch to digital TV completed in advance of the European Union's 2012 deadline.