Warsaw.Illustration photo by Pixabay.comCommercial broadcasters fear a possible total loss of up to 2.5 million viewers as a result of the fact that in some areas selected programs of the Polish public broadcaster TVP can still be watched even in the original DVB-T platform.At the same time, part of the viewers are content with public programs and do not need to change their older television or set-top box.At the same time, Poland is far from the first or the only country that decided to partially preserve DVB-T.Slovakia, Hungary, Sweden, Italy, France, Spain or Portugal also took a similar step.Each country had its own reasons for this, the main one being to spread out the need to replace television receivers or set-top boxes over a longer period.The European Commission did not require individual states to switch to DVB-T2 across the board.The only condition was the release of frequencies in the 700 MHz band for the needs of new 5G networks.The Czech Republic has decided for a widespread transition of all-area DVB-T multiplexes to the DVB-T2/HEVC standard.Other countries chose a more compromise approach and allowed DVB-T multiplexes to be maintained at least to a limited extent.Neighboring Poland was also included in this category despite the displeasure of the local commercial television stations.You must first log in to post comments.