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Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of when digital terrestrial television will reach (a) 70 per cent., (b) 80 per cent. and (c) 90 per cent. of the population. [82150]
Janet Anderson
Responsibility for the delivery of digital terrestrial television (DTT) services in the UK rests with the BBC and ITC. The Launch phase for DTT, which comprises 81 transmitters, is expected to be rolled out by the year 2000. The table gives the existing and final predicted coverage for each multiplex.
| Percentage | ||
| Multiplex | Existing coverage | Final predicted coverage |
| BBC Multiplex | 75·6 | 90 |
| Digital Channels 3 and 4 | 75·5 | 89 |
| SDN and Channel 5 | 75·0 | 88 |
| ONdigital (Mux B) | 74·2 | 86 |
| ONdigital (Mux C) | 65·7 | 77 |
| ONdigital (Mux D) | 62·2 | 73 |