RTVE claims leading role in Spanish DTT

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State-owned RTVE has asked the Government for a leading role in the development of DTT, similar to the BBC with Freeview in UK.

"RTVE knows, can and wants to lead the new television", said the General Director of the Group, Carmen Caffarel, who also demanded a leading role in the re-allocation of Quiero's frequencies scheduled for next summer.

RTVE undertook to launch eight digital channels and be the driving force behind the DTT market. "We are willing to be the driving force because we are ready, thanks to our current production, to use from the beginning the two multiplexes", added Caffarel.

RTVE currently operates terrestrial channels La Primera and La 2 and five satellite thematic channels, Teledeporte, Canal Clasico, Grandes Documentales, Canal 24 Horas and Canal Nostalgia. The group is also working on a new children's channel be distributed on the free-to-air DTT platform.