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The digital switch-over from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting opened the door to a significantly more efficient usage of spectrum. This means that existing broadcasting services could be offered by using less spectrum. The amount of spectrum that is left and therefore could be released for other purposes is usually addressed as the Digital Dividend. Broadcasters would like to make use of that spectrum in order to offer more (high quality) services and hence make the terrestrial platform competitive with other distribution means like cable, satellite or the Internet.
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Like Mark Twain already correctly remarked, “predictions are very difficult, in particular as far as they refer to the future”.
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Beutler, R. (2012). Future Developments. In: The Digital Dividend of Terrestrial Broadcasting. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1569-5_7
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