Communications and internet investor Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Ltd (LSE:CORD)’s Polish portfolio company Emitel has signed an agreement with Polish public broadcaster Telewizja Polska for an expansion of the broadcaster’s transmissions through a new, sixth digital television multiplex called MUX-6.
Emitel has developed the new digital terrestrial television MUX-6 over the past two years around the DVB-T2 technology standard to expand capacity and augment its service offerings for broadcasters.
Digital terrestrial television (DTT) licences give the holders the right to use certain radio frequencies to transmit television services in a digital format.
The new MUX-6 multiplex will cover 96% of the population of Poland and will be the second DTT multiplex operated by Emitel exclusively for Telewizja Polska, the other being MUX-3.
The extra broadcast capacity provided by MUX-6 enables Telewizja Polska to increase the number of channels it offers and allows the media market to use existing MUX-1 and MUX-8 capacity for additional new channels in Poland.
MUX-6 will facilitate the transmission of at least seven Telewizja Polska channels.
Maciej Staszak, vice president of the management board and chief sales officer at Emitel, said: "We are delighted that Telewizja Polska has decided to cooperate with Emitel to expand its programme offer to viewers.
“Terrestrial television is extremely popular in Poland and Emitel recently completed the change of broadcasting technology to a more efficient DVB-T2/HEVC standard which has created the opportunity to improve the quality of services and to provide capacity for the launch of new TV channels."
The agreement came into effect on 1 February 2023.