Engineering Assessment
[ Last Updated 13 December 2005 ]
The Ministry has engaged an engineering consultancy to complete the engineering for UHF-TV licences offered for renewal.
Replacement licences will be offered for licences due to expire on 11 March 2010. 28 February 2005 is the final cut-off date for registration of changes; changes registered after this date will not be taken into account in the renewal offers made in March 2005.
Rightholders who wish to make changes to licences are encouraged to do so early and inform the Ministry by email to radiospectrum@med.govt.nz of their intentions.
Replacement licences will be offered only at those transmitter sites in current ongoing use for UHF-TV broadcasting as at 31 December 2004.
Rightholders should note that if a licence for which an offer is not made comes into use prior to settlement, that licence will be considered for renewal if it is not likely to cause technical detriment to planning for digital services.
Replacement licences will be engineered with technical parameters reflecting current engineering practices and actual utilisation of rights. The review will confirm transmitter location, and also consider (among other things) maximum power, maximum permitted interfering signals, horizontal radiation patterns and antenna height. Receive coverage locations will be checked, but major changes are unlikely.
The engineering assessment is due for completion by February 2005, although the list of included sites is likely to be available earlier.
This page will be updated from time to time. If you have any queries regarding the project or wish to receive notice of updates please contact the Ministry via email to radiospectrum@med.govt.nz.
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