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U.K. bids on Spanish TV.

A U.K. company joined a consortium in the bidding for a digital terrestrial television Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound using aerial broadcasts to a conventional antenna (or aerial) instead of a satellite dish or  license in Spain. Carlton Communications, which delivers digital terrestrial Dealing with the earth. See terrestrial link.  TV to the U.K. through On Digital, entered into a partnership with the group led by Retevision, the Spanish Spanish, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, issuing from Spanish Lake, S Ont., Canada, NW of Sudbury, and flowing generally S through Biskotasi and Agnew lakes to Lake Huron opposite Manitoulin island. There are several hydroelectric stations on the river.  telephone company. Telecom Italia Telecom Italia is formerly a partially state-owned Italian telco. It was once known as SIP, and it has the largest user base in Italy.

Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina.
 and Spain's utility company, Endesa, has also joined the group.

Government officials in Spain opened bidding for the license in January and should choose a digital signal distributor by the end of this month.

Existing television operators in Spain were excluded from the bidding processu Reportedly, Spain's cable and satellite pay-TV market is 2.5 million homes strong, representing only 20 percent of the customer base.
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Title Annotation:Carlton Communications
Publication:Video Age International
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Jun 1, 1999
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