LONDON: BBC World is rapidly making its presence felt in Europe. The beeb has announced that it has become the first and so far only foreign TV network to be awarded a digital terrestrial (DVBT) frequency in Berlin.
In a global first this August, the German capital will become a digital-only city for television, when the licensing body MABB switches off the analogue signal completely. Up to now, 25 stations have won licences to broadcast on the new digital spectrum, but BBC World will be the only non-German channel to have been granted a frequency.
An official release informs that BBC World has been broadcasting on terrestrial analogue television in Berlin since 1996. BBC World MD Dr. Patrick Cross said: "It is a great honour and a reflection of the quality of BBC World that we are the only news channel to have been granted this highly sought-after digital frequency in Berlin. I am delighted that viewers will continue to have access to our unrivalled, impartial news coverage."