UK digital terrestrial television

The UK broadcasters for cable, satellite, and terrestrial television have all recently launched digital services to deliver new channels and services to the home. Early in 1998, BT Broadcast Services won the contract to supply to the majority of the UK terrestrial broadcasters the network that would distribute the digital television signals fi om the studios to the transmitters located around the UK. This contract secured BT's position in the UK television distribution market. To win this business, BT Broadcast Services had to commit to deliver the DTTV network to a very tight schedule so that the broadcasters could achieve live programming for the all-important Christmas 1998 market.