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ITALY - 2009 CALENDAR OF TRANSITION TO DIGITAL

TRANSITION TO DIGITAL AND BBC2 Rete4 February 15 Trentino May 20 Occ. Piemonte (TO and CN) June 16 Lazio October 14 Campania TRANSITION TO FULL DIGITAL September 14 to 23 Val d'Aosta September 24 to October 9 Piedmont occ. (TO and CN) October 15 to 27 Trentino October 28 to November 11 Alto Adige November 16 to 30 Lazio December 1 to 16 Campania Source: DGTVi

September 15, 2008 Government with a decree signed by the Minister of Economic Development, Claudio Scajola, September 10 last year and presented by Secretary with responsibility for Communications, Paolo Romani, presented the timetable for the transition to digital terrestrial television in Italy. The decree provides for a gradual transition to digital broadcasting in various Italian regions divided into 16 areas in the second half of 2009 until the second half of 2012. Remain fixed for the second half of 2008 and first half of this year the steps already 'in the areas under the so-called all-digital, Sardinia and Valle D'Aosta. Gia 'in the second half of 2009 will be seen' digital terrestrial TV in Lazio, Campania, Trentino Alto Adige and Piemonte. Gradually plaice 'to digital in the other regions until the last two, Sicily and Calabria, where the transition will take place' to end of 2012. A program in the coming two years will involve more than 70% of the Italian population (about 14 will be the millions of concerned citizens in 2009 and 23 in 2010 for a total of about 35 million), bringing Italy one of the more advanced countries to the European goal of 2012. section See download the Ministerial Decree, annexes (Annex 1-Table Areas, Attachment 2 - Schedule) and the Explanatory Note. NATIONAL CALENDAR 2008 II sem Area 16 Sardinia 2009 I always Area 2 Valle d'Aosta II sem Area 1 western Piedmont Area 4 and Trentino Alto Adige (including the province of Belluno) Area 12 Lazio Area 13 Campania 2010 I always Area 3 Eastern Piedmont and Lombardy (including the province Piacenza) II sem Area 5 Emilia Romagna * Area 6 Veneto * (including the provinces of Mantua and Pordenone) Area 7 Friuli Venezia Giulia Area 8 Liguria 2011 I always Area 10 * Marche Area 11 Abruzzo and Molise * (including the province of Foggia ) Area 14 Basilicata, Puglia ( including the provinces of Cosenza and Crotone) 2012 I always Area 9 Tuscany and Umbria (including the provinces of La Spezia and Viterbo) II sem Area 15 Sicily and Calabria * Switches off Areas 5 and 6 and those 10 and 11 are considered, respectively, forming part of a joint process.