What does ULTV want the Government to do?
9.1. The development of digital platforms brings with them the challenge of new competitors and fragmented audiences. However, they also bring the opportunity of more economic entry levels, greater opportunity for citizen participation and the ability to reach new audiences innovatively through continuously connected devices. 9.2. One of the Government’s original purposes of digital switchover was to open up terrestrial broadcasting to new entrants. However, the main barrier to entry preventing the launch of many services from new entrants is the undersupply and consequent cost of Freeview capacity. 9.3. It is within the power of Government to reserve video streams on any of the six Freeview multiplexes, including the so-called ‘commercial’ multiplexes, for services meeting public service purposes. It is equally within the power of Government to require Ofcom to ensure that interleaved spectrum, almost all of which is to be held by a monopoly Band Manager, is used to deliver public ser
