Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 150: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extra television channels that will become available on the DTT pilot scheme in March 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8205/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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The Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) pilot scheme was launched in August 2006 and is currently in the "soft trial" phase during which network and user technologies are being tested.

Preparations are now under way for phase 2 of the trial, which will involve a closed trial with a limited number of public participants. This will start in March 2007 and additional content is expected to be added to the trial DTT service at this stage. It is expected that the content will include some UK mainstream channels, in addition to local or niche programming, with some Irish radio channels to be added at a later stage.