Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 429: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to the evaluation of the pilot scheme in respect of digital television; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11624/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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The Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) pilot was launched in August 2006 with a soft trial which was aimed at introducing stakeholder participants to the technologies involved with DTT and at providing an opportunity to source additional content for the trial. The soft trial has now concluded and, on 5 th March 2007, the public phase of the DTT pilot scheme, which will include 500 public participants, was launched. Throughout this phase, information on the reaction of public trial participants to DTT and to new technology developments, such as High Definition TV, will be gathered and made available.