Digital television in Denmark

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See also: Digital terrestrial television in Denmark

Free-to-air DVB-T was launched on 31 March 2006 with the transmission of the national public service channels DR1 and DR2, and TV2 and the regional TV2 TV channels. Other private TV channels are expected to follow suit. All analogue terrestrial TV transmission will end on 1 November 2009.

World Cup of Soccer 2006 was broadcasted in HDTV by YouSee for HDTV subscribers.

Also, the first HD channel targeting the Nordic countries, other than the Euro1080 channels (HD1,HD2,HD5), was launched in autumn 2005 by C More Entertainment and was originally called C More HD

Officially Kanal 5 HD was the first Danish HD channel. However, another Danish HD channel was launched the same day.

Denmark's first national HD channels, Kanal 5 HD and TV2 Sport HD, launched 1 January 2008.

[edit] Faroe Islands

Digital terestrial television is now available for two-thirds the population of the Faroe Islands, offering 24 channels.