20 May 2013 | 09:45
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The Malta Communications Authority (MCA) said on Wednesday that it notes that following the switch-over of TV transmissions to digital in Sicily, high levels of interference are being experienced on a number of frequency channels in use in Malta, leading to a serious degradation in transmissions of local service providers.
MCA is in constant liaison with the Italian Authorities, both the responsible Ministry – the Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico and the National Regulatory Authority – the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM) with a view to the earliest cessation of this interference.
The Italian Authorities are attributing these issues to initial teething technical problems related to the switchover, which were also experienced with other neighbouring countries.
Comments
John Borg
- Thu 21-Jun-2012, 14:10I sincerely hope that the Italians will disregard what the other counties say, as they did in the past, so that we can enjoy tens of good quality stations for free!
Unknown
- Wed 20-Jun-2012, 23:24Beleave me it is because know channels that we paid for in the past are free to air and they have always been this way in Sicaly !!!! instead of trying to destroy monopoly and stealing from customers the maltese authorities are helping companies like GO to steal from us more money. How sad !!!
H Galea
- Wed 20-Jun-2012, 22:39The BBC local reception was being off air for one minute 10 seconds for quite some time. About time that MCA did feel to speak and inform the public earler
S. Borg
- Wed 20-Jun-2012, 19:39I Hope that this is not an excuse from the local authorities and Go to stop receiving italian stations from sicily.