Nordic Business Report-August 31, 2005-Telenor-owned Norkring signs agreement with BBC
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Norwegian telecomms group Telenor said on Wednesday (31 August) that the Telenor-owned broadcast programmes provider Norkring had entered into an agreement with the BBC World Service for digital broadcasting over short wave, DRM. As part of the agreement the BBC would reportedly be among the first in the world to broadcast over DRM. From Norkring's transmitting station at Kvitsoy, signals would be broadcast to Central Europe. The agreement involves broadcast of the radio channel BBC World Service "English for Europe" for an initial period of 18 months. The BBC is also using United Kingdom-based transmitters owned and operated by VT Communications (VTC) to provide a multi-frequency network aimed at Benelux and neighbouring countries.
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