Digital TV in Malta

C21media reports on Malta's move to digital television:

The Mediterranean island of Malta is becoming the latest territory to take the plunge into digital television.Telecommunications company Maltacom has been granted permission by the island's communications authority to begin the roll out of digital terrestrial television.

The company said it would achieve nationwide coverage within the next 18 months, bringing DTT to all of the republic's 400,000 residents. The Maltese government has set 2010 as the analogue switch-off date and local UGC-owned cable operator Melita has already kicked off the process, becoming the first to offer digital TV in the territory in March this year.