Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Agusto Santos silva of Portugal

Portuguese Parliamentary Issues Augusto Santos Silva has confirmed the public tender for the countrys fifth national free-to-air channel will be called in October.

Portugal's minister for parliament affairs Augusto Santos Silva said after yesterday's weekly government cabinet meeting that the digital television tender would take place first, with the TV licence auction following 180 days later.

Santos Silva said he hoped that Portugal, which lags behind its Western European neighbours in implementing digital terrestrial TV, would switch entirely from analogue to digital by 2012.

entirely from analogue to digital television by 2012.

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