<s>
Digital	B-Device
terrestrial	I-Device
television	I-Device
in	I-Device
Denmark	I-Device
was	O
technically	O
launched	O
in	O
March	O
2006	O
after	O
some	O
years	O
of	O
public	O
trials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
June	O
2020	O
,	O
five	O
national	O
multiplexes	B-Device
are	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MUX	B-Protocol
1	O
is	O
owned	O
by	O
DR	O
but	O
operated	O
by	O
Cibicom	O
A/S	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MUX	B-Protocol
2	O
-	O
5	O
are	O
owned	O
and	O
operated	O
by	O
Norlys	O
broadcasting	O
encrypted	O
pay-TV	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
trial	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
2002	O
on	O
northern	O
Jutland	B-Application
,	O
broadcasting	O
the	O
three	O
public	O
service	O
channels	O
and	O
an	O
experimental	O
regional	O
channel	O
called	O
"	O
TV	O
2/Nord	O
-Digital	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technical	O
launch	O
was	O
made	O
on	O
31	O
March	O
2006	O
,	O
after	O
some	O
months	O
of	O
national	O
trials	O
with	O
one	O
multiplex	B-Device
covering	O
the	O
entire	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offered	O
the	O
national	O
analogue	O
channels	O
DR1	O
and	O
TV	O
2	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
DR2	O
,	O
a	O
stream	O
for	O
signed	O
simulcasts	O
of	O
news	O
programmes	O
on	O
the	O
three	O
other	O
channels	O
and	O
the	O
MHP	B-Device
services	O
DR	O
extra	O
and	O
TV	O
2	O
Extra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
multiplex	B-Device
was	O
operated	O
by	O
DIGI-TV	O
I/S	O
,	O
a	O
joint-venture	O
between	O
DR	O
and	O
TV	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
11	O
June	O
2007	O
the	O
Danish	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Culture	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
six	O
parties	O
had	O
agreed	O
on	O
how	O
the	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
network	O
of	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
8	O
multiplexes	B-Device
would	O
continue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
multiplexes	B-Device
(	O
MUX	B-Protocol
3-6	O
)	O
would	O
be	O
given	O
to	O
a	O
commercial	O
gatekeeper	O
which	O
would	O
be	O
required	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
varied	O
offering	O
and	O
would	O
be	O
chosen	O
through	O
a	O
"	O
beauty	O
contest	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DIGI-TV	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
given	O
another	O
multiplex	B-Device
,	O
MUX	B-Protocol
2	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
MUX	B-Protocol
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MUX	B-Protocol
2	O
would	O
be	O
carrying	O
the	O
children	O
and	O
culture	O
channel	O
from	O
DR	O
,	O
a	O
parliament	O
channel	O
,	O
more	O
airtime	O
for	O
the	O
TV	O
2	O
regions	O
and	O
community	O
television	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
March	O
2008	O
Boxer	O
got	O
the	O
gatekeeper	O
rights	O
for	O
MUX	B-Protocol
3	O
,	O
4	O
and	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Boxer	O
went	O
on-air	O
on	O
2	O
February	O
2009	O
with	O
its	O
three	O
commercial	O
multiplexes	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
on	O
this	O
day	O
,	O
Copenhagen-based	O
company	O
Open	O
Channel	O
Aps	O
launched	O
a	O
trial	O
multiplex	B-Device
,	O
"	O
MUXCPH	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
local	O
channels	O
such	O
as	O
Kanal	O
København	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Boxer	O
got	O
its	O
fourth	O
multiplex	B-Device
:	O
MUX6	O
on	O
1	O
November	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
conditions	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
were	O
that	O
15%	O
of	O
the	O
capacity	O
should	O
be	O
given	O
to	O
DR	O
.	O
35%	O
to	O
other	O
companies	O
,	O
where	O
Boxer	O
were	O
free	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
remaining	O
50%	O
themselves	O
for	O
DVB-H-services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
26	O
September	O
2013	O
Boxer	O
launched	O
its	O
fourth	O
multiplex	B-Device
-	O
MUX6	O
-	O
which	O
uses	O
DVB-T2	O
with	O
MPEG-4	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
November	O
2012	O
Open	O
Channel	O
's	O
trial	O
of	O
MUXCPH	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
the	O
trial	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
DVB-T2	O
trial	O
multiplex	B-Device
,	O
MUXCPH-2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
Open	O
Channel	O
got	O
permission	O
to	O
reuse	O
the	O
first	O
MUXCPH	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
DVB-T2	O
mux	B-Protocol
with	O
HEVC	B-Algorithm
coding	O
and	O
HbbTV	B-Device
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
11	O
January	O
2012	O
the	O
free-to-air	O
MUX1	O
switched	O
from	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
to	O
the	O
newer	O
MPEG-4	B-Algorithm
codec	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2016	O
and	O
early	O
2017	O
DIGI-TV	O
made	O
changes	O
to	O
their	O
two	O
multiplexes	B-Device
making	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
launch	O
both	O
DR2	O
and	O
DR	O
K	O
in	O
720p	O
HD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
scenario	O
A	O
,	O
all	O
5	O
UHF	O
multiplexes	B-Device
and	O
the	O
single	O
VHF	O
multiplex	B-Device
would	O
be	O
given	O
to	O
the	O
gatekeeper	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
condition	O
of	O
broadcasting	O
free-to-air	O
channels	O
from	O
DR	O
and	O
TV	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
scenario	O
B	O
,	O
a	O
single	O
UHF	O
multiplex	B-Device
would	O
be	O
given	O
to	O
Digi-TV	O
(	O
the	O
joint-venture	O
between	O
DR	O
and	O
TV	O
2	O
)	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
free-to-air	O
broadcasting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remaining	O
4	O
UHF	O
multiplexes	B-Device
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
single	O
VHF	O
multiplex	B-Device
would	O
be	O
given	O
to	O
the	O
gatekeeper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
both	O
scenarios	O
it	O
is	O
expected	O
that	O
every	O
multiplex	B-Device
will	O
use	O
DVB-T2	O
and	O
HEVC	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2017	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
scenario	O
B	O
had	O
been	O
chosen	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
gatekeeper	O
for	O
minimum	O
4	O
multiplexes	B-Device
will	O
be	O
chosen	O
through	O
a	O
"	O
beauty	O
contest	O
"	O
which	O
ran	O
through	O
5	O
March	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
June	O
2020	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
available	O
multiplexes	B-Device
decreased	O
from	O
6	O
to	O
5	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
switch-over	O
from	O
DVB-T	O
to	O
DVB-T2	O
on	O
all	O
5	O
multiplexes	B-Device
.	O
</s>
