UHV-TV licence renewal project

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Renewal offers for UHF-TV spectrum licences

In May 2003 Cabinet agreed policy on expiry of commercial spectrum rights. Subject to case-by-case assessment, replacement rights will be offered to existing rightholders five years before expiry, at a price calculated using a price-setting formula. If the offer is not accepted, the rights will be auctioned.

In December 2004 Cabinet agreed, subject to certain conditions, to offer replacement UHF-TV spectrum licences to current rightholders for a ten-year period from March 2010. Licences allocated for "distributed music services" will not be offered for renewal.

The Ministry is developing renewal offers with the objective of issuing these in March 2005. Preparation of offers requires three concurrent processes: preparation of offer terms and conditions, engineering assessments and calculation of offer prices.

The project pages linked below will be updated from time to time. If you have any queries regarding the project or wish to receive notice of updates please contact the Ministry via email to radiospectrum@med.govt.nz.

Project pages and updates