A state digital television and radio broadcasting multiplex will be launched in Ukraine

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Just a few decades ago, we could not have imagined that a whole range of entertaining channels could be available to us for free. And today free digital television in Ukraine is not a luxury at all. Find out which tuner is better to choose? How to set up free TV? In this article you will find answers to these and many other questions that interest users.

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What happened

On March 2, news was published on the website of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine, which talks about plans to launch a state multiplex this fall.
The operator of the new television network will be the Concern of Radio Broadcasting, Radio Communications and Television (Concern RRT). The report notes that the launch of the new project became possible thanks to the reforms carried out in the Concern last year, as well as due to the completion of many years of litigation with, as a result of which the KRRT was transferred equipment that allowed the latter to become a participant in the telecommunications market.

Who will continue analogue broadcasting?

TV companies that, for various reasons, do not yet have a license for digital broadcasting. But only until December 31, 2021. Next, they will need to obtain such a license. Either switch to cable or satellite broadcasting, or stop it altogether.

Analogue broadcasting will not be stopped in regions with a special broadcast regime: Donetsk and Lugansk regions, in the north of Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkov regions, and in the south of Kherson. Here, analogue television will remain, and will even develop, in particular for the purpose of broadcasting to the occupied territories, the National Council noted.

What is known about the multiplex

In a commentary for Ukrinform, Chairman of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection Yuriy Shchigol clarified that we are talking about the creation of a nationwide digital multi-channel television network MX-7. Thanks to the launch of the seventh digital multiplex, Ukrainians from the most remote regions of the country will be able to receive high-quality signals from television and radio channels.

To operate the MX-7, frequencies in the meter band of 174-230 MHz will be used. Broadcasting standard – DVB-T2. The multiplex will include about 12 television and radio channels: “UA: First”, “UA: Culture”, local branches of “Public Broadcasting”, TV channel “Rada”, “UA: Ukrainian Radio”, “UA: Radio Promin”, “ UA: Radio Culture", "Army FM", etc.

According to the decision of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting, the national digital multi-channel television network MX-7 should be present in 158 settlements.

Expert commentary

According to media expert Alexander Glushchenko , the launch of the seventh multiplex, as for the state of Ukraine, is a necessary and important step, albeit belated.

“Let’s be honest, it’s rare when the state thinks about itself, about the population, and not about someone else’s private business. TV channels created with taxpayers' money are required to have maximum coverage and be represented on air as much as possible. The RRT concern should not directly depend on one corporate client – the Zeonbud company.”

Alexander Glushchenko also emphasizes that when putting the MX-7 into operation, a number of questions may arise. Namely:

what will be the coverage area if the transmitter power is from 0.05 to 1 kW, only a few transmitters in Antopol (Rivne region) and Ternopil will have a power of 2 kW?
Since broadcasting is planned in the meter range on 5-12 MV channels, what should those consumers do who have upgraded the antenna system to receive the Zeonbud UHF signal and got rid of the “meter” antenna?

DVB-T2 network coverage in Ukraine

You can connect to digital terrestrial TV almost throughout the entire territory of Ukraine.

In the table below, the following characteristics are important: the average coverage radius of the transmitter closest to the receiving location, which affects the choice of antenna and (if necessary) amplifier; frequency channel numbers that are relevant in a specific area, for the possibility of using manual search in a DVB-T2 receiver or TV with a built-in DVB-T2 tuner.

You can receive a digital terrestrial television signal using a decimeter antenna, either a conventional directional one or a specially designed compact antenna for receiving a digital signal. Antennas with a built-in amplifier require a power supply of 5 V (from the receiver or external power supply).

Most TVs from major manufacturers officially supplied to Ukraine (!) are equipped with a built-in DVB-T2 tuner. You can check your TV's user manual, TV menu settings, or TV manufacturer's website to see if a tuner is available.

Many TV channels are switching to digital broadcasting in high definition format, which allows you to get decent image and sound on the big screen by connecting a T2 receiver to a projector and AVR.

№	Transmitter location		Average coverage radius, km	Digital packages
	Transmitter location			MX1	MX2	MX3	MX4
	Locality	Address		Frequency channel numbers
Kyiv region
1	Berezan	st. Lenina, 37	35	33	27	21	36
2	White church	st. Tarashchanskaya, 196	30	56	58	57	59
3	Dybintsy	Boguslavsky district	40	48	30	60	53
4	Kagarlyk	RRS CTE URRT tower	35	33	36	57	23
5	Kyiv	st. Dorogozhitskaya, 10	110	26	31	49	29
6	Volodarka	st. Mira, 221a	40	33	53	22	50
Vinnytsia region
25	Balanovka	Bershad district	65	35	53	54	51
26	Pogrebishche	st. Kotsyubynskogo, 23	25	36	32	29	34
27	Vinnitsa	st. Maksimovicha, 23	80	39	32	31	49
28	Volodymyrka	Shargorod district	45	27	53	64	51
29	Yampol	st. Chernyakhovsky, 2	30	38	34	64	51
Volyn region
30	Gorokhov	st. Vatutina, 30a	35	58	57	40	52
31	Kovel	st. Varshavskaya, 5	70	44	27	59	52
32	Lyubeshov	st. Lesnaya, 3	30	25	62	49	55
33	Podgaitsy	Lutsk district	40	43	57	28	26
34	Novovolynsk	st. Pionerskaya, 6	25	26	31	48	63
35	Shatsk	st. 50 years of Victory, 1-b	30	22	31	41	28
Dnepropetrovsk region
36	Dnepropetrovsk	st. Television, 3	65	26	35	25	40
37	Dmukhailovka	Magdalinovsky district	25	50	38	52	33
38	Krivoy Rog	st. Television, 8a	65	41	51	54	38
39	Mogilev	Tsarichansky district	25	39	42	23	32
40	Nikopol	st. Karl Liebknecht, 113a	35	29	34	42	40
41	Ordzhonikidze	st. Telmana, 11a	30	30	44	42	47
42	Eagles	Pokrovsky district	35	37	21	36	31
43	Pavlograd	st. Kharkovskaya, 17a	25	28	22	48	61
44	Pereshchepino	st. Shevchenka, 126-b	30	28	38	23	32
45	Nikolaevka	Petropavlovsky district	35	49	33	25	40
46	Volnogorsk	st. Lenina, 38-A	30	36	30	31	33
47	Yellow Waters	pl. Lenina, 5	30	48	21	47	49
Donetsk region
48	Kramatorsk	st. Kirova, 699-a (RTS Andreevka)	60	21	42	33	38
49	Artemovsk	st. Rosa Luxemburg, 54	25	50	42	35	52
50	Donetsk	st. Infantry, 4a	110	56	58	51	29
51	Konstantinovka	st. Demeshchenko, 116	25	50	42	35	47
52	Krasnoarmeysk	st. Dnepropetrovskaya, 1	30	43	48	36	63
53	Mariupol	st. Klenovaya Balka, 3	60	39	42	34	24
54	Torez	st. Chernyshevsky, 15	35	53	27	33	52
Zhytomyr Oblast
55	Andreevka	Chernyakhovsky district	65	50	40	43	42
56	Berdichev	st. Lenina, 78	45	27	35	25	23
57	Brusilov	st. Lermontova, 171	25	33	34	39	38
58	Kozhukhovka	Korostensky district	30	32	40	36	26
59	Yurovka	Malinsky district	30	33	27	22	37
60	Novograd-Volynsky	st. Kuibysheva, 14	30	32	21	31	35
61	Olevsk	st. Svyato-Nikolaevskaya, 146	60	51	52	53	43
62	Oak Guy	Ovrutsky district	55	50	52	53	34
63	Kotlyarka	Popelnyansky district	35	21	28	22	23
Transcarpathian region
64	Khust	With. Rokosovo (Mount Tovsta)	60	39	53	56	61
65	Mukachevo	Mount Pavlova	20	39	53	56	55
66	Rakhiv	Mount Terentin	30	55	33	60	61
67	Svalyava	Mount Kichera	25	39	53	44	40
68	Uzhgorod	st. Krymskaya, 24a	25	39	53	56	36
69	Great Berezny	Mount Yavornik	20	39	53	56	55
Zaporozhye region
70	Berdyansk	st. Rudenka, 4-a	35	30	35	34	43
71	Kuibyshevo	st. Lenina, 1-v (RTS Kamysh Zarya)	65	33	32	36	53
72	Melitopol	Ave. B. Khmelnitsky, 88/4	70	33	26	28	50
73	Orekhov	st. Stepnaya, 25	35	41	35	39	42
74	Zaporozhye	st. Matrosova, 24-a	55	43	31	49	57
Ivano-Frankivsk region
75	Debeslavtsy	Kolomyia district	20	27	51	30	39
76	Malaya Turya	Dolinsky district	30	35	57	31	24
77	Ivano-Frankivsk	st. Chornovola, 19	55	42	41	31	58
78	Mykulychyn	Yaremche City Council	20	35	49	31	39
Kirovograd region
79	Kirovograd	st. Sadovaya, 88	65	49	53	22	47
80	Novoarkhangelsk	Slavy street, 153	40	35	30	29	53
81	Novomirgorod	st. Lenina, 2	25	26	32	23	25
82	Novoukrainka	st. Metelkova, 53	35	36	61	52	57
83	Alexandria	st. Pakhomenka, 2	45	40	38	31	52
84	Installation	st. Pushkina, 43	35	50	37	52	23
Lugansk region
85	Belovodsk	RTS tower	35	32	52	25	34
86	Chernukhino	Perevalsky district	35	44	42	23	62
87	Lugansk	st. Demekhina, 25	65	32	60	40	34
88	Lisichansk	Ave. Lenina, 161a	30	54	53	35	63
89	Popasnaya	st. Pershotravneva, 152	35	41	42	23	36
90	Rovenki	st. Vygonnaya, 22	70	32	55	40	22
91	Starobelsk	With. Podgorovka, RTS	65	32	55	62	58
92	Pine	Svatovsky district	25	32	37	25	47
93	Zorinovka	Melovsky district	30	24	52	25	31
Lviv region
94	Brody	st. Green, 19	35	21	57	35	50
95	Lviv	st. High Castle, 9	50	22	28	40	33
96	New Razdol	lane Pridorozhny, 18	35	64	47	30	42
97	Pidbuzh	Drogobitsky district	35	39	36	51	50
Nikolaevkskaya area
98	Bereznegovatoe	st. Sports, 30-A	30	33	27	31	26
99	Nikolaev	Lenina Ave., 24-r	65	34	58	39	48
100	New Bug	Maidan Shirokaya Square, 10a	30	21	42	22	62
101	Pervomaisk	Podgorodnyanskoe highway, 13	55	50	28	56	59
102	Voznesensk	st. Timiryazeva, 175	45	49	25	51	27
Odessa region
103	Viktorovka	Berezovsky district	35	38	25	52	57
104	Ishmael	st. Zheleznyakova, 260a	35	21	40	23	39
105	Kamenskoye	Artsizsky district	50	22	40	55	27
106	Westerners	Kotovsky district	65	62	43	54	40
107	Kovbasova Polyana	Savransky district	35	35	30	54	37
108	Nikolaevka	Ovidiopolsky district	30	25	33	55	37
109	Odessa	dor. Fontanskaya, 3	65	43	32	39	23
110	Sarata	st. Melnichnaya, 1b	35	25	40	55	37
111	Zhovten	Shiryaevsky district	65	35	41	47	33
Poltava region
112	Gadyach	pl. Sobornaya, 65a	25	26	39	34	31
113	Comb	st. Gorodishchenskaya, 142	35	41	42	23	30
114	Iskrovka	Chutovsky district	40	26	63	34	44
115	Kobelyaki	st. Poltavskaya, 29a	30	50	38	52	30
116	Krasnogorovka	Velikobagachansky district	65	26	37	41	51
117	Kremenchuk	st. Kerchenskaya, 7a	60	39	42	43	59
118	Lokhvitsa	st. Lenina, 104-a	30	50	42	41	49
119	Lubny	st. Grushevsky, 27	35	52	24	40	29
120	Coppices	Zinkovsky district	30	52	29	48	40
121	Poltava	Pershotravnevy Ave., (Pervomaisky) 26a	40	31	38	49	25
Rovenskaya region
122	Antopol	Rivne district	65	38	42	40	33
123	Dubrovitsa	st. Zheleznodorozhnaya, 7-i	35	54	43	55	47
124	Kuznetsovsk	st. Khometskaya, 1	40	25	22	49	41
Sumy region
125	Belopole	st. May 1, 15	60	55	42	51	33
126	Ovlashi	Romensky district	30	36	42	21	25
127	Shostka	st. Korotchenko, 88	60	24	59	58	60
128	Sumy	st. Skryabina, 3	30	36	63	51	53
129	Trostyanets	st. Neskuchanskaya, 50	60	54	49	51	30
Ternopil region
130	Berezhany	Zalissya st., 7	35	57	32	23	53
131	Buchach	With. Pidzamochek	25	57	59	64	47
132	Gorishna Vygnanka	Chortkiv district	35	27	21	42	50
133	Kremenets	st. Osovitsa, 12	30	30	32	23	43
134	Lozovaya	Ternopil district	65	25	39	23	37
Kharkov region
135	Raisin	st. Krutaya, 56	60	26	39	25	43
136	Kharkiv	st. Derevianko, 1a	60	31	35	48	58
137	Kupyansk	st. Lenina, 87	50	53	37	57	58
138	Lozovaya	st. Cooperative, 53A	50	31	55	56	59
139	Kegichevka	st. Kirova, 81	60	28	39	21	40
140	Great Burluk	st. Decorative, 4	35	31	44	49	52
Kherson region
141	Chaplinka	st. Lenina, 1	35	27	38	37	33
142	Genichesk	st. Lenina, 87-V	30	33	31	35	27
143	Kherson	st. Perekopskaya, 5	55	34	58	39	44
144	Novotroitskoe	st. Bezrodnogo, 116a	30	48	38	28	21
145	Nizhnye Serogozy	st. Shchorsa, 13	30	52	38	37	39
146	Vasilyevka	Kakhovsky district	65	29	41	57	36
Khmelnitsky region
147	Belogorye	Belogorsky district	30	47	48	51	34
148	Khmelnitsky	Prospect Mira, 43	65	22	29	51	50
149	Kulchievtsy	Kamenets-Podilsky district	65	22	29	51	44
150	Full	st. Lesi Ukrainki, 5A	45	49	42	51	58
Cherkasy region
151	Kamenka	st. Lenina, 1A	30	31	34	35	30
152	Beeches	Mankovsky district	50	62	61	29	37
153	Cherkasy	st. Palehi, 2	65	48	28	21	53
154	Kanev	st. Kyiv, 27	35	58	28	21	38
155	Korsun-Shevchenkovsky	st. Martsenyuka, 1a	30	41	43	50	39
156	Satanovka	Monastyrischensky district	35	40	30	29	42
157	Polyanetskoe	Uman district	35	39	52	29	47
158	Shpola	st. 40th anniversary of Victory, 11-a	35	48	49	50	47
Chernivtsi region
159	Chernivtsi	st. Biletskaya, 6	45	43	49	59	40
160	Novodnistrovsk	block 27, building. 5	60	60	34	64	25
Chernihiv region
161	Tinitsa	Bakhmatsky district	55	39	49	43	51
162	Bobrovitsa	st. Dzerzhinsky, 113	35	33	28	23	59
163	Chernigov	st. Komsomolskaya, 53B	60	22	34	35	61
164	Hills	Koryukivsky district	65	22	49	54	61
165	Nizhyn	lane Urozhainy, 8a	30	38	40	43	36
166	Bileshchyna	Prilutsky district	60	52	27	56	32

Data on the placement of DVB-T2 repeaters is provided by the company that built the national digital television network in Ukraine.

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