The bilateral agreement between Italy and San Marino was signed yesterday in Rome which will allow Rtv radio and television material to be broadcast on the Italian national territory via digital terrestrial.

The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was present for the government of the Titan Luca Beccari and the Secretary of State for Labor with responsibility for Information Theodore Lonfernini, for Italy the Foreign Minister Luigi from But I.

“This is a further step in the effective relaunch of bilateral collaboration – writes the Foreign Secretariat in a note – and which takes place in a strategic sector, following the redistribution of frequencies. new perspectives for San Marino RTV “.

“I am satisfied with the acceleration on the finalization of the text of the agreement – declared Secretary of State Beccari – signifying the willingness of the Parties to regulate and update a priority service for our national system. It was also agreed with the Minister of Maio to continue dealing with the bilateral issues on the agenda ”.

“With the signing of the bilateral agreement – continued the Secretary of State Teodoro Lonfernini – a broader collaboration in radio and television matters between the two states opens up and the possibility for both of them to reap advantages and opportunities. Our radio and television broadcaster will expand its catchment area with significant repercussions of visibility and affirmation on the entire Italian territory. “

Details of the deal have not been disclosed at this time.

Rtv, on its website, states that the agreement “will have a duration of five years” and that it contains “a adjustment of the contribution“that Italy gives to San Marino annually, that up to now it was 3 million euros per year in exchange for the renunciation by the Titan of the use of some channels that would have been due to him by the international conventions on the subject.

According to the site blogtvitaliana.it, the increase for RTV San Marino it will be of around one million euros per year, and “in exchange” the San Marino channel will be included in the package of Rai channels broadcast throughout the country.

Today at the center of the agreement is the legacy of the frequency 51, up to now held by San Marino and broadcast to broadcast Rtv programs in Emilia-Romagna and in the Marche but which must be abandoned by the end of 2021 to allow the diffusion of 5G technology.

The game has now been underway for 4 years, since Italy auctioned off the new frequencies for ultra-fast internet, including 51, grossing € 6.5 billion.

Parallel to the shift in frequencies, the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) of Geneva, assigned new frequencies to countries, dividing them by macro areas. A total of 14 were assigned to Italy and San Marino, leaving the two states to define an agreement independently.

And this is where the negotiations and the dispute for years began, which officially ended yesterday. This negotiation on the Titan has sparked controversy and parliamentary questions in recent months.

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