The EBU Technical Committee's Broadcast Management Committee (BMC) is holding a two-day seminar, Forecast 2004, on 9-10 November.

Over 125 delegates from the EBU, the International Telecommunication Union, broadcasting organizations, equipment manufacturers and service providers from Europe and North Africa are attending the seminar at the EBU headquarters in Geneva.

The first day will include a review of the activities of the Project Groups of the BMC during the year. A number of critical systems issues are also to be examined in detail, including broadcasting multimedia to mobile and handheld devices, and the latest in digital delivery technologies including broadband.

On the second day the focus will be on frequency planning matters for digital radio and television. The resolutions and results of the Regional Radiocommunication Conference (RRC), held last May, will be reviewed. This will be followed by an analysis of activities to be carried out over the next two years, leading up to the final session in 2006, where the frequency spectrum plan will be defined, under which terrestrial TV and radio will be operated for many years to come.

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