Switched on TDT box for the first time in a while and saw a message on a few of channels stating the government is forcing them to close on the 6th of May ???

A total of nine Terrestrial Digital Television channels are set to close down by May 6th 2014.

Something to do with how the frequencies were "mis sold" to existing broadcasters and not made to new broacasters.

Channels closing down include:
â—¾La Sexta 3.
â—¾Xplora.
â—¾Nitro.
â—¾La Siete.
â—¾Net TV.
â—¾Veo TV.

The news is there could be more shutting.
It is also said the bandwidth is needed for 4G signals. But the government being the government denies this.
Still less crap to watch

It's to do with licenses being sold unfairly, ie. licenses that should never have been handed out, nothing to do with 4g bandwidth. Shame to see Explora going as I enjoyed some of the programs on their and some of the films on La Sexta3 however I wont miss all the repeated crap they kept showing on some of the Mediaset channels.

I assume you mean "Still, less crap to watch"???
Never underestimate the importance of a comma!

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That´s a shame. I only watch La Sexta 3 and Xplora!
I´ll stand zero chance of getting my hands on the remote now!!!

A forum is for sharing opinions not for typos to be highlighted.

Does this mean those same channels when received by TDT satellite will be disappearing? If so will there be anything to replace them?

Probably - no point in keeping them on TDT Satellite where a only fraction of the population can seen them and their ad revenue drops dramatically.

Depends what the gvmt want to do with the TV spectrum - which will probably sell it off to mobile phones / 3g and 4g operators for a quick profit....like in most other countries

I think maybe your keyboard is missing the comma key !

I was once told that you can tell somebody's education by their use of commas.

Not that, I agree!

That´s just what I did; shared my opinion.
No offence meant; good communication means ensuring there is no ambiguity, surely.