Government backs TV signal rollback

The government on Thursday called for the temporary re-introduction of the old broadcasting standard for television sets, after complaints from thousands of people that the switch to the new standard left them with no reception.

Nicodemos Damianou, Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, told the media that they’re proposing bringing back the previous DVB-T platform for a period of two months, until television owners make the necessary adjustments. The government proposes...