Digital terrestrial television in Denmark was technically launched in March 2006 after some years of public trials.
The official launch was at midnight on 1 November 2009, when analogue broadcasts ceased nationwide.
The technical launch was made on 31 March 2006, after some months of national trials with one multiplex covering the entire country.
On 11 June 2007 the Danish Ministry of Culture announced that the six parties had agreed on how the extension of the network of a total of 8 multiplexes would continue.
Four multiplexes (MUX 3-6) would be given to a commercial gatekeeper which would be required to have a varied offering and would be chosen through a "beauty contest".
The conditions at the time were that 15% of the capacity should be given to DR. 35% to other companies, where Boxer were free to use the remaining 50% themselves for DVB-H-services.
[19][20] In April 2013, Open Channel got permission to reuse the first MUXCPH for a new DVB-T2 mux with HEVC coding and HbbTV capabilities.
In late 2016 and early 2017 DIGI-TV made changes to their two multiplexes making it possible to launch both DR2 and DR K in 720p HD.
[25][26] In May 2017, the Ministry of Culture proposed two scenarios on what the terrestrial television infrastructure in Denmark could look like after 3 April 2020 when Boxer's gatekeeper rights expire, and the 700 MHz band switches from TV to mobile broadband.
In scenario B, a single UHF multiplex would be given to Digi-TV (the joint-venture between DR and TV 2) to be used for free-to-air broadcasting.
[35] The argument being that some people (especially the elderly) would not have purchased DVB-T2 equipment, and would be left with no means of keeping up-to-date with new information regarding the pandemic.