The Ministry of Transport and Communications appointed on 5 December 2012 a Working Group to draft a detailed transition plan to facilitate and expedite the transition to more advanced terrestrial television distribution technology. The Working Group's mandate expires on 31 December 2016.

This Interim Report by the Working Group presents a multiplex-specific plan for the transition to more advanced television transmission technology as well as an information and communications plan designed to ensure that consumers and other stakeholders receive timely and appropriate information about what this transition implies.

This report is an English version of the Finnish report No. 33/2013.