DVB-H
subscribers reach 5,000
During a presentation at Comdays08 in Biel Bienne Switzerland, CEO of Swisscom Broadcasting, Jean-Paul de Weck, said
that there were around 5,000 subscribers to the new DVB-H service and that the
take-up had been slow.
He said that this had not been helped by the lack of available handsets
especially the availability of the Nokia N77.
Since the end of September four new DVB-H handsets are available and this
should help drive uptake.
DVB-H services provide deep indoor coverage to 31% of the population and
portable outdoor coverage to 45% of the population.
Source: Comdays08
presentation
Item added: 27th October 2008
DVB-H to launch on May 13th 2008
Swisscom has announced that it will launch its new DVB-H
services on May 13th in time for the UEFA Euro 2008 football
championship.
The service will initially be available to 44% of the
Swiss population, located in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich. Viewers
will be able to access 20 television programme services for 16 CHF per month or
2 CHF per day.
Swisscom will provide the handsets for DVB-H reception starting with the Nokia
N77 followed by the Nokia N96 and the Samsung SGH-P960 later in the year.
Source: Swisscom press release
Item added: 28th April 2008
Analogue Switch Off completed on 25 February 2008
The SRG SSR switch over from analogue to digital television will be completed on the 25th February when analogue
services in the regions of Valais and the Chablais Vaudois are finally switched
off.
From then on, viewers will only be able to access the four television programme
services provided by SRG SSR on the DTT platform.
It is estimated that 8% of households rely on the terrestrial television for
their primary television reception in Switzerland but in parts of the Valais,
this increases to 29% of households.
Source: SRG SSR press release (via Digitag)
Item added: 19th February 2008
Swisscom to launch DVB-H services in June 2008
Swisscom Broadcasting has confirmed that it will launch DVB-H services in June
2008 in time for the EURO 2008 Football Championship.
The new service is
expected to be called MoTV and will offer 20 TV programmes to users in the
cities of Basle, Berne, Geneva and Zurich.
Pre-commercial services are likely to begin in
February 2008.
Main source: Broadband TV News
Item added: 8th January 2008
Swisscom Broadcast selected to provide DVB-H services
The Swiss broadcast regulator BAKOM has allocated a DVB-H
licence to Swisscom Broadcast, one of two companies applying for the licence.
As part of the licence agreement, Swisscom Broadcast will
set up a DVB-H network that will be available to all mobile telecom operators,
including Swisscom, Orange, and Sunrise.
A further licence requirement is that DVB-H services must be made available to
44% of the population, including coverage in the cities of Basle, Bern, Geneva
and Zurich, all by the end of May 2008.
By 2012, 60% of the population must be able to access DVB-H services.
The licence has duration of ten years.
Source: Le
Temps
Item added: 2nd October 2007
Swiss mobile TV licence applications submitted
By the closing deadline, Media regulators had received two applications for the mobile TV licence, one from Mobile TV Schweiz and the other from Swisscom Broadcast AG. Both will be evaluated and an award made for the best proposal.
A key requirement for the successful applicant is that the first mobile TV service must be available in the cities of Basel, Berne, Zurich and Geneva in time for the UEFA EURO 2008 finals.
Source: Advanced-television.com
Item added: 8th August 2007
Tenders opened for potential DVB-H service in Switzerland
The Federal Communications Commission (ComCom) has announced that it will award a licence for mobile TV delivery on a criterion based competition.
An initial service must be provided for the European football Championship in the host cities of Berne, Basle, Zurich and Geneva.
The candidates will have until July 27th to submit their applications.Main selection criteria will be based on the planned coverage and rollout, concept and implementation, business and service plan, contribution to media diversity and the coherence and credibility of candidates. Whilst the use of DVB-H is not mandated for the service ComCom has recommended that DVB-H be used.
DVB-H is already being used in Austria, which is a co-host country for the Football championship.
The licence will be for 10 years and the winner will have to provide coverage to 30% of the Swiss population by the end of may 2008 and a t least 50% by the end of 2012.
Main source: BroadbandTVNews
Item added: 12th June 2007
Analogue switch off continues
Analogue switch of in the German speaking part of Switzerland is expected to be completed by the 26th November 2007.
At present most viewers in these regions are able to view four services on the DTT platform, SF1, SF2, TSR1 and TSI1.
Analogue switch off was completed in the Italian speaking regions during July 2006 and switch-off in the French speaking regions is planned for the 25th June2007.
Source: Persoenlich.com and heise on-line
Item added: 19th April 2007
Next step for ASO set for 25 June 2007
Following the Analogue Switch Off (ASO) in two Swiss regionsduring 2006, further areas are set to switch-off in 2007.
By the end of theyear, only one region, Valais (Rhone Valley), will continue to transmitanalogue terrestrial television services.
ASO in the regions of the Jura, Bassin Lémanique and Gros deVaud is set to take place on 25 June 2007 and will be followed by switch-off inthe regions of Northern Switzerland, Berne, Lucerne and Graubunden on 27November 2007.
It is estimated that 8% of the Swiss population rely on the terrestrialplatform.
Source: Broadcast.ch and Digitag
Item added: 13th February 2007
DTT coverage extended to the Jura
The region of the Jura, along the border with France, can now receive DTT services. Viewers can access four television programme services (TSR1, TSR2, SF1 and TSI1) from the public service broadcaster SRG SSR.
Analogue switch-off in the Jura is expected to take place in the next six months and in the rest of the country by the Autumn of 2007, at which time, the broadcast regulator may allow the introduction of new television programme services on the DTT platform.
Source: Digitag
Item added: 27th December 2006
DTT services extended to more regions
The latest rollout of DTT services in Switzerland is in the German-speaking part of the country. Viewers will be able to access four-television programme services (DR1, DR2, TSR1, TSI1) offered by the public service broadcaster SRG-SSR. At present DTT services are available in northern Switzerland, the Lake Léman region and Tessino.
The complete rollout of DTT services is expected in 2007, when services will be made available in the Bernese Oberland.
The regions of Wallis and Graubünden will switch over by November of 2007.
Source: Digitag from the Basler Zeitung
Item added: 21st November 2006
Analogue switch off in the Engadin
On the 13th November 2006 at 1400, analogue transmitters in the Engadin region were switched off and digital broadcasting using DVB-T took over.
The switch off included analogue transmitters at Celerina, La Punt, Lavin, Piz Corvatsch, Pontresina, Sent, Tarasp, Zernez and Zuoz. The transmitter at Martina will continue analogue broadcasting for one more year to ease the transition.
The publicity campaign telling the population of the change began in July 2006 and now all viewers will need a Set Top Box or DTT receiver to continue to view Television.
Source: digitalesfernsehen
Item added: 14th November 2006
Further DVB-H tests in Berne
Swisscom Broadcast is to start a further 3-month trial of Mobile TV on the 1st November 2006.
In 2005, Swisscom Broadcast tested the technical functionality of DVB-H in cooperation with Orange, TDC Switzerland AG (Sunrise) and Swisscom mobile. Since these successful tests the partners have developed special DVB-H based radio and TV offerings, which will be used during the latest trial to test if the proposed DVB-H service meets customer needs. More than 200 people in the city of Berne will participate in the trial and will have access to up to 17 TV channels and three to four radio channels, which will be received using Nokia N92 mobile phones.
Source: Cellular News
Item added: 31st October 2006
Switzerland begins Analogue Switch-Off
The canton of Ticino became the first region of Switzerland to switch off its analogue TV services on the 24th July 2006, when it changed to digital terrestrial television from its DVB-T transmitters.
The old analogue transmitters at Pizzo Castello, Monte Ceneri, Cardada, San Salvatore, Monte di Motti, Castel San Pietro and Intragna were finally switched off at 12.45 pm
This the first switch-off of SRG services is estimated to have effected 25,000 households in the region.
Approximately 10-15% of households in Switzerland can already receive DTT transmissions and analogue switch off is set for 2009.
Source: Tages-Anzeiger Online
Item added: 25th July 2006 (updated 4th August 2006)
DTT to launch in Zurich
Viewers in Zurich and the surrounding area will, be able to access DTT services by the end of May. The services available will include DRS-1, DRS-2, TRS-1 and TS-1.
The launch of DTT services is taking place on a regional basis with those in French and Italian speaking regions already able to access DVB-T services. Full DVB-T coverage of Switzerland is expected by the end of 2007.
Source: Teltarif.ch
Item added: 7th May 2006
Ticino becomes the first to switch of Analogue TV
The canton of Ticino, an Italian-speaking region of Switzerland, will become the first to switch of its analogue television services on July 24th 2006. The switch off completes the transition to DTV which began on August 1st 2003 in the Ticino canton.
The DTT roll-out in Switzerland will continue until the whole country has coverage in 2008. Complete analogue switch off is possible in 2009.
Source: SRG SSR
Item added: January 31st 2006
DVB-H pilot begins in Bern
Around 100 people are now testing DVB-H technology for the delivery of TV and interactive services in Bern.
The trial launched by Swisscom Broadcast and Swisscom mobile will continue until the end of the year.
Test participants will have access to some 26 different television channels as well as interactive services using a Nokia 7710 smartphone.
The trial will focus on the suitability of DVB-H for TV delivery to mobile phones and also help resolve any technical problems in providing the service.
Source: Swisscom
Item added: November 1st, 2005
SRG starts digital TV in the Geneva Lake region
On 1st June 2005 Schweizerische Radio-und Fernsehgesellschaft (SRG) will start digital terrestrial TV transmissions in the Geneva Lake Léman region.
DVB-T services are already available in the Engadin and Ticino areas and should be available in the whole of Switzerland by 2009.
Source:http://www.werbewoche.ch/
Item added: 20th May 2005
Background
In an article from SRG SSR idée Suisse, Inform tech (1/04) Tino Cocco describes some of the plans for DVB-T deployment in the French speaking parts of Switzerland.
The Léman Basin, Fribourg region and Ollon, Bex and Lutschental should begin transmission by the end of 2004. The Bantiger, Aioie, Niederhorn, Chrischona and Val d’Herens regions should follow in 2005 with Jaun and Lenk in 2006.
Unfortunately many of these plans can only go ahead if spectrum-planning agreements are completed satisfactorily with France and the next significant meeting is in July.
The article show that in Geneva and other significant areas around main transmitters indoor portable reception will be possible.
