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Spain achieves analogue switch off

On the 2nd April 2010, Spain officially completed the transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting with the switch of off all remaining analogue Read More

Royal Decree approves use of the digital dividend

A royal decree detailing the conditions for the allocation of multiple different operators and the reserve of the "digital dividend" has been Read More

Two week deadline to clinch digital television contract

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has given the One Vision consortium a fortnight to clinch an elusive deal on the commercial contract for Read More

Regulator publishes proposal for mobile TV licence

On the 30th March the communications regulator ComReg issued an Information Notice on the future award of a mobile television licence. The notice Read More

Digital dividend proposals criticised

Broadcast Australia has released its response to the Australian governments digital dividend plans, reports Rapid TV news. The response warns Read More

DVB Shifts to Top Gear for 3DTV

The DVB Project is tackling 3DTV, one of the hottest subjects in the media world today. Many alternative systems have been developed for what is called 'First Generation 3DTV'. Broadcasters in different parts of the world have announced their intention to start 3DTV broadcasting this year (2010). The DVB Project has responded to this with a programme of work which should lead to standards for 3DTV. The current plan is that the first phase of the 3DTV system (the Phase 1 system) will be agreed this year. Read More

BAKOM opens DTT platform consultation

The Swiss communications regulator BAKOM has opened a consultation on the capacity needed for TV services on the DTT platform. At present only the Read More

Digital TV in 60% of homes

According to a report attributed to Telecompaper the number of TV homes in the Netherlands is now 7.95 million of which 4.71 million (60%) are Read More

Mediaset increases revenue and adds more DTT services

Mediaset Premium has announced a 38.9% increase in its 2009 earnings for its Pay-DTT TV platform. The platform generated a total revenue of Read More

DVB-T2 trial in Germany

Germany’s national DTT operator, Media Broadcast, is assessing equipment for its DVB-T2 trial and has recently chosen T-VIPS Advanced DTT Read More

MHP & GEM Deployment Data Updated

The page with a global deployment overview of MHP and GEM receivers has been completely updated and is now presented in an easy-to-read column view. The total number of MHP and GEM enabled devices... Read More

ITV1 HD launch on Freeview

Broadcaster ITV has announced that it will launch its DTT HD channel, ITV1 HD, on the 2nd April. It will be available on the UK’s Freeview HD Read More