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ABC launches news service on DTT platform

Public service broadcaster ABC has announced that it will launch a free-to-air continuous television news service on the DTT platform in 2010. Read More

HBB & HbbTV in the MHP Environment

The Spanish City of Alcazar de San Juan organized its annual conference on Digital Television in October 2009. The city has been testing a number of Digital TV and interactive projects over the... Read More

Mobile TV channels announced

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), which plans to issue Taiwan's first two mobile TV licences by the end of 2010, has announced Read More

DTT penetration 77.4%

Figures in the January newsletter from Impulsa TDT give the DTT penetration in Spain as 77.4% at the end of December. DTT penetration was Read More

Year end DTT subs 46,000 for TEO

Lithuania’s TEO LT ended 2009 with over 100,000 subscribers to its digital TV services, 46,000 of which watch via the DTT platform. DTT Read More

DTT accessed by 20.7 million TV households

Figures published in the December DIGITA newsletter from DGTV say that at the end of September 2009, DTT penetration had reached 65%. By November Read More

DTT coverage at 95%

More than 95% of the Czech population are now covered by DTT services from the countries first DTT multiplex. Broadband TV News quotes Zdenek Read More

Tivù Sat delivers over half a million smart cards for MHP set-top boxes

Tivù Sat has shipped over half a million smart cards to DVB-MHP set-top box manufacturers for the Italian free-to-view satellite platform after just four months of operations.  In a... Read More

DGTVi reports further increase in MHP set-top box shipments

The Italian Association for the promotion of Digital Terrestrial Television, the DGTVi, reports that the total number of MHP set-top boxes has now reached just over 8 million. Read More

Blu-ray is becoming the most popular OTT platform

The GEM based BD-Live system of Blu-Ray players is continuing its growth as one of the main OTT platforms. One of the big trends emerging from this yearâs CES is that Blu-ray is starting to... Read More

Cable Labs Europe launches European middleware initiative

Cable Europe Labs on Monday announced the launch of a European Middleware Initiative, which aims to develop a next-generation middleware specification for the European market. The organization... Read More

Slovak DTT channel offering to increase

The country’s recently launched DTT platform is likely to be joined by TV Markiza. A representative of network operator Towercom is reported as Read More