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DTT penetration 75%

Impulsa TDT’s December news letter gives DTT penetration in Spain as 74.7% according to the November figures from Sofres. In October, 957,000 DTT Read More

Gol TV reaches 150,000 DTT subscribers

Three months since its launch Gol TV has 150,000 Pay-DTT subscribers. Counting all delivery platforms Gol TV now has 1 million subscribers, 60% of Read More

DVB-T services Launched

Free-to-air DTT services officially launched in Panama on the 10th December 2009. The service was launched by public service broadcaster SERTV. Read More

TV Puls interested in DTT platform

One of the country’s four leading commercial broadcasters, TV Puls is said to be considering launching new services on the DTT platform according Read More

ASO to begin in April 2010

A meeting between the DTT operator Lattelecom, the broadcast network operator LVRTC and the National Radio and TV Council (NRTP) has proposed that Read More

More areas convert to DTT

The CSA has announced the launch of DTT services in 45 new areas from the 18th December 2009. Limoges, Lourdes, Rouen, Le Mans, Bellegarde, and St Read More

Government approves DTT package

The government has approved an additional DTT aid grant of €96 million. This aid will be made available to the 150,000-200,000 television Read More

TRA opens consultation on frequency spectrum

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in Bahrain has opened a consultation on the current and future usage requirements for the radio-frequency Read More

DVB 3D TV Kick-Off Workshop

Over the past year DVB has been closely studying the various aspects of (potential) 3D-TV solutions. A Technical Module Study Mission report was recently finalized, leading to the formal creation of the TM-3DTV group. A 3D-TV Commercial Module has now also been created to go back to the first step of the DVB process: what kind of 3D-TV solution does the market want and need, and how can DVB play an active part in the creation of that solution? To start answering some of these questions, the CM-3DTV group will host a DVB 3D TV Kick-off Workshop in Geneva on January 25th. Read More

DVB-T on cable system

Geneva-based cablenet Naxoo is to join a growing number of operators now using DVB-T to modulate a package of channels through its cable system Read More

DTT for disabled people

Disabled viewers in Spain are about to get a dedicated digital terrestrial set-top box that is specially engineered for their needs reports Rapid Read More

  Poland ponders new DTT plan

A new plan for the introduction of DTT services in Poland may be adopted at the beginning of 2010, reports Chris Dziadul in Broadband TV News. Read More