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30,000 households use DTT

Pay-DTT service provider Lattelecom says that there are 30,000 households using the DTT platform in Latvia. In total 220,000 households are Read More

ASO delay confirmed

The expected delay in the analogue switch off has been confirmed and the reasons given are to avoid disruptions to viewers watching the World Cup Read More

India Invests in Digital TV

India’s public broadcaster Doordarshan will receive a massive investment to enable it to convert to digital production and transmission reports Read More

Six applications for spectrum auction

The German regulator BNA has received 6 applications for the frequency auction which is to be held in the spring of 2010. The auction includes Read More

More DVB-H services possible

German media authorities are to decide by mid-March on re-launching DVB-H services. Before the tender for a 10 year platform licence is released Read More

New DTT services reaching financial equilibrium

The new broadcasters on the DTT platform have started to reach a financial equilibrium in 2009 and most will do so by 2010 according to DigiTAG. Read More

More Switch off dates announced

Canal+ will end analogue pay-TV services in Rhône-Alpes on the 22nd September and in Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées on the 13th October Read More

ASO programme to start on 26th January

Analogue switch off in Croatia will begin for national broadcasters on the 26th January in the “D5” region which covers Istria county, part of Read More

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