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DTT in Indonesia

Indonesia conducted its first DVB-T trial in Jakarta in August 2008. The trial, operated by public broadcaster TVR1, ran for four months and Read More

MiniDig grows in popularity

Hungary’s MiniDigTV service continues to grow its customer base. In October the sales of compatible DVB-T MPEG-4 receivers were 63% higher than Read More

  Freesat sells 750,000+ units

Freesat managing director Emma Scott said that the company sold over 200,000 units in the three months up to September 30th 2009, bringing the Read More

  DTT market reviews

The Swedish Radio and Television Authority (RTVV) is exploring the possibility of offering more licences to broadcast over the country’s Read More

DVB-H mobile TV continues to grow

Analysts believe that by 2015 there will be 5.1 million people in Italy using their mobile phones to view TV content, of which 2.5 million will be Read More

  DTT coverage increased

The MiniDig DTT TV service is now available in the Györ region of northwest Hungary following a recent increase in coverage. Another 10 launches Read More

Vacant DTT slots for Bolloré ?

A story in Les Echos reports that the international investment and industrial group Bolloré is interested in taking over one of the vacant DTT Read More

  DVB-SH trial for Paris area

Solaris Mobile has joined with Alcatel-Lucent and Towercast to trial DVB-SH in and around Paris. The trial will use a radio multiplex providing Read More

DTT PVR for ZUUMtv Estonia

Starman, who took over the DTT Pay-TV multiplex ZUUMtv in 2008, have announced the launch of a PVR for use on its service in Estonia. The Set Top Read More

Digital Switch-over successful

The recent complete analogue TV switchover to a digital DTT in Denmark has proved to be very successful. In a poll conducted by Gallup, it was Read More

3D Broadcasts on the DTT platform

During the past week viewers of UK DTT channel 4 have been able to watch 3-D programming. Channel 4’s 3D Week of programmes featured a mix of Read More

  DTT parameters published by Ofcom

The UK regulator Ofcom has published a new set of reference parameters for the DTT platform, including those for the use of DVB-T2. The document Read More