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Gol Pay-DTT reaches 100,000 subs

Soon after its launch, at the end of August, Spain’s first Pay-DTT channel Gol-TV has 100,000 subscribers, a figure which is said to be increasing Read More

  MPEG-2 on FTA platform

As reported previously both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 will be used on the countries DTT platform. Although MPEG-4 is to be used for the Pay-DTT platform, Read More

Tender for Multiplex 3 released

TVP has issued a tender for Polands third DTT multiplex. Broadband TV News reports that details in Satkurier give the deadline for submissions as Read More

 Viaccess in Macedonian DTT deal

Viacces has made a deal with pay-DTT operator Boom TV to provide it with a programme security service. Boom TV is run by telecom operator On.net Read More

Early ASO pushed for

Despite DTT services being launched only a few months ago, LNT and TV3 are already considering turning of analogue channels in Riga in early 2010. Read More

  The Digital Transition Begins

Kenya began its official journey from analogue to digital TV on the 31st September 2009, when the state broadcaster KBC started the migration from Read More

News Corp opening FTA DTT channel

News Corp are to launch a free to air channel on the DTT platform called Cielo (Sky in Italian). It will start broadcasting on the 1st December Read More

Mediaset Premium revenues up 63.6%

Mediaset are reporting that the DTT platform has been a success with revenues from Mediaset Premium “significantly mitigating the reduction in Read More

  Rome is Digital TV only

Today, the 16th November, Rome will complete the switch off of all analogue terrestrial transmitters and go completely DTT. The switch-off began Read More

  DTT channels to go HD by 2015

Alain Méart, a member of the regulatory board of CSA, is reported to have said that all of France’s 18 DTT channels will be broadcast in HD by Read More

Commission to analyse DTV formats

The Government of Costa Rica has created a joint commission to analyse the available formats for digital terrestrial television and report on the Read More

Ready for a DTT launch

DigiTAG report that Algeria is ready for a DTT launch, following discussions at a recent seminar in the country. The seminar, also attended by the Read More