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On.Net, a subsidiary of Telekom Slovenije plans to transmit up to 60 channels, two of which will be HD, on Macedonia’s new DTT platform. MPEG-4, Read More
Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) subscribers in Hungary grew by 20,000 in July reaching a total of 1,061 million TV homes according to data attributed Read More
Analogue services transmitting Canal + will begin switching off on the 25th November 2009 in Provence and the Côte d’Azur, followed by Picardy Read More
The new French digital terrestrial channels are gaining market share over their analogue predecessors according to research from Médiamétrie, Read More
The Danish Radio and television Board (Radio-og tv-nævnet) has issued 220 new local digital TV transmission licences, reports Broadband TV News. Read More
DVB-T will be the digital television standard to be adopted for Sri Lanka's analogue to digital transition, according to a recent ABU report. The Read More
The New Zealand government has established an Analogue Switch Off (ASO) steering group to manage the country’s transition to digital Read More
TechniSat Digital is now supplying Set Top Boxes (STB’s) to Antenna Hungaria, reports Broadband TV News. The boxes designated, HDT4, receive and Read More
At the end of the 2009 April to June quarter 53% of Australian households had converted to free to air digital TV broadcasts, according to recent Read More
Last month the DVB Services Sarl website was launched. This new website will provide improved service to both members and non-members for using the DVB Trademark and for applying for DVB Service Information (SI) Identifiers. Through the new website an organisation can become an authorized user of the DVB trademark, which will allow them to use the DVB logo for all their products based on DVB standards. In addition the new website makes it much easier to register for DVB SI Identifiers. Read More
Russia has finalized plans to launch DVB-H services in Moscow by the end of 2009. Kommersant reports that the country’s State Commission for Radio Frequencies (GKRCH) has given the go-ahead for subsidiaries of three operators – Sistema, Vimpelcom and Skartela – to launch DVB-H services in Moscow by the end of the year. Until the end of the year, they will operate on a trial basis and offer eight channels free of charge. These have already been selected, according to an earlier Presidential Decree, as the main TV channels currently available in Russia, plus new youths and children’s channels. Read More
The ASO process has begun in south Wales with the termination of the BBC 2 services and will be completed on the 16th September when all analogue Read More
