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Digital to supply STB’s

TechniSat Digital is to start supplying Antenna Hungária with DVB-T MPEG-4 set-top boxes for its DTT platform MinDigTV from May, reports Broadband Read More

Full DTTV coverage in 3 years

The digital terrestrial television (DTTV) network will cover all of China in three years according to Jiang Wenbo, president of the Academy of Read More

Cable has slow take up

Although analogue cable TV is viewed by 39% of TV households in Austria, only 3% have opted for digital cable television. The figures come from a Read More

Nearly 700 broadcasters want an early DTV transition

Between a quarter and a third of all TV stations want to go ahead and pull the plug on analogue, Feb. 17, which could make for what is effectively Read More

Over 1 million DTT receivers sold in December

Impulsa DTT reports that over 1 million DTT receivers were sold during December considerably exceeding its previous 800,000 estimate published in Read More

Slovak Telecom appoints new head

Ladislav Mikus has been appointed the new head of the Slovak Telecom Office (TUSR), which is one of the country’s leading regulators. The Read More

30,000 subscribers to KPN DVB-H service

KPN launched its DVB-H service in May of 2008 and currently offers 11 channels. About 30,000 people have signed up for the service, which is now Read More

Free to air DTT by the end of the year

The Malta Communications Authority (MCA) has published the results of its consultation on Digital Television strategy. Malta will have one SDTV Read More

DTT subscribers reach 26,000

The digital terrestrial television service Digital GALA which was introduced to customers in March 2008 had 26,327 customers at the end of 2008 and Read More

HD DTV trial extended

Antenna Hungária has extended the HD test transmissions of the national public channels m1 and m2 on its DTT platform MinDigTV until the end of Read More

Launch of RTL DTT services confirmed

The media authority for the German state of Baden-Württemberg, the Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg (LFK), has confirmed the Read More

DTT available to half the population

At the beginning of the year DTT could be received by just under half (46.77%) of people in Belarus, according to official statistics published by Read More