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Analogue viewers redeem 16 million DTV converter box coupons

The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said Dec. 11 that more than 40 million DTV converter Read More

Analogue TV transmission extended

The U.S. House of Representatives approved by unanimous consent legislation Dec. 10 authorizing the nation’s broadcasters to continue analogue Read More

SKY runs 3D tests

BSkyB announced recently that it had made the first 3D transmission to the home. During the past few months BSkyB has captured the boxer Ricky Read More

Over 9.7 million DTT households

Ofcoms Q3, 2008 figures estimate that over 9.7 million households rely on Digital Terrestrial Television for their primary television services Read More

  New DTT service

Swiss German language broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen (SF) will launch its new channel SF Info on the DTT network from the 12th January 2009. The Read More

Spain to allow spectrum leasing by broadcasters

The new Audiovisual law planned to be launched by the Government in the spring will allow the sale or lease of DTT capacity. The move is aimed at Read More

TV Puls halts expansion

The Polish regional station TV Puls has scrapped plans to launch two thematic channels, one of which would have been in HD, reports Broadband TV Read More

'may go digital soon'

The Philippines may shift to digital broadcasting in two to three years, the President of GMA Network, Felipe L Gozon has said. However he Read More

DTT programme council to be set up

Parliament has voted to set-up a programme council for the DTT platform. A similar council already exists for the cable platform and provides Read More

RAI launches DVB-T2 HDTV trial

Italian public broadcaster RAI has initiated the first Super High Definition transmissions using the new DVB-T2 standard for DTT from its Eremo Read More

Retailers asked to help with switch to digital TV

The Secretary for State for the digital economy, Eric Besson has announced plans to work with manufacturers and retailers to increase the Read More

Fifth multiplex for Mobile TV

Pavel Dvorak, the president of the Czech Telecom Office (CTU), said during a recent meeting with Digizone that the Czech Republic is likely to Read More