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DTT coverage reaches 58%

DTT coverage reached 58.1% of the population by the 15th December according to Parabola. This followed the switch off of analogue services in Read More

DTT one year on

In early December Brazil reached the first anniversary of the introduction of DTT in the country using a standard based on its own customised Read More

DTT services on satellite

RTVE and Abertis are to work together to ensure that all Spain’s viewers are able to access the services available on the DTT platform. Viewers Read More

DTT tender reported as canceled

According to Digimedia and local news agencies the Slovak DTT tender has been canceled reports Broadband TV News. As reported in previous items Read More

Some DVB-T coders offered not suitable

According to some press reports Anacom has warned that a many of the DVB-T coders now on sale will not be suitable to receive the countries future Read More

Poland’s DTT multiplexes down from 6 to 3

Poland may only have three DVB-T multiplexes instead of the planned six, reports Broadband TV News. The article says that the new scenario was Read More

DTT take-up hurts cable

The fast growth of KPN’s DTT platform Digitenne is starting to hurt the subscription figures of the Dutch cable operators in what has been a Read More

Digital transition falters

The current number of households converting from analogue to digital terrestrial TV broadcast capability was 2.5 million short of the governments Read More

MiniDig TV launched

MinDig TV, the subscription-free digital terrestrial television service was launched on December 1, 2008 at 17:30 with Duna TV HD in HD and Duna II Read More

ASO timeline published by the government

The French government has officially agreed the new Analogue Switch Off (ASO) plan which was submitted for approval in October. Two regions will Read More

Nova Cinema launch date announced

The Czech movie channel Nova Cinema will be launched on the DTT platform on the 15th December. The launch was made possible by the recent issue Read More

buys Bulgarian transmitter network

ORS the technical service provider subsidiary for Austria’s public broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) is buying the terrestrial radio Read More