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Latin American and Caribbean countries take first steps towards regional DTT forum

Latin American and Caribbean countries gathered in Ecuador last week to discuss the possibility of taking a regional approach towards adopting a digital terrestrial television standard. DVB was pleased to be present with a delegation promoting the DVB-T system. Read More

Sun’s Bill Sheppard on BD-J, tru2way, MHP and more…

An excellent interview with Bill Sheppard, chief digital media officer of the Client Software Group at Sun Microsystems was published yesterday by InteractiveTV Today. It’s quite a long... Read More

MHP Application Synchronisation in Spain

The latest issue of DVB-SCENE magazine, available for download from the DVB website, includes a short article on an interesting new MHP application on trial in Spain: Synchronised... Read More

DTT services in Odessa

DVB-T services have been available in the Odessa region since October according to a report on the Digitag website attributed to UDTVN. Viewers Read More

TV2Go DVB-H trial ends

Singapore’s DVB-H, TV2Go mobile TV trial ended on the 30th November after operating for 18 months. According to Singapore Digital CEO Giulio Read More

Service added to DTT platform

The public service broadcaster RTS has launched a new digital service on the trial DTT platform dedicated to arts and culture. Other services Read More

Polish DTT arrangements change

According to reports attributed to Wirtualne Media, Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) has decided to take a back seat in the Read More

More than half of NZ watch DTV

A report commissioned by NZ On air has found that 55% of households now have digital television of which 45% receive Sky TV and 10% Freeview. Read More

More than 10 million DTT boxes sold in Italy

The number of DTT STB’s sold since 2004 reached 10 million in September 2008 according to data published by DGTVI. Italian households with at Read More

Duna TV to join DTT platform

Duna Television and Antenna Hungaria have signed a 12 year contract about its participation in the MiniDig TV DTT platform. Duna will offer its Read More

77 new DTT transmitters

The French broadcast regulator CSA has announced that 77 new DTT transmitter sites will go on air between the 30th November and the 19th December. Read More

Finland number one in digital switchover

Finland is listed as the most advanced country in Europe when it comes to the switch off of analogue services according to the new edition of Read More