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Opposition for free HDTV

Zdenek Duspiva, the head of the body overseeing the country’s transition to digital broadcasting is quoted by Digizone as saying that throughout Read More

Spain to help Colombia with DTT implementation

Spain’s Impulsa TDT, the association for the implementation of digital-terrestrial television and the Colombian government have signed an Read More

Freeview Australia Launched

The new marketing strategy for Australia’s digital terrestrial platform, “Freeview Australia” was launched on the 24th November 2008 ahead of Read More

EBU issues new MHP recommendation

In March 2008 the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) withdrew its long-standing recommendation for the use of MHP because of uncertainties about licence fees. Its particular concern related to the... Read More

First Digital Switchover in the UK completed

The first full scale regional Digital Switch over in the UK has been completed in the Scottish Borders. In this region all the analogue Read More

Teracom takes full control of Boxer

Network operator Teracom recently announced that it had purchased the remaining 30% stake in pay-DTT service operator Boxer, previously held by Read More

Catalan broadcaster wants to restart HD DTT tests

Catalan public broadcaster Televisió de Catalunya (TVC) wants to restart the HD tests it stopped last summer. The tests were stopped because of Read More

Slovak DTT bidders emerge

Broadband TV News reports that four companies have expressed an interest in operating Slovakia’s first two DTT multiplexes. It credits local Read More

DTT STB distribution deal signed

Transmission company Antenna Hungária has signed a four year distribution deal with P-Sat Hungary for the supply of DTT set top boxes for its Read More

Free to air TNTSAT viewers reach 750,000

TNTSAT is a service targeted at the regions of France where TV households cannot receive DTT channels and broadcasts those same channels from Read More

New ITV association

ADETI is the name of a new Spanish association for the promotion and extension of digital interactive TV in Spain reports Rapid TV News. The goal Read More

Communal antenna upgrade at 61.8%

Sixty one point eight percentage of the 65,000 communal antenna systems needing to be up dated for DTT have been updated according to figures from Read More