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DVB seeks responses to middleware survey

The DVB technical working group with responsibility for developing and maintaining middleware specifications, TM-MIS, is conducting a study mission on Advanced Middleware for Interactive Services.... Read More

West Country switch-off dates announced

The Huntshaw Cross transmitter group, serving North Devon, will begin the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting on the 1st July 2009. Read More

Ofcom invites candidates to tender for MUX B capacity

Communications regulator Ofcom is inviting candidates to tender for licences on multiplex B, which is to be cleared of existing SD services so that Read More

DTT platform to use MPEG-4

Broadband TV News reports that the Slovak Telecom Office (TU SR) are said to have recommended the use of MPEG-4 compression for the country’s Read More

Portugal Telecom to manage FTA platform

Portugal Telecom has been given the go ahead to launch a free-to-air TV service on the countries multiplex A. PT now has 10 working days to Read More

NTV appeals regulatory decision

The DTT platform operator NTV is appealing the regulatory decision calling for it to make more capacity available on its DTT multiplexes to rival Read More

Digitenne has 7% market share

Digital penetration in the Netherlands, a predominately cabled country, is now 40% according to research by Intomart/GfK for SKO (audience research Read More

TEO expands Digital GALA network

Digital GALA’s coverage has been extended by TEO from 75% to 95% of the population following the launch of transmitters serving Biržai, Read More

Das Erste broadcast on UHF for DVB-T enabled phones

German broadcaster ARD has decided to keep DTT transmission of Das Erste in Bavaria on the UHF band. This is so that people with DVB-T enabled Read More

DTT for Overseas Territories

The Secretary of state for Overseas, Yves Jégo announced on Friday, (4th July) that DTT services will be launched in the French Overseas Read More

Four more local French DTT broadcasters

Broadband TV News reports that the French media authority CSA has received four applications for local DTT broadcasters in the four regions Read More

Starman takes over Pay-TV multiplexes

Cable operator Starman is taking over the sole ownership of the ZUUMtv DTT multiplexes. Reports say that Starman already owns 66% of EDTV, Read More