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Coulommiers first to switch to digital

CSA has announced that Coulommiers will be the first city in France to begin the analogue switch off. The trial will begin in Autumn 2008, after Read More

French mobile television licensees announced

The French media authority CSA has announced the winning channels for it’s new broadcast mobile television service, which is set to start Read More

DVB-T2 and MPEG-4 for HD on DTT

The broadcast network operator Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRa) has announced plans to switch to the DVB-T2 specification in 2013, at a meeting with Read More

Channels announced for DVB-H launch

Hutchinson 3G Austria has announced the channel line up for its forthcoming DVB-H service to mobiles. Users will be able to access 15 television Read More

Minister confirms 2010 switchover

The new Minister of Industry, Miguel Sebastian, has confirmed Spain’s present digital switchover plans and that the analogue switch off date is Read More

New DVB-H trial in Krakow

Network operator TP EmiTel has launched a DVB-H trial in the city of Krakow, reports Broadband TV News. Four mobile operators including Read More

SNRT launches DVB-H mobile TV service

Moroccan broadcaster SNRT has launched a DVB-H mobile TV service, initially along the Casablanca-Rabat axis. The service will be extended to Read More

Government stalls partial ASO in 2009

The new Italian government has put forward a proposal to allow the commercial broadcaster Mediaset to keep its analogue frequencies until analogue Read More

8 million DTT receivers sold

Latest figures from GfK show that 8,069,889 DTT receivers were sold in Italy by the end of March 2008, reports advanced-television.com. Set Top Read More

New DTT sites launching by June 30th

The CSA have published a list of zones launching DTT services by 30 June 2008 The new sites are: Alpes-Maritimes (Grasse), Ariège Read More

TV Numeric unveils pay-DTT plans

Pay-DTT operator TV Numeric has formally launched its services following a soft-launch last September. TV Numeric offers 7 pay-DTT services for Read More

CSA issues HDTV licences for DTT

  France's broadcasting regulator CSA has issued HD digital terrestrial television licences to private networks TF1 and M6 plus pubcasters Read More