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ASO trial in Wilmington NC

Commercial full-power TV broadcasters in Wilmington, North Carolina, will turn off their analogue transmitters for good and only transmit Digital Read More

6MHz HDTV DVB-T service launched

A terrestrial HDTV service is now on air, in both Taipei and Kaohsiung, the major cities of Taiwan. The trial service, named HiHD, represents Read More

New DTT service on Boxer

Swedish sports channel TV4 Sport has launched on the country’s Boxer DTT platform. The new channel is included in Multiplex 5, which has a 70% Read More

DTT penetration reaches 31.8%

The latest Impulsatdt May report says that 1,412,000 additional homes have converted to receive DTT in the last three months, according to figures Read More

DTT consortium considers bidding for DVB-H licence

Polish DTT consortium, POT may bid for a DVB-H licence according to TVN president Piotr Walter. The consortium, which is made up of Polsat and TVN, Read More

Tiscali Digital TV expands coverage

Italian IPTV provider Tiscali Digital TV says that it will expand its service to six more cities according to Broadband TV News. Bologna, Read More

Pay-DTT service doubles revenue

The pay-DTT service, Mediaset Premium, doubled its revenue from €45.3 million in Q1 2007 to €108.8 million in Q1 2008 according to Mediaset's Read More

O2 to offer hybrid DVB-T USB stick

Mobile operator O2 is to offer a hybrid USB stick in the German market according to Broadcast TV News. The stick allows both the reception of DVB-T Read More

6MHz HDTV services launched on DVB-T network in Taiwan

HiHD is the name of a new DVB-T high definition service launched in Taiwan today. An inaugural address from the President marked the start of the new venture, with several major sporting events scheduled to be covered as the service is fully rolled out over the next three years. Read More

Case Study: Italy – the MHP pioneer

Italy has arguably been the country where MHP has been most successfully deployed. As of February 2008 about 5.6 million terrestrial MHP set-top boxes from a range of different manufacturers had... Read More

OCAP becomes tru2way

OCAP, the OpenCable Application Platform, which was developed by CableLabs based on the GEM specification is now being marketed in the US under the name tru2wayâ¢.The announcement was made in a... Read More

Happy Birthday CableLabs!

This month sees CableLabs, the research and development consortium for the North American cable industry, celebrate its 20th anniversary. DVB has worked closely with CableLabs for many of those 20... Read More