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Delegates at the DVB World 2008 conference in Budapest this week heard a very interesting presentation from Chris Lefrere, in charge of innovation and business development for Flemish cable... Read More

DVB World 2008 opened in Budapest today with a keynote address from Commissioner Viviane Reding. In her presentation she stressed her belief that the EU, its Member States and the members of the DVB Project need to work together to promote open technologies. Read More

ATV, subsidiary of the media group Albavision has launched a DVB-H trial in Lima, Peru. Viewers are able to access four television programme Read More

Following the issue of a new frequency plan for Italy the complete switch off of the analogue transmission network in Sardinia and the complete Read More

Vodafone has showcased its smart phones able to receive DVB-T services at CeBIT. These phones are expected to be launched in Germany later this Read More

The Franco-German cultural service Arte is set to launch in HD on the French free-to-air DTT platform from the 30th October. The French HD/DTT Read More

The CSA has granted a licence to the operator of multiplex Multi 7 to launch seven local TV channels for the Paris region, from the 20th March Read More

As of the 5th March 2008 all TV sets sold in France must include an DTT tuner with MPEG-2 decoding. The law "Télévision du Futur" made the Read More

According to Mediaresearch, 12% of households in the Czech Republic were receiving digital TV services by the end of 2007. Half (6%) of these were Read More

The Czech Republic has put back its analogue switch off date until November 11, 2011. According to local reports, the move was announced in a final Read More

Broadcasters and manufacturers are blaming the government for the low take up of DTT services using the hybrid ISDB-T, DTT system adopted by Read More

Rapid TV News reports that local Australian sources suggest that broadcast network operators are examining the formation of a “Freeview” Read More