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Local Analogue Switch off delayed

Although Spain’s DTT law required all local TV stations to have switched to digital broadcasting by January 1st, many still have to do so. Read More

Mobile TV consultation extended

Media regulator MDA has extended the deadline for the receipt of responses to its Mobile TV consultation from the 4th to the 18th January 2008. Read More

TV Puls gains more coverage

The National Broadcasting Council (KKRiT) has awarded the commercial TV broadcaster TV Puls a terrestrial channel for DTT broadcasting in the Read More

Analogue switch off begins in March

Rogaland, which was the first region to start DTT services, will also be the first to switch of analogue services when it does so on the 4th March Read More

KPN has half a million digital TV viewers

KPN recently announced that it has 500,000 viewers to its joint DTT and IPTV service. This is an increase from the previously announced figure of Read More

Analogue switch-off in Sardinia agreed

Italy’s communications authority has announced that broadcasters in Sardinia have reached an agreement on how to switch over to DTT. Three Read More

Mobile 3.0 wins DVB-H operator licence

As expected the Media Authorities have awarded the licence to operate DVB-H services to Mobile 3.0 Services are expected to be launched in urban Read More

DVB-SH passes its test

A DVB-SH test in France by Alcatel-Lucent and SFR has shown that the terrestrial repeater part of the mainly satellite delivered mobile TV service Read More

DVB-H licences attract 32 candidates

A total of 32 candidates had applied for DVB-H broadcast licences by the January 15th deadline according to CSA. Mobile phone company Orange has Read More

Bulgaria prepares for digital TV

Bulgaria could start awarding digital licences in June or July this year according to Broadband TV News. Speaking to the local press, Veselin Read More

Austrian analogue switch off continues

The regions of Kärnten, Niederösterreich and Tirol will complete digital switchover on February 4th 2008 enabling new national and regional DTT Read More

EU Commissioner to Keynote DVB World 2008

Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media, will present the Keynote Address at DVB World 2008 in Budapest (12-14 March). The conference will include sessions on content management, middleware, new broadcast distribution technologies (including DVB-T2) and the combination of TV and Internet Protocol. Read More