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Mobile operators want DVB-H rules

Spanish mobile TV operators Telefónica's Movistar, France Telecom's Orange, Vodafone and Yoigo want to establish some conditions for the Read More

Jointly owned mobile TV platform okay !

Germany's cartel office has agreed that mobile phone operators T-Mobile, Vodafone and O2 can create a jointly owned and managed platform for Read More

DTT reaches Alsace with the latest licence issue

The broadcast regulator Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA) has issued the multiplex licenses for Phase 6A of the launch of DTT services. By Read More

Decision on DTT Standard Extended by two months

Following further lobbying by ATSC and a recent a trip to Japan, Pablo Belo, the Undersecretary of Telecommunications, has put off the decision on a Read More

New DVB-H trial for Brussels

RTBF (the public services broadcaster) has announced that it plans to test DVB-H services in the Brussels region using TV frequencies already Read More

Austria open for DVB-H applications

Doris Bures, minister for media, announced on the 14th September that applications for DVB-H licences could now begin, according to Broadband TV Read More

Australia's Seven and Ten to launch HD channels

Australia's Seven Network and Network Ten are to launch free-to-view high-definition television (HDTV) channels in December. Australia recently Read More

More HD tests in Paris, Lyon and Marseilles

The French broadcast regulator CSA authorised the first HDTV tests on the terrestrial platform which began on May 28th and were completed by July Read More

Alpha Trial for DVB-SH in the USA

Satellite communications company ICO Global Communications (Holdings) has announced the alpha trial of Mobile Interactive Media (MIM) services in Read More

PTS trials DVB-H mobile services

Public service broadcaster PTS (Public service Television) has begun a DVB-H trial in the northern region of Taiwan, which will run until the end Read More

Pay-TV on the DTT platform

Spanish TV networks are considering launching pay-TV services on the free-to-air digital terrestrial platform following the Italy's example. Read More

Analogue switch-off timetable approved by cabinet

The Spanish cabinet has approved the digital migration plan for analogue switch-off which will begin next year and finish in 2010. Analogue Read More