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DTT services officially launched

Norway started its DTT service on the 1st September 2007 in Rogaland, located in the south-western part of the country. Oslo follows on the 6th Read More

ComReg open DTT Licensing Consultation

On the 31st August, the Commission for Communications Regulation, Comreg, issued a consultation on digital Terrestrial Licensing. The Read More

German DTT market continues to grow

TNS Infratest have released figures, which show that the number of terrestrial TV households has climbed from 9.2% to 11.5% during the past year. Read More

Analogue Switch Off Complete

In the early hours of 1st September 2007, 5 analogue transmission networks were switched off, making the terrestrial platform in Finland completely Read More

Analogue Switch Off begins in Domazlice

On 31st August 2007 analogue television was switched off in Domazlice, located in the south-western part of the Czech Republic. The two Czech Read More

Uruguay adopts DVB-T and DVB-H

A Presidential Decree signed on August 27th declared that, following a year of evaluating the available systems, Uruguay has decided to adopt the DVB-T and DVB-H standards as the basis of its digital terrestrial TV. Uruguay has thus become the first country in Latin America to join the growing list of countries using DVB-T. In 2006 Brazil decided to develop a variation of the ISDB-T standard used only in Japan. Read More

DTT penetration reaches 19.4%

DTT is accessed by nearly one in five TV households in Spain (19.4%) according to the latest figures from Impulsa TDT. Penetration varies Read More

Regulator prepares for DTT licensing

The National Communications Authority (NHH) has issued its plans for the allocation of DVB-T licenses for consultation. Eventually licenses will Read More

Mobile TV business model differences

According to an article in Les Echos two different business models for the delivery of mobile TV are emerging in the French marketplace. Whilst Read More

Tick in the Box for High Definition

AEEMA’s Australian Digital Suppliers Industry Forum (ADSIF) recently announced the launch of AEEM’s new High Definition certification Read More

Half of UK homes ready for the switchover to digital

According to the Ofcom/Digital UK Tracker survey half of UK households have now converted all their TV’s for digital use. The survey of 2,400 Read More

Digital Terrestrial Television in Tunisia

Tunisia has announced that it will extend its on going Pilot DTT transmissions to cover 90% of the country by 2009. Pilot transmissions first Read More