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DTT restructuring in Sweden

The Swedish government is referring the structure of Sweden’s digital terrestrial network to the council on legislation according to an article on Read More

DVB-H trial completed

  TV1 Portugal and Vodafone Portugal have successfully completed their DVB-H trial. Eight live channels were broadcast to a panel of users with Read More

Commercial launch for DVB-H service

Philippine Multi-media System, Inc (PMSI) has announced that the test broadcasts of mobile TV services using DVB-H have been successful and will be Read More

Norway’s DTT line-up confirmed by RiksTV

Riks-TV has announced the make up of its pay-TV package to be launched in September. A free package of four TV channels and thirteen radio channels Read More

DTT trial successful

On.net reports that its DTT trial, covering the capital Skopje, is proving to be very successful. The trial, currently using MPEG-2, provides Read More

Hungary prepares for digital broadcasting

György Kovács, the president of the Hungarian National Radio and Television Commission (ORTT), has told Broadband TV News that the country is Read More

TT coverage increasing to 70%

Coverage will be extended to 70% of the population by the end of July with 11 new areas starting DTT transmission for the first time. By the end Read More

Candidates sought to operate HDTV services

French broadcast regulator CSA is seeking applications from candidates to operate HDTV services on the fifth national DTT multiplex, R5. Services Read More

Withdrawal of DTT licences cancelled

The Czech High Court has overturned the previous ruling by the Prague Court to withdraw digital TV licences awarded to six companies in April 2006. Read More

Tenders opened for potential DVB-H service in Switzerland

The Federal Communications Commission (ComCom) has announced that it will award a licence for mobile TV delivery on a criterion based competition. Read More

Tele2 selects Anevia to convert DVB-T to IP

Anevia, French designers of the Flamingo DVB-IP Gateways and Digital Access, the Swedish-based broadband equipment provider have been selected by Read More

Digital TV used in 6 million Spanish homes

SES Astra reports that Digital TV is now in 5.92 million Spanish households with DTT accounting for 2.58 million of them, up 43.5% in a year. Read More