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ASEAN broadcasters push for common adoption of DVB-T

Broadcasters from the ten nations that make up Southeast Asia have agreed to recommend the adoption of DVB-T to their respective governments. Read More

Positive Stockholm DVB-H trial results

The recent DVB-H trial in Stockholm had a positive reception from its 400 participants. 87% said that the service left a positive impression, with Read More

Government consults on mobile TV

The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce has opened a public consultation on mobile television, which is seen as an attempt to speed up the Read More

Pay to view DTT raises broadcaster revenues

Both Mediaset and Telecom Italia Media have reported increases in the revenue from their Pay to view DTT services. Mediaset sold 1.1 million Read More

DTT penetration reaches 22%

Since the launch of DTT in 2005, 8.2 million DTT receivers have been sold according to Gfk. This brings the DTT penetration to 22% of French TV Read More

Decision on DTT standard delayed

Chile’s decision on a terrestrial digital TV standard has been delayed following the unexpected resignation of the Minister for Transport and Read More

Tyrol next for analogue switch off

On the 7th May 2007 the Tyrol will switch off its TV analogue service and on the 4th June upper Austria and the Salzburg region will follow. The Read More

Malaysia adopts DVB-T standard for digital broadcast transmissions

The Malaysian government has approved the adoption of the Terrestrial Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-T) standard for broadcast transmissions, Read More

DVB-T adopted in Malaysia

Malaysia has joined other Southeast Asian nations Singapore, Vietnam and Myanmar in adopting the DVB-T standard for digital terrestrial broadcasting. With governments in the region, which has a population of more than 500 million, considering the adoption of a common standard, the announcement in Malaysia is a further confirmation of the status of DVB-T as the world's leading system for digital terrestrial TV. Read More

DVB-H trial in Seville

Regional broadcaster Axion has launched a DVB-H trial in Seville. During the six-month trial 15 television and 10-radio programme services will be Read More

Regional Broadcaster TV3 to provide HD on DTT

TV3 a regional broadcaster in Catalonia has announced plans to provide some HD services on the DTT platform. UHF channel 43 will be used for the HD Read More

Gentiloni warns against unauthorised use of released analogue spectrum

Italy’s minister Paolo Gentiloni has warned broadcasters that spectrum released when analogue transmissions are switched off will be advertised Read More