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Mobile TV now available to consumers in Finland

Finland has become the third country where consumers have access to mobile TV services based on DVB-H. Earlier this month a number of commercial terrestrial free-to-air services were added to the Digita platform and receivers became available to consumers for the first time. Read More

DTT consultation during August

The introduction of DTT in Portugal will be put to public consultation during August according to the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Works, Read More

KPN delays DVB-H launch until 2008

Broadband TV News reports that Marco Visser, MD of Mobile, the Telco and DVB-T operator of KPN, is putting back the launch of its mobile TV service Read More

'France Télé Numérique' to oversee analogue switch-off

The responsibility for managing ASO has been given to a newly set up organisation called France Télé Numérique. The members of this public body Read More

HDTV on the terrestrial platform gets go ahead

Following the recent consultation on HDTV, the French broadcasting regulator CSA has announced that HDTV will become the standard definition of the Read More

Telenor interested in Denmark DTT

Broadband TV News reports that Telenor Broadcast Holdings CEO, Stig Eide Sivertsen, has said that the Norwegian company would be interested in Read More

New date for analogue switch off

Domazlice is still set to be the first area to switch of its analogue TV transmitters and begin broadcasting only in the DVB-T digital format. The Read More

Freeview continues to pick up more viewers

The estimated number of free-to-view digital television receivers sold to retailers and installers in the Australian market during the 1st quarter Read More

Slovenia goes with MPEG-4 for the DTT platform

Despite previous reports that Slovenia would side with bordering countries and use MPEG-2, the Slovenian regulator for postal and electronic Read More

Telecom Italia revenues boosted by DTT

Telecom Italia has posted revenues of €57.6 million for Q1 up 35% on the same period last year. Growth was said to be particularly noticeable in Read More

Premiere has 70,000 HD subscribers

German pay TV operator Premiere reports that it now has 70,000 HD subscribers, 10,000 of which joined in the first quarter of 2007. Additional Read More

Obstacle to DVB-H launch

A group consisting of Vodafone, T-mobile and O2 have been working towards the nationwide launch of a DVB-H bouquet of 16 channels in spring 2008, Read More