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RAI to test IPTV/DTT hybrid STB’s

RAI Nuovi Media and RaiNet have launched an IPTV/DTT trial using a hybrid Set Top Box (STB). Viewers participating in the trial will be able to Read More

DTT licensing likely in 2008

The National Communication Authority of Hungary (NHH) has announced that the country will start to sell DTT licences in 2008 subject to parliament Read More

Uruguay begins DVB-T service in Montevideo

On the 1st March 2007, Multicanal Uruguay began a DVB-Pay TV service in the city of Montevideo. Initially the service will offer 52 TV programmes Read More

UK Digital Switch Over Begins on October 17th 2007

Whitehaven in Cumbria is set to become the first place in the UK to be switched from analogue to digital TV. With only 25,000 viewers and no Read More

7.7 million Freeview only homes

According to the latest figures from Ofcom there are now 7.7 million Freeview homes in the UK. 1,002,000 new digital homes were added in the Read More

Stockholm goes digital

Stockholm became the latest city to go digital on March 12th when the analogue TV transmitter at Nacka was switched of. Later that day a signal Read More

First Regional licence awarded

The Government of Andalusia, in southern Spain, has awarded the first DTT licences, with regional coverage. Media Group Prisa, shareholder in Read More

DTT licence tender expected at the end of 2007

The Portuguese Government has postponed the tender to award terrestrial TV(DTT) channels until the end of the year. According to the Minister for Read More

DVB-H launch in the second half of 2007

At Cebit, Samsung were showing new phones especially developed for a potential  DVB-H service in the Netherlands. KPN has the sole DVB-H licence Read More

Analogue Switch Off date set for early 2011

The strategy for the introduction of DTT services in Latvia was approved on the 11th October 2006 by the Latvian Cabinet. The detailed article Read More

DVB-T Hierarchical modulation trialed by 3 Italia and RRD

Mobile operator 3 Italia and network operator Reti Radiotelevisive Digitali (RRD) have successfully completed hierarchical modulation trials on Read More

Alsace goes digital in October 2007

The French region of Alsace, on the border of France with Germany and Switzerland, is to be upgraded to digital TV in October 2007. The necessary Read More