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Analogue switch off in the Engadin

On the 13th November 2006 at 1400, analogue transmitters in the Engadin region were switched off and digital broadcasting using DVB-T took over. Read More

DVB-H available in Qatar for the Asian Games

Qatar is to be the first country in the entire Middle East region to provide digital video broadcasting to handheld mobile terminals according to Read More

DTT penetration nearing 10%

According to a study published by Médiamétrie, 9.7% of French households are equipped to receive DTT services. The count included people over Read More

Ukraine update

Digital terrestrial television (DTT) services are ready for launch in the Ukraine according to the latest Digitag Web Letter. The Web Letter goes Read More

Anacom to issue two DTT licences

Portuguese telecom regulator Anacom has been approached by more than ten companies interested in launching Digital Terrestrial Television in the Read More

Philippines choose DVB-T for Digital Terrestrial TV

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) have announced that the Philippines will use the DVB-T standard for its future Digital Terrestrial Read More

Government allocates €120 million for digital switchover

The Italian Government has agreed to set aside €120 million over the next three years to help with the transition from analogue to digital Read More

Digital TV sales overtake analogue TV sales for the first time

Sales of digital television equipment have overtaken analogue for the first time according to research by GfK released by digitaluk on November Read More

HDTV trials to start on the DTT platform

Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) has approved a plan to trial HDTV on the DVB-T based digital terrestrial platform. The Public Read More

Further DVB-H tests in Berne

Swisscom Broadcast is to start a further 3-month trial of Mobile TV on the 1st November 2006. In 2005, Swisscom Broadcast tested the technical Read More

Ager first Catalan town to go "All-Digital"

The Catalan government has selected the town of Ager to be the first in the region to switch off analogue TV. This will take place in February 2007 Read More

New Pay-TV services to be launched

Digi TV Plus Oy, a new company, launched in July, is to start Pay-TV services on the 1st November 2006, under the name “Plus TV”. The new pay Read More