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Televisio de Catalunya (TVC), the regional broadcaster in Catalonia is planning to launch High-Definition television services on its DTT platform Read More
Cagliari, the capital of Sardinia, will switch-off its national analogue transmissions in March 2007 and become the first "all-digital" region in Read More
Over 7 million DTT receivers have been sold in Germany according to the DVB-T taskforce. This brings the percentage of German terrestrial Read More
The CSA have released a new DTT road map for 2007, detailing the regions which will have access to DTT services in the early part of the year. Read More
It is estimated that 100,000 DVB-T receivers have been sold since the launch of DTT services, last October. Around 35,000 of these were MHP-enabled Read More
The Pay DTT service provider Boxer, has announced that it had 654,000 subscribers by the end of 2006. The latest figures show an increase of 23% or Read More
Between March 2003 and October 2006 2,614,335 DTT STB’s/receivers were sold in Spain according to a report on the Impulsa TDT website. DTT Read More
The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority is expected issue licenses for the provision of television and radio services soon. These will be Read More
In a press release issued on December 15th, the joint holders of intellectual property rights in DVB-S2 announced the terms of their licensing offer. Cumulative royalties are fixed at a maximum of US$1 per product, or US$0.50 for quantities exceeding 500,000. There will be no requirement for broadcasters to pay a separate service license fee to broadcast to licensed receivers. The licenses will be managed directly by the IPR holders, without the involvement of a separate licensing authority. Click on the headline above to read the full release. Read More
The commercial launch of DVB-H in the USA moves a step closer with the launch by Modeo of what's described as a commercial quality beta mobile TV service in New York City. The service is initially limited to a specially selected group of users drawn from key influential constituencies. Read More
BskyB’s High Definition satellite service is estimated to have signed up 140,000 customers by the end of 2006. In addition another 20,000 Read More
The DVB-T trial in Malaysia was on air in mid November with one multiplex operating on UHF channel 44 using the 8k mode. Five TV channels were Read More
