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DTT coverage to increase to 65% of the population

DTT coverage in France will increase to 65% of the population by the end of October 2006. Currently, DTT services are available to 58.5% of the Read More

Freeview growth continues

The proportion of households in the UK receiving digital television services on the primary TV set increased to 70.2% during the three months to Read More

DTT sales up in Sweden

According to Boxer CEO Crister Fritzson, an additional 22000 subscribers joined its DTT service in the third quarter of 2006. At the end of Read More

Over 2 million STB’s sold

More than 2,250,000 STB’s have been sold since Spain re-launched DTT in November 2005, reports the Advanced-television.com website. It goes on Read More

DTT starts in Oberpalz and Niederbayern during December 2006

On the 6th December digital terrestrial television will officially start in the Oberpalz and Niederbayern regions of Bavaria. At present three Read More

Pro DTT Association launches campaign

The Pro DTT Association formed by the major Spanish TV operators, has launched a country wide advertising campaign to boost the take-up of DTT in Read More

DTT Network build continues

Telenor is progressing its DTT network rollout with a continuing series of equipment purchases. From the start the DTT system will use MPEG-4 AVC Read More

DVB-T penetration increases

Recent reports put the number of DVB-T receivers sold in Germany at 5 million up to August 2006. 3.5 million of these were set top boxes and Read More

Government minister defends the choice of ISDB-T for Brazil

Brazils communications minister Helio Costa has defended the government’s choice of the Japanese ISDB-T television system saying that it was purely Read More

DVB-H on one-year trial

3G mobile operator 3 has been awarded a license by Com Reg to trial broadcast TV services to mobile handsets. The license takes effect Read More

DVB-H technical trial in Hong Kong

Motorola Inc. and PCCW-HKT Telephone Ltd a subsidiary of Hong Kong telecommunication provider PCCW Ltd. recently announced a joint agreement to Read More

Staufenberg becomes the latest for analogue switch-off

NDR has announced that analogue switch-off will take place in the region of Staufenberg on 10 October. Other regions affected include Münden, Read More