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Commercial DVB-H trial to begin January 2007

O2 and Arqiva recently announced the first trial of broadcast mobile TV in Ireland. DVB-H pilot transmissions will start in December with a full Read More

T-Mobile Czech Republic selects Gemalto for DVB-H rollout

Gemalto, a digital security firm, announced today (24th October) that it had been selected by T-Mobile (Czech Republic) to participate in its DVB-H Read More

Boost for DVB-H in the USA with TIA adoption

The Telecommunications Industry Association has adopted DVB-H as an official standard for mobile TV in the USA. The DVB Project welcomes this adoption as a further confirmation of the status of DVB-H as the global standard of choice for mobile television. Read More

Channels Islands

                                 2013 Source: Digital UK Item added: 17th October 2006   Read More

DVB-H trial update

Fifty families are participating in the DVB-H trial currently taking place in Stockholms, Hammarby Sjostad “Green Zone”. ”Swedes watch on Read More

MTN teams up with Naspers for DVB-H mobile service

Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest cellular operator, MTN recently announced that it had teamed up with media firm Naspers to offer Africa’s first Read More

Terrestrial Digital Television to start in early 2007

Portugal is planning to start Terrestrial Digital Television (TDT) in the first quarter of 2007 according to a short article in the Jornal de Read More

New Communications Bill approved by Cabinet

The Italian Cabinet has approved the reforms to the television market proposed by the Minister for Communications Paolo Gentiloni. The bill Read More

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