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According to an article in the New Zealand Times a ruckus is brewing over who will be allowed to supply Freeview boxes and who will not. Set-top Read More
The Council of State has approved proposed media legislation, which would allow for the introduction of new services, such as HDTV and DVB-H, on Read More
The CSA has invited broadcasters to apply for 4 DTT local service licenses for use on a multiplex which will be made available in the Paris region. Read More
Network operator Arqiva has begun engineering work on two masts, Caldbeck and Selkirk, which transmit to the Border region, so that switchover can Read More
The Czech Telecommunications Office (CTU) will make a final decision on the date for analogue switch-off in September. The broadcasters Czech TV Read More
Two projects based on DVB technology are in line for Innovation Awards at IBC this year. Italian broadcaster Rai is shortlisted for its project that featured the hierarchical modulation of HDTV DVB-T and mobile TV using DVB-H. Australia's The Bridge Networks is nominated in for its extensive DVB-H user trial in Sydney. Read More
The world's first commercially available DVB-H service has signed up over 100,000 subscribers in its first six weeks of operation. Read More
A further revision of the license fees payable by those wishing to implement the MHP standards to deploy interactive DTV services has been released by Via Licensing. Read More
Broadcast network operator Norkring will build and operate the DTT transmission network in Norway for the next 15 years. Network roll-out is Read More
The recent successful completion of the RRC-06 planning conference in Geneva confirms that DVB-T will be the basis for digital terrestrial TV right across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. A press release issued today by the DVB Project notes that DVB-T, already on air in more than 30 countries, is now confirmed as the system of choice for at least 114 territories. Read More
BBC director general Mark Thompson admitted that the free-view-satellite digital satellite service was delayed during a recent Commons culture Read More
