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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

New DTT receiver specification published

The CSA has published a revised document outlining the requirements for DTT receivers in France. This revised document replaces the document Read More

DTT launch in Estonia on target for December 2006

Estonian broadcasting transmission company AS Levira and Estonia’s leading cable TV operator AS Starman have agreed on a joint venture to be named Read More

Australia to auction DTT spectrum

The Australian government plans to auction of two sets of DTT spectrum “as soon as possible” according to a recent item on the Read More

Commercial DVB-H trial to launch by end of 2006

Nokia and the national broadcaster Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC) have announced a joint plan to launch commercial DVB-H services in Hanoi Read More