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TV sales rise but little chance of HDTV before 2012

According to a Polish News Bulletin reported on TMCnet.com's website, The World Cup is proving particularly beneficial for Polish TV dealers. As of Read More

New DVB-H trial in Sweden

Communication service provider TeliaSonera will broadcast television programmes to mobile phones on the DTT network throughout this summer using Read More

First HDTV transmissions on a DTT platform

Regional broadcaster CARTV together with the broadcast network operator Abertis and production company Mediapro have undertaken the first HDTV Read More

Pilot SFN network around Athens

ERT, the National Broadcaster is continuing to make progress with its DTT pilot projects. Most recently an SFN network has been put into operation Read More

Digita granted Finland's fifth digital TV licence

The Finish government announced in a statement on the 15th June that it had awarded the country's fifth digital television licence to Telediffusion Read More

DTT coverage extended to 58%

The CSA have announced that DTT coverage in France is now 58% of the population a total of 15 million households. The has been brought about by the Read More

Full Mobile TV (DVB-H) coverage for France in 2008

In an upbeat statement on Wednesday in Paris, Francois Loos, minister for industry, said that the reception of mobile TV everywhere in France could Read More

Controversy Over Digital TV

A recent article from the IPS Inter Press Service discusses the dilemas and issues which continue to delay a digital TV system choice in Brazil. It Read More

World's first commercial DVB-H service launched

Viewers in Italy are the first to be offered the opportunity to subscribe to commercial mobile TV services based on DVB-H technology with launches from two providers. Read More

HDTV trial over Terrestrial Digital TV has begun

The joint BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel Five HDTV trial over DTT has begun. The BBC will be a simulcast   its new HD channel, which is also Read More

Working group formed to advise Government on digital TV standards

Argentina's communications ministry SeCom has created a working group to advise the government on which digital TV standard the nation should Read More

Digital TV overtakes Analogue TV in the UK

Ofcom’s latest figures show that 18.2 million households were able to watch digital television at the end of March 2006. This is 72.5% of UK Read More