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Malaysian Digital TV trial to start in September 2006

Malaysia will start its trial programme for digital television in September with an initial funding of RM75million. Deputy Information minister Read More

DTT subscribers grow by 42%

Boxer, the DTV service provider in Sweden, has announced that it increased its subscriber base by 42%, with 156,000 new users added, up to December Read More

Poland establishes new telecoms regulator

The government of Poland has established the Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) to replace the Office of Telecommunications and Post Read More

Greece starts DTT transmissions

ERT began broadcasting three DTT programmes on January 6th 2006, according to an article on the website news.ert.gr Initially three pilot channels Read More

Modeo set to launch video service to mobiles in the USA

Crown Castle Mobile Media has changed its name to Modeo prior to launching live mobile TV services in the top 30 markets, starting this year and Read More

Telefónica meets customer target

Spanish telecoms operator Telefónica has met its target of more than 200,000 subscribers for its hybrid internet protocol television (IPTV) and Read More

CES Announcements Signal Secure Future for OCAP

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, the biggest cable television operators in the USA announced OCAP launches for 2006 leading to nationwide deployments by mid-2009.... Read More

DVB-T boxes head the Christmas list

DVB-T boxes were a must have gift in the lead up to Christmas, boosting the number of households able to receive the new transmissions to 1.3 Read More

DTT forging ahead

DTT in Spain is ahead of all forecasts according to recent reports from Spain. In a web update from Advanced-Television.com it is reported that Read More

More mobile TV trials in Spain

Valencia is the latest city in Spain preparing to test mobile TV using DVB-H enabled phones. Spanish network operator Abertis Telecom, broadcaster Read More

Parisians watch TV on Mobile phones

For the last few weeks several hundred Parisians have been able to watch TV on mobile phones. Despite channel scarcity, CSA have found the Read More

Analogue switch off now February 17th 2009

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a switch off date for analogue transmissions of February 17th 2009 as part of the budget reconciliation Read More