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French group backs MHP for DTT

French interactive television trade group AFDESI (Association Française des Dévelopeurs, Editeurs et Fournisseurs de Services en télévision Read More

Digital penetration reaches 63%

Recent figures from Ofcom show that the number of digital households in the UK increased from 61.9% in the first quarter of 2005 to 63% in the second Read More

Analogue switch-off in 2006 for PBS stations

The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has announced that the Dutch public broadcast services (Nederland 1, Nederland 2 and Nederland 3) will cease Read More

HDTV MPEG4 broadcast from the Eiffel Tower

TPS broadcast a short HDTV movie coded in MPEG4 from its Eiffel Tower transmitter on September 14th, 2005. The HD channel was inserted in the Read More

DVB-H trials to begin in Paris

CSA, the French broadcast regulator, has given its approval for four trials of TV broadcasting to mobile receivers. Three of the trials will use Read More

DTT services get closer

Czech Television has asked the Broadcasting Council (RRTV) for permission to start DTT transmissions next month according to Broadband TV News, Read More

Strong Multi-Vendor Support for DVB-H at IBC and IFA

There’s no doubt that the hot topic at IBC 2005 and IFA 2005 was mobile TV. At IBC more than 35 companies, most of them DVB Members, demonstrated DVB-H products and services, and there were at least five separate DVB-H transmissions on air at the RAI in  Amsterdam . The… Read More

DVB-H trial in Berlin

Germany's Bundesliga premier soccer league will start broadcasting games live to mobile phones at the end of September 2005 according to Reuters Read More

Experimental DTT service running in Prague

It is reported that three DVB-T transmitters are running in the Prague area. Free to air content which includes a 24 hour news service from Czech Read More

One thousand users watch digital television

Digital Television began in September 2004 around Baku. Four channels are used in these tests and over 1000 users watch the digital television Read More

Digital success in Albania

Albanian digital pay-TV provider DigitAlb has announced that it has reached 100,000 subscribers according to Broadband TV News. Launched in July Read More

New report for the "Independent Audit of Spectrum Holdings"

A report from Analysys Mason, commissioned by the Independent Audit of Spectrum Holdings, has just been released. The principle objective of the Read More