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920,000 free to view digital tv receivers sold to June 2005

As at 30 June 2005 the estimated number of digital television set top box receivers and integrated digital TV sets sold to retailers and installers Read More

National Technical Plan approved

On the 30th July 2005 the Spanish Cabinet approved the Decree for the National Technical Plan for digital television, (Televiso'n Digital Terrestre Read More

Third stage of Digitisation Completed

Finland has just completed the third stage of digitising the Finish TV network. Digita's main TV-stations now cover 99.9% of the population and the Read More

CBNSat (DVB-S) TV network launched

Sri Lanka's first Satellite digital Video Broadcast, DVB-S Direct to Home (DTH) network was launched by Communiq Broadband Network(Private) Ltd. Read More

China looks to private capital to speed up DTV transition

According to Advanced-Television.com China is speeding up its transition to digital TV by encouraging private capital investment in the digitisation Read More

Minister of Communication clarifies speech

Hélio Costa, head of the Ministry of Communication, met with members of the project of Sistema Brasileno de TV Digital (SBTVD). As published by Read More

NAB agrees to 2009 DTV deadline

Though the political jockeying may never end, the DTV transition appears to be coming to a conclusion according to an article on Broadcast Read More

Consultation on DTT begins

The National Broadcasting Council (KRRIT) has begun a digital consultation process into digital terrestrial broadcasting. All interested parties are Read More

DVB-T start date for the Middle of Germany

DVB-T services are planned to start in the Halle/Leipzig and Erfurt/Weimar areas of Germany on December 5th 2005. This launch is in line with the Read More

DTT roll-out defined by CSA

CSA, the French broadcasting regulator has announced more details of the DTT launch. Channel numbers for the four recently licensed free to air Read More

Danish consortium to test DVB-H

Public service broadcaster Danmarks Radio, Nokia Corp. and Motorola have formed a consortium to carry out  pilot tests using the DVB-H standard to Read More

Portuguese regulator approves DVB-T, DVB-H, MPEG-4 trials

The National Communication Authority in Portugal (Anacom) has authorised Siemens, SGC Telecom and Group Media Capital to carry out technical trials Read More