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Lithuania awards Digital Terrestrial TV Licences

The recent competition for DTV (DVB-T) licences attracted four participants. On the 27th June 2005, two winners where announced. One licence to Read More

Multichoice to mount mobile TV

MultiChoice Africa has announced its intention to launch a series of new technologies, including Mobile TV, at a briefing to journalists assembled Read More

Malta begins its first DTT service on July 1st

Multiplus will start a commercial DVB-T DTT service on July 1st 2005 and supplying both the set top box and an installation check out using the Read More

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Source: Dataxis Item added: 27th June 2005, Barry Tew Read More

Croatia starts DTT trials

Croatia has begun DTT broadcasts in the capital, Zagreb, and coastal town of Rijeka. In Zagreb, broadcasts are undertaken through two transmitters Read More

OpenTV adopts Alticast for MHP compatibility

OpenTV will integrate MHP software from Alticast into its core middleware for interactive television, according to informitv.com. It is a move that is of real significance for the DVB -MHP... Read More

SBS broadcast MHP interactive TV application

The SBS current affairs program "Insight" commenced broadcasting an MHP interactive application in late May. Digital capable receivers are expected Read More

France adopts MPEG-4 for terrestrial HDTV

In a statement issued on the 24th May 2005 the Ministry of Economy announced that the MPEG-4 (H.264) compression standard must be used for HDTV Read More

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Broadband TV News Item added: 2nd June 2005 Read More

South Africa to set up a digital task team

Communication Minister Ivy Matsepe Casaburri announced in a recent statement that the government intended to set up a "migration task team" to look Read More

Live DVB-H for Broadcast Asia.

24/05/2005 For the very first time at Broadcast Asia (Singapore, June 14-17) the DVB Pavilion will host live DVB-H demonstrations, conducted by DVB member Nokia. Also on the DVB Pavilion, ADB will showcase their range of digital set-top boxes and IDTVs incorporating the latest DVB and MHP technologies. The live DVB-H demo… Read More

Bavaria commences DTT broadcasting

Pre-launch DTT test signals in Munich and Nurenburg began on the 23rd May 2005 ready for a full launch planned for the 30th May at 19:30. It is Read More