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Télévision Numérique Terrestre, the first French DTT service was launched by the French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin on the 31st March Read More
In a further sign of progress towards the goal of a common delivery system for interactive television in the US cable market, Panasonic has become the latest company to enter into a licensing... Read More
CeBIT 2005 in Hanover presents further evidence of the growth in support for the DVB-H standard for broadcasting to handheld receivers. A range of companies will demonstrate products related to DVB-H and/or IP Datacast services. DiBcom will demonstrate DVB-H reception on a Palm PDA using their own recently released chip. Receivers will… Read More
The Malta Communications Authority (MCA) is inviting applications by undertakings wishing to obtain a licence for the right of use of radio frequencies for the establishment and operation of a nationwide digital terrestrial television (DTTV) network. This invitation to participate in a comparative process follows the publication of the public consultation… Read More
MultiChoice on 18 February 2005 celebrated the formal launch of Digital Terrestrial Television in Southern Africa. The honourable minister of Read More
Friday 18th February 2005 saw the official launch of Africa ‘s first commercial DVB-T service in Namibia . The technical switch-over took place on February 4th, when the analogue pay TV service was switched off and subscribers seamlessly migrated to the digital service. “We literally in a time-frame of 20… Read More
Geneva – 14 February 2005 – In a ringing endorsement of the DVB-H specification, DVB has approved a significant report verifying its performance. The result of much work and effort by a dedicated group of DVB member company experts, the ‘Final Report of the DVB-H Validation Task Force’ has upheld the… Read More
Geneva – 03 Feb 2005 – Europe’s IPTV community gathered yesterday in Geneva to hear how the DVB Project is planning to build on the considerable work already done in this growth area. All of the presentations delivered at yesterday’s event are available for download from the homepage of the CM-IPTV group. Read More
January 19th saw the launch of a digital television service on the public transport system in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. DIMO TV, standing for “Digital Mobile Television”, uses DVB-T to broadcast to 165 buses and 6 harbour ferries. This service follows the success of similar services in Singapore (TVMobile) and Shanghai (Oriental… Read More
As of December 31st 2005 the estimated number of digital television set top box receivers and integrated digital TV sets sold to retailers and Read More
Denver-based company MPEG LA announced at the end of December its intention to gather holders of essential technologies in DVB-H together, with the aim of making a joint patent portfolio license available to those wishing to deploy services using the new standard. The full press release is available here. Read More
In January 2005, Societatea Nationala de Radiocommunicatii S.A. (SNR), the Romanian network operator, placed a large order with Rohde & Schwarz. Read More
