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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

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Broadband TV News Item added: 2nd June 2005 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

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

Applications open for Multiplex operators in Austria

KommAustria has opened its application process for a licence to operate the first Austrian multiplex. All applications must be in by September 1st Read More

SRG starts digital TV in the Geneva Lake region

On 1st June 2005 Schweizerische Radio-und Fernsehgesellschaft (SRG) will start digital terrestrial TV transmissions in the Geneva Lake Léman Read More

Net Insight receives order from the national Danish TV network

Net Insight has been awarded a contract to bring digital TV signals from national and regional broadcasters, via optical fibre and microwave links, Read More

Details of Oxford DVB-H trial emerge

The trial by NTL Broadcast and O2, using the DVB-H specification to deliver video programmes to mobile phone handsets, starts in September and will Read More

DIGITAL DREAMS

An article in the June DVB scene, by the Media Development Authority in Singapore, examines the progress Media 21 blueprint for the development of Read More

Telecom Italia Cartapiu selects Irdeto

Telecom Italia Media is to use Irdeto Access content security for its digital terrestrial pay-TV operation, according to Broadband TV News. A similar Read More

TV4 GRAZ

March 2004 witnessed the introduction of digital terrestrial TV in Austria. Within the framework of the !ITVGRAZ project, 150 households in Read More