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IP Datacast Test Network Launched In Helsinki

10 September 2002 RTT Oy (Radio- ja Televisiotekniikan Tutkimus), the Finnish research firm, that focuses on radio and television technology has launched an IP Datacast (IPDC) test network in Helsinki, Finland. The research will be conducted by the leading media houses, teleoperators and network technology companies in Finland. Read More

DVB - MHP in Brazil

04 June 2002 MHP (Multimedia Home Platform)and next generation DVB comes to Brazil. DVB & Interactive Digital Television demos in Brazil on 6 and 10 June 2002… Read More

DVB-MHP adopted by CableLabs

25th January 2002 DVB-MHP: The Digital Video Broadcasting-Multimedia Home Platform application programming interface was adopted by CableLabs in the U.S. to be the core component of its OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP) specification. MHP definitely grew in popularity among ITV developers in Europe and elsewhere. The worldwide proliferation of this… Read More

DVB-MHP adopted by CableLabs

DVB-MHP: The Digital Video Broadcasting-Multimedia Home Platform application programming interface was adopted by CableLabs in the U.S. to be the core component of its OpenCable Application... Read More

Mobile DVB-T on the Buses in Taiwan

On January the 19th, 2005 a new channel tailor-made for mobile reception was launched on bus services in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Kaohsiung joins Read More

MHP-based Community project

In Gävle, which is one of the three areas scheduled for analogue switch off this fall an interesting development is taking place. This is an Read More

MUX A

: The first tender will grant the right to operate one DTT multiplex, MUX A, which will provide viewers access to free-to-air television services. Read More

Ireland plans free DTT

Ireland's DTT service is to be free-to-air. The decision was revealed in a wide-ranging consultation from communications watchdog, Comreg, on the use Read More

DTT plans in the Irish Republic

The DTT process in Ireland was initially regulated by the 2001 Broadcasting Act. In 2007 this Act was amended to allow multiple operators instead Read More

More DTT launches expected in May

Stuttgart, Ludwigshafen, Mannheim, Heidelberg and Kaiserslauten will be able to access DTT services around the middle of May. In the northern Read More

ProSieben to launch prepaid mobile Internet and free DTT

The commercial broadcaster ProSieben is to launch a mobile data service on the German Vodafone mobile network. The prepaid service will be called Read More

Colombia DVB-T2 launch moves ahead

Colombia will launch a DVB-T2 TV network in 2013. The network will use R&S THU9 high-power transmitters from Rohde & Schwarz. In 2010, upon Read More