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Regulator plans to decide on Digital TV standard

Uruguayan telecoms regulator URSEC plans to decide this year which digital standard to use in the country according to reports on the TMC.net Read More

POT seeks DTT licences

The Polish DTT consortium POT has applied for permission to begin trials in Warsaw and the nearby city of Lódz according to Broadband TV News Read More

Digital TV progress in China

China is to digitise cable TV in four stages, according to SARFT (State Administration of Radio, Film and Television). Stage one will digitise all Read More

Belgium switches to DVB-T2

During the next few weeks, Norkring Belgium is starting to switch over its DTT network from DVB-T to DVB-T2. Starting Monday, April 8, the Read More

DTT launch in October 2006

Public broadcaster ORF is ready to launch DTT services in October 2006. It will provide services to 70% of the population initially. The Read More

S2 Covers America

In the same DVB-Scene the article on page 11 describes how DirecTV will use DVB-S2 to deliver "hundreds" of HD channels to the American public in the Read More

450 Londoners sought for HD trial as ITV joins the BBC

The UK's public service broadcasters are seeking 450 volunteers in London to take part in a six-month trial of high-definition television broadcast Read More

Togo Goes for DVB-T2

Togo has started the installation of 9 DVB-T2 transmitting sites throughout the country, which will be set up this year. Services using DVB-T2 should Read More

Switzerland begins Analogue Switch-Off

The canton of Ticino became the first region of Switzerland to switch off its analogue TV services on the 24th July 2006, when it changed to Read More

Countdown to DTT re-launch

The General Secretary for Telecommunications, Francisco Ros, has announced that the Government is to finally re-allocate Quiero's three and a half Read More

GOTv hits Lagos airwave with DVB-T2 technology

Plans have been advanced for the official launch of the GOtv, a pay television service on the latest Digital Video Broadcast (DVB-T2) technology as Read More

Update

In a recent article, published in the DVB Scene, Martin Ungerer, Engineering Manager of MultiChoice Africa, filled in details of the recent Namibia Read More