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The DVB-C pilot trial on the cable system in Flanders, was completed at the end of 2004 and it is hoped that a full IDTV service will start soon. Read More

DTT Plans for Belgium Announced

Belgium has decided to spend 3 million Euros on new transmitters for its terrestrial network to replace the existing infrastructure which is 15-20 Read More

Country status information on Wikipedia

Information on the status of Digital television in both the French and Flemish speaking parts of Belgium has now appeared on Wikipedia and may be Read More

Norkring Belgium prepares for DVB-T2

Norkring Belgium, the owners of the digital terrestrial transmitter networks for TV and radio in Flanders and Brussels, is to upgrade its network to 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

First DTT trial in Austria begins (see above)

In Graz, Austria's second largest city, a digital terrestrial television trial began in April 2004. 150 households were involved in the initial 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

Austria launches Digital Terrestrial TV using DVB-T

Austria chose its National Day (26th October 2006), which commemorates the end of foreign occupation (in 1955), to finally launch its Digital Read More

Huge interest in third Austrian DTT multiplex

Broadband TV News reports that the Austrian broadcast authority undfunkregulierungsstelle RTR has said that it is pleasantly surprised by the huge Read More

Over 500 channels available on DTT platforms in Europe

Recent data from the MAVISE TV database, developed for the DG Communication of the European Commission by the European Audiovisual Observatory, shows Read More

Extension of Simulcast period

The Communications Minister, Helen Coonan, has announced to a federal Senate Committee that it was unlikely that the analogue terrestrial television Read More

Andorra, DVB-T multiplex in Operation

The single multiplex on UHF channel 28 covers 100% of population and distributes television programmes from BBC World, RTP Internacional, Tele 5, Read More