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IMS Research analyses the Chinese market

China had more than 25 million digital satellite TV households in a total market of 340million, at the end of 2004, according to a report form IMS 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

Ministry denies that Chile has already decided on ATSC

Following press reports that Chile had chosen the US, ATSC system as its terrestrial digital TV standard, the Ministry of Transports and Read More

Brazil abandons plans to develop its own digital TV standard (see above)

Brazil has been investigating the development of its own digital terrestrial broadcasting system but according to a report by TMCnet existing Read More

Background

A DVB-T/ADSL pilot trial by both public broadcaster VRT and Telco Belgacom began in April 2002 from the Schoten transmitter in Flanders. 100 Read More

Recent

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