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DVB World is pleased to announce that Dr. Rich Prodan, VP & Chief Technical Officer, Broadband Communications Group, Broadcom is to deliver the keynote address on Processing Power & TV Technology. Read More

By June 2014, 11 million Thai households - half of the country's 22 million TV-equipped households - will be able to watch public and commercial channels on digital terrestrial television using DVB-T2 after its official launch on April 1, according to the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission. Read More

RTL Deutschland is reconsidering the future of digital terrestrial broadcasting in view of the plans of the new German government to provide more security for DTT spectrum. Read More

More speakers for DVB World 2014 have been announced. This year also marks the Return of the Master, Prof. Ulrich Reimers of Braunschweig Technical University, with his ever-popular Masterclass on DVB's Second Generation Broadcast Systems. Register now. Read More

State media broadcaster Qatar Media Corporation (QMC) will upgrade its broadcast network for the 2022 Soccer World Cup. The main contractor for the project is Salam Media Cast, which commissioned Rohde & Schwarz to integrate, test and put the necessary broadcasting technology into operation. Read More

David Wood summarizes the ongoing work on UHDTV within DVB, ITU, EBU and elsewhere. The ‘long march’ to UHDTV continues! Read More

Mongolia Digital Broadcasting (MNBC) has just launched Mongolia's first-ever DVB-T2 service using Thomson equipment and MPEG-4 compression. Launched in 2007, MNBC was Mongolia's first digital terrestrial TV network operator and is currently the market-leading terrestrial channel. By migrating to DVB-T2/MPEG-4, MNBC will now be able to broadcast up to 120 digital TV channels over five UHF transponders to maintain its number one position in the market and compete effectively with Mongolia's national satellite operator. Read More

The first speakers for DVB World 2014 conference have been announced. Taking place from March 10 to 12 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Prague, DVB World 2014 will feature an international mix of speakers from throughout the broadcast industry and beyond. Read More

Buenos Aires based pay-TV operator Argentine Antina will migrate to DVB-T2 early 2014. This change will allow the service to improve its quality and expand its range of services, while lowering its spectrum requirements. Antina has already started to add new HD services and set-top boxes. Antina is a pay DTT operator that covers the Greater Buenos Aires. It has two service models, one prepaid and another based on a monthly subscription. The basic plan offers between 55 to 61 channels. Read More

The digital roll out plan on Monday got a big boost after the government signed a Sh1.2 billion (10 million Euros) loan with the Spanish government in support of the anticipated switch over. The funds will be utilized to convert 10 selected sites in the country from analogue to digital broadcasting using land based infrastructure on DVB-T2 platform which transmits compressed digital audio, video, and other data. The government has set December 13 as the official switch over date for Nairobi and other areas will follow in a phase-out plan intended to make Kenya digital broadcasting compliant by June next year. Read More

Colombia's Communications Regulatory Commission (CRC) has issued a resolution upgrading the main technical parameters for DTT reception equipment. The minimum requirements are a DVB-T2 tuner version 1.3.1; 6 MHz channel, MPEG-4 H.264 digital video system part 10; support for single or multiple PLP transmission mode; and DVB-T2 demodulation capacity. In addition, the regulator has introduced the obligation that DTT service operators should guarantee at least an acceptable signal level for fixed reception for the main digital channel. Finally, the DTT network configuration must enable minimum channel adjustments from 8 MHz to 6 MHz. Read More

DVB has been selected for the ABU Green Broadcasting Award in recognition of DVB-T2 as a revolutionary technology that, compared to all other terrestrial distribution technologies, has the highest potential to reduce transmission related greenhouse emissions. When comparing to other terrestrial systems and keeping all other parameters such as payload and coverage equal, DVB-T2 only requires between 10 and 25% of the power. This allows broadcasters to optimize their network either for higher capacity or lower power consumption. Read More