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Consultation issued on use of VHF and UHF Digital Dividend

South Africa's Minister of Communications is looking to speed up the issue of mobile spectrum. The ministry opened two public consultations on the Read More

DTT update

Digital Terrestrial Television using DVB-T was introduced in the country in 2009 and DVB-H has also been on trial in Tehran since 2009. At his time Read More

Norway watchdog tells mobile operators to prevent DTT interference

Norwegian regulator PT has opened a consultation and said that it recommends that mobile broadband operators form an organisation to protect digital Read More

TV migration suffers from funding shortfall

According to business daily a lack of funds will hamper Kenya's migration from analogue to digital TV in 2012. The report says that the government Read More

CSA publishes Q2 2011 digital TV penetration survey

France’s Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) has published figures on the penetration of digital TV in French households. At the end of Read More

Most DTT boxes in Portugal priced below €30

Portugal's telecommunications regulator Anacom has published data which shows that 62.1% of DTT decoders on the market are priced at less than €30, Read More

Report suggests up to 40 HD/DTT services by 2020

The Ministry of Industry has issued a report on future spectrum needs. The report was prepared by Tera Consultants on behalf of the Ministry of Read More

Lattelecom leading pay TV operator

Pay-DTT operator Lattelecom is the leading provider of pay television services in Latvia with a total of 250,000 subscribers to its DTT and IPTV Read More

Lagardère interested in DTT service

The media group Mafra which owns the DTT programme service Ocko may be acquired by the French media group Lagardère. Lagardère is already in the Read More

New DTT equipment tender

Bosnia's Ministry of Transport and Communications has opened a tender for the procurement of digital microwave links for public broadcasting service Read More

Consultation opened on Ofcom 2012/2013 workplan

The communications regulator Ofcom has issued its draft work plan covering the period from the 1st April 2012 to the 31st March 2013. The plan Read More

Digitisation gets faster

The total number of digital homes in the country now stands at 19.96 million, up 580,000 from the end of October. The speed of digitisation is also Read More