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Oracle & Mediaset present DVB-GEM OTT at JavaOne Conference

At this year’s JavaOne conference in San Francisco Oracle and Mediaset held a joint session about DVB-GEM 1.3 in the Italian HBB deployment. The presentation covered the new GEM OTT target of... Read More

ASO completed in East Anglia

Analogue switch-off (ASO) has been completed in the East Anglia region after the remaining analogue services in Norfolk and north Suffolk were Read More

Digital migration plan agreed

The Socialist government approved the frequency plan for the period between July 2012 and 31 December 2014 in its last cabinet meeting. The plan Read More

DVB-T2 pilot in Barcelona

Abertis Telecom has begun testing DVB-T2 broadcasting in the area of Barcelona for a period of six months. The tests are part of the European Read More

Two applicants for DTT license

The communications regulator Slovak Telecommunications Office (TU SR) announced that it has received two applications for its tender to operate the Read More

Sky and TVNZ to launch DTT pay TV service

SKY Television and Television New Zealand (TVNZ) announced on the 24th November that they have formed a partnership to launch a new digital pay Read More

Broadcasters to jointly apply for 3rd DTT licence

All of Kenya's free-to-air television broadcasters will form a joint company to obtain a licence to broadcast digital signals across the country Read More

20 new DTT transmitters for Hungary

Antenna Hungaria (AH) is in the process of launching 20 new DVB-T sites. Three new main high power sites have already been launched and 17 additional Read More

Ghana calls for digital dividend harmonisation in Africa

Ghana's cabinet has approved a policy document and roadmap to complete the country’s digital switchover by 2014. According to reports in Read More

CSA agrees DVB-T2 tests in Rennes

The French media authority the CSA has authorised the broadcast transmitter company TDF to carry out DVB-T2 tests in the city of Rennes. The pilot Read More

France 5 in HD on DTT

The public service broadcaster France Télévision is reported to be in discussion with the French government for the allocation of frequencies to Read More

Consultation on DVB-T2 migration

Colombia's National Television Commission (CNTV) has launched a public consultation proposing that the country migrates from the DVB-T standard for Read More