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Channel 5 takes Freeview DTT HD slot

Channel 5 has won the fifth high definition channel slot on Freeview DTT HD subject to approval by communications regulator Ofcom. “We Read More

DTT award challenge progresses

The legal actions brought about by failed bidders in Ukraine’s DTT tender are to be considered in a single case by the Kiev Administrative Court. Read More

Two new DTT channels for Italy

Two new DTT channels are to launch in Italy this November. They are Radio Capital TV which is set to launch its DTT service on the 11th November Read More

Frequency assignments may cause problems

Italy’s Marche Region has asked for a postponement of the transition to DTT until at least 2012. The request was made by the Region’s Read More

CRa look to extend DVB-T2 trial

The broadcast network operator Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRa) wants to extend its current DVB-T2 trial which will finish in 2012. CRa has requested Read More

DTT transition colloquium

The Czech Republic’s broadcasting regulator the CTU is organising a colloquium on the 11th November to coincide with the country’s official Read More

DTT tender award rescinded

Telecompaper reports that a DTT tender initially won by Croatia’s Ericsson Nikola Tesla has been cancelled following complaints by the local Read More

HD in 1 in 5 Freeview houses

Freeview, the UK’s largest digital TV service, has sold more than three million Freeview HD devices. Freeview broadcasts a terrestrial delivery Read More

Tender for fourth multiplex opened

Slovak regulator TUSR has published an invitation for tenders for the assignment of the country’s fourth DTT multiplex (DVB-T). Points are awarded Read More

TVP to launch HD DTT channels

Public broadcaster TVP has decided to launch an HD DTT versions of its two main channels TVP1 and TVP2 on the 1st June, 2012. TVP1 HD will be Read More

Nigeria Enjoys DVB-T2 Services

On the 15th October, African broadcaster Multichoice launched GOtv, its Pay-TV service, in Ibadan, Nigeria. Using the latest DVB-T2 technology, the Read More

DVB-T2 adopted in Mongolia

In May 2011 Mongolia adopted the DVB-T2 standard for terrestrial digital broadcasting. At the same time the standards DVB-C2 for cable and DVB-S2 Read More