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New entrants express interest in 800MHz, and 2600MHz

Slovak regulator TUSR announced that it has been approached by advisors of several applicants interested in entering the Slovak market. The interest Read More

ASO may be postponed 6 months

The Portuguese Government has a arranged a meeting on the 8th September with the stakeholders involved in the implementation of Digital Terrestrial Read More

Freeview HD coverage increased

Free-to-air HD digital television is now available to an additional 160,000 homes across New Zealand in time for the Rugby World Cup, Broadcasting Read More

MiniDig TV and MiniDig TV Extra signals improved

The Antenna Hungária Group recently received permission to increase the Effective Radiated Power (ERP) of some of its digital terrestrial Read More

Ofcom reveals UK TV trends

Nearly 10 million TV sets were sold in the UK during 2010, almost all of which were HD ready. One million were Internet-enabled TV’s and 125,000 Read More

TVE makes first nationwide 3DTV tests

Spanish national public broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) made its first 3DTV test transmissions on a nationwide level on the 1st August. The Read More

1 Million TivùSat Homes

Two years after its launch, the Italian free-to-air platform TivùSat has over one million homes connected. The platform runs on MHP. TivùSat, backed by RAI, Mediaset and Telecom Italia... Read More

Sky Sports on DTT platform

Sky Sports 1 and 2 are to be made available on UK DTT through the use of a CI Plus CAM (conditional access module). Top Up TV has announced it will Read More

Digital switch over begins

The National Communications Commission (NCC) began its nationwide digital television switchover operation with the shutting down of analogue wireless Read More

Spectrum tender raises  €1.65 million

The Spanish Ministry of Industry has raised €1.65 million from its mobile spectrum tender which was completed on the 30th July. This was below the Read More

Pay-DTT subs up

Subscriptions for Spain’s Pay-DTT TV service had grown 5.5% year on year by Q1 2011. In total there were 366,812 subscribers to the Pay-DTT Read More

Digitisation Law published

The Polish law on digitisation has appeared in an official publication of legal acts known as Dziennik Ustaw reports Broadband TV News (27th July). Read More