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Sri Lanka prepares for DVB-T2

Sri Lanka has taken the important step of selecting DVB-T2 as the national standard for the Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting. In order Read More

President opens Kokavil DVB-T2 transmitter tower

The new Kokavil Transmission tower-in the Mullaitivu District in the Northern Province has been opened by the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Read More

Concert broadcast in 3D on DVB-T2 DTT platform

Spanish-Catalan public broadcaster TV3 is to show Spain’s first ever live concert 3D with the "5" event from the Northern city of Zaragoza Read More

Analogue switch-off underway

Analogue switch-off by the public service broadcaster STV, began on the 9th March and will be completed in August 2011. Currently a temporary DTT Read More

NZ government to help fund switch to digital

New Zealand's Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman has announced that NZ$850,000 (US$693,000) has been set aside to assist regional television Read More

ASO completed

Analogue Television in Austria ceased on the 7th June when ORS switched of the last 24 analogue TV transmitter sites in the areas around Mariazell Read More

New Canal Digital Box to run MHP

Canal Digital is to introduce a new mid-market receiver in all four of its territories from September 1. The new ADB TRN 5720SX features a twin satellite tuner, IP connectivity, and the option of... Read More

BBC HD upgrade to DVB-S2 on Freesat

The BBC announced that they will switch from DVB-S to DVB-S2 transmissions for its HD programming from Astra2D at 28.2E. Alix Pryde the director Read More

Ofcom consultation on interference to DTT from 800MHz band

Last year Ofcom commissioned a report into the possibility of interference from LTE (4G) handsets and base stations on DVB-T reception. This Read More

Channels increase on DTT platform

The TV programme service 13th Street Universal is to be made available by KPN on its subscriber based DTT platform Digitenne. The programme joins Read More

Italia 2 launch on the 2nd July

The new free to air TV programme service Italia 2 will be launched on the 2nd July. Commercial broadcaster Mediaset has confirmed the launch of the Read More

More free to air DTT channels

The country’s Ministerial Commission on Legislation has approved a bill to expand the number of DTT channels in the country’s basic DTT Read More