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Antena 3 offered in HD on DTT

Antenna 3 has announced that it will launch an HD version of its channel on the 28th September 2010. Grupo Planeta’s national private TV Read More

DTT covers 99% of the population

Czech Television’s (CT) multiplex now covers 99% of the population whilst the second and third multiplexes cover 89.5% and 84.4% respectively. Read More

No plans for new DVB HBB standard, but door left open

The DVB is confident GEM-MHP remains the answer for the hybrid broadcast broadband (HBB) needs of its members despite the apparently growing strength of HbbTV in continental Europe and Canvas in... Read More

DVB Fundamentals Course

DigiWorkz and SkillSets4Life have launched an online DVB Fundamentals course. Targeted at engineers and technicians working in the broadcast field, this course will provide you with a working knowledge of what digital video broadcasting is and a practical knowledge that can be used in work situations. Read More

SVT plans second HD channel

As of Monday the 20th September Swedish public broadcaster SVT is to rebrand its high definition channel SVT HD as SVT1 HD. This is a prelude to Read More

Two DVB-H mobile TV licences

The Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has issued DVB-H mobile TV broadcasting licences to E.tv and Multichoice. Read More

Analogue Switch Off postponed

As reported previously there have been delays in setting up the new digital TV transmitters in Slovenia. This has caused the ASO date to be Read More

Digital TV Switch Over by 2013

On the 16th September the New Zealand Government announced that NZ will complete the switch to digital television by 2013. “Our election Read More

DVB-T2 rollout possible from 2015

Lower-Saxony has announced that it wants to be the first German regional state to introduce the new digital terrestrial television technology Read More

HDTV using DVB-T2 by 2011

Finland's largest cable TV operator DNA has revealed plans to bring HDTV to 1.5 million Finnish homes by 2011. This amounts to 60% of TV Read More

Two new DTT channels for Croatia

Croatia’s Council for Electronic Media (VEM) has awarded digital licences to commercial broadcasters Nova TV and RTL Televizija to launch Read More

South Africa: DVB-T2 Trial

Last week South Africa's broadcasters M-Net and e.tv have launched the country's first DVB-T2 trial for a select test audience in the Soweto area. This trial is another sign that South Africa's broadcast industry is ready to support and start deploying DVB-T2. Read More